I had surgery on my left foot at age 18 and was gonna get the right foot done later, I am now 39 and haven't done it, the first srgery was sooo painful and put me out 6 months...so, now I just learn to adjust to the pain. No hints or clues on that, but it doesn't get WORSE, it just is painful, so since I know it doesn't get worse, it isn't so mentally disturbing. A big problem with pain, mentally, is the fear that it gets worse, once you know that that is it, well you can kind of live with it. (at least in this case0