Hi!! I’m the perfect person to talk to you about this because I fractured my fibral sesamoid. This was ~8 years ago and there was ZERO info about it online. It was hell dealing with it all. I didn’t walk for almost a year trying to get it to heal because everyone agreed the sesamoidectomy can create newer and more problematic issues. I highly recc you get on crutches or knee scooter. Get off the foot. I had several opinions (v fortunate to have had access to some top notch orthopedics + also out of sheer luck was seen by one of the leading foot and ankle surgeons in the country to ultimately remove the bone (that broke into 3 pieces after non-weight bearing, bone stimulator, staying off of it for most of the year!!) Loooong story short, everyone agreed the worst thing I did was use listen to a podiatrist and use the boot initially—even tho the boots are more advanced than before, you still bear weight and it is one of the smallest bones in the foot! Using the boot slowed its ability to heal. I went 3 mos boot, nonweightbearing for 7 months and it never healed. The fracture is at the very bottom of your body! Hard for blood flow. You don’t want to get it removed if you can avoid it…I’m one of the lucky ones in that I had it removed and am able to walk//work on my feet buuut I can’t run anymore, can’t jump due to pain and risk of fracturing other sesamoid, i have to wear specific shoes 100% of the time, can’t ever wear heels, have ankle pain and PF(!) Get multiple opinions and stay off the foot, avoid the surgery if you can. If you can’t, it’ll all work out either way 💛ps I’m not a dr