Chronic Sesamoid Pain

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I have had pain in the ball of my right foot beneath my big toe for about 3 and a half years now. (looking back I do remember falling and landing with all my weight about that long ago on my right foot) The pain never felt bad enough to go to the doctor about so I just pushed through it. I am a collegiate golfer, so I walk a lot and run for conditioning.
After looking up my symptoms I have thought that I might have sesamoiditis. So I was treating it myself as that. I tried many different inserts and ice and gel dancers pads. The only thing I didn't try was rest. But after taking almost the whole summer off of golf due to wrist surgery, the problem didn't resolve.
Since the problem didn't get any better with rest. I finally went to a podiatrist last week. He said I have sesamoiditis for sure and then took x-rays to see if anything was broken. He is pretty sure that I have a fracture in my tibial sesamoid. He said an MRI may be necessary to know for sure. He gave me a 1/4 inch felt dancers pad to wear in my shoe for a week as an experiment. He said if this doesn't help I have options, such as a bone growth stimulator, or eventually surgery.
Well the pad hasn't been working. I go back tomorrow morning, but I was wondering if anyone has any ideas of what my next step might be.
Will he put me in a boot or on crutches?
Would that even help since this has possibly been fractured for 3 years?
If I get a bone growth stimulator would I have to be in a boot or on crutches for the duration of when I use that?
Also how long is the recovery from surgery? I have mostly heard bad outcomes from surgery, so if that is my only option I may just wait to have that until after I finish my college golf career, and just play through the pain for 2 and a half more years.
I just want to know what to expect from my appointment tomorrow.
Thanks!