Brandi, my husband had surgery on his M.N. in January 2002. His was caused by walking about 40 city blocks in NYC in dress shoes! He would go into unbelievable spasms of pain out of the blue after that. He was down seriously about a week and his foot was numb for a few months, but it does go away. He was cycling by the first of March and did the cycling leg of the Tuckerman's Notch pentathalon in April.
Be careful that you have the right surgery. Some doctors do a partial type of operation. My neighbor's daughter had the less involved surgery and she still is in pain.