I am 23 years old, I am currently in the Air Force and I am dealing with a fibular sesamoid fracture. I have ran my entire life and grew up in a small town where sports were everything. I played everything from basketball,volleyball,softball,track and cross country and I never had issues with my feet. In December 2013, I gradually started to feel a small pain in my foot and ignored it, I self diagnosed myself with metatarsalgia, I dealt with the pain for about 5 months thinking it would subside overtime, to make a long story short, it got to be unbearable so I had an x-ray taken sure enough it was a fibular sesamoid fracture, which is puzzling to me, I didn't hit the ball of my foot hard on anything and I do not run nearing as much as when I was in High School. I was placed in a cam boot for a month then I was referred to a podiatrist, who told me I would be placed on crutches for a period of 3 months, with and 60% chance of healing. I am stressing myself out looking for success stories of how I can still be hopeful to maybe be normal again. If I do need surgery why must they take the bone out? With chances that I will have to have both removed someday and the possibility of having my toe fused together, surgery does not seem like a solution. Bunions and Turf Toe are among some of the chances, I am an active individual and this doesn't seem like it is an easy thing that I can continue dealing with. Has this always been the temporary fix? I am open to suggestions; books, running differently, walking differently, inserts, chiropractic advice..... anything.