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bonion op has it gone wrong please help what can be done or what can i do to help my self...

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caz131060
caz131060

i am just over 8 weeks post op, would be very grateful for help as to how i should be at this stage,, 

  my big toe does not touch the floor,, if i do anything my foot swells so big. but i try not to give in and keep going ,  it aches all the time as if i have run a marathon . now my ankle is swelling to and hurts..

i can not walk as i should hobbling still,  foot gets very red , i can not get shoe on still ,  i don't go out because so difficult,  now i am getting depressed , i ws happy all the time now cry,,  i should have gone back to work 2 weeks ago but could not stand for 8 hours ,  what can i do to help my self need to get back to work, as financially need to get back,, i exercise foot as much as i can .. thanking anyone for help ... regards 

 

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    jean31984 caz131060

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    I am still icing every day at home.  I bought a massage ball from my physical therapist and I massage the whole bottom of my foot with it. It kinda looks like a dryer ball, but it's harder. (don't know if you have dryer balls there)  I guess we all just need to be patient, but that is not my virtue. :-)
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