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bunion post op

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shona66112
shona66112

I am having a very bad few days nearly 8 weeks post op on second foot and pain is getting to me!My toes still wide apart up off the floor,burning pain aching swollen when will this end!!!!

Surgeon said to get out of shoe at home as this is what causes stifness but it is so painfullcry

 

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  • judy41102
    judy41102 shona66112

    Posted

    I hope that this finds you feeling a little better.  Have you tried icing it (but I am sure you have). This too shall pass is my motto.  How was your first foot? I never really believed my surgeon when he said I wouldn't feel normal for 6 to 12 months.  But now that I'm going through this, I see how he was serious. I am a little over four weeks and feeling pretty good, though I am tired of limping around on my heel.  Only had to have one foot done.  I have an appt. next Tuesday.  Hope the healing of the bone is going well.

    good luck to you.  Hang in there!

  • smab97
    smab97 shona66112

    Posted

    Hi Shona

    I echo everything Judy says. Things will improve but it is so slow we don 't always pick up on the small things. I think my foot was probably at the 10 week mark before I really felt there was improvement. The burning is a normal issue and is the nerve tissue repairing. If you can just try without the foot maybe for only a few steps and try to increase this day by day but only by a small amount. Keep the foot elevated as much as you can. Good Luck.

  • shona66112
    shona66112

    Posted

    Thanks,i think just at the end of my tether after 5 long months!! Ihave not been taking painkillers but decided to and at last some relief.The combinition of losing my indepenence being cooped up indoors all contirbutes.Keep forgetting it is early days as one foot has literally morphed into the other lol!!!
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