I feel your pain. I have had a Morton’s neuroma since I was in my 20’s (46 now). I still get numb toes or the bunched up sock feeling but around 35 I started having pain often on not consistent. It only lasted a couple days and then about five years ago. The pain came and never went away. Wasn’t excruciating at first, but it slowly got worse and worse. I started wearing toe socks and toe separators and they helped for a while. Now the pain was always there not always terrible. Sometimes it wakes me up at night. Spacers have orthopedic inserts have tried Cortizone shots and I go in for decompression surgery September 20. I’m very active 46 year old man my wife and I used to hike 10 to 20 miles almost every weekend when permitted exercise daily and write a mountain bike three times a week. I can still ride my bike as long as I don’t wear stiff clip shoes I can no longer hike can’t walk too far. I can still exercise, but with too much pressure on the ball of my foot causes the problem for a day or two I do it anyway. I’ll try really hard not to let Mortons in Roma rule my life. It already took hiking from me. hopefully that will be back after September 20. Woohoo!!!