Bunion surgery -having both feet done at the same time.
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I would welcome hearing from anyone who has both feet operated on at the same time. I am really eager for this to happen to get it all over with in one go. Also I am 64 --very fit and active --(hike and cycle up hills etc) and am worried about losing my fitness so am thinking that one period of recovery makes more sense that being inactive twice over. But I have little concept of how disabled I will be --eg will I be able to get to the loo, make myself a coffee etc or will my husband have to do everything for me and if so for how long. I am quite a positive and determined person but one or two friends have suggested that I must be crazy to have both feet done at once. Anyhow just thought I'd join this forum and get advice from people who have actually been through the experience. By the way I have just got back from holiday and found a letter offering a provisional date for surgery in 10 days time!
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gilly45811 lizmw
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diana62432 gilly45811
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My toes look a bit swollen but what else I can see does not look swollen.
Does anyone know in the double chevron how it is done? My surgeon said he uses something that dissolves to hold the bone back to the rest of the foot.
gilly45811 diana62432
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tracy88697 lizmw
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just a question I was looking for! Thank you. I’m looking at doing the same surgery on both feet at one time to recover quickly as an athlete.
helen85916 lizmw
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I had both feet done at the same time. In addition to the advantages of one general anaesthetic and one recovery period, I was glad to be balanced on 2 surgical shoes and crutches, meaning that my pelvis was not tilted with differing heights of shoes. Having a chronic back condition, that was important to me.
speck lizmw
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you go girl, i'm with you, gonna do 2 at once also very soon, no helper at home, i been doing heel walking for several months now as conditions and pain worsen, pressing for arthoscopic as there is reduced healing time period, basically cuts time healing in half,
and i am so super-charged to get it done, to learn my painfull condition can be fixed, i was so worried about losing my ability to walk, i was afraid everything was MS related but happily I was wrong,
best of luck to you
bola08719 lizmw
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Hello. I am getting both feet done on Dec, 18. Do you have any advice about not gaining wieght , or what do you get to walk in both boot? do I need a wheelchair with a lift
corri43914 bola08719
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Hi bola08719, just wondering if you had your surgery last December and how did it go for you? I'm also wondering how you managed to keep weight off. My doctor has recommended getting both feet done at the same time and I was really nervouse about it, so it was great to find this forum and read everyone's experiences and advise. I hope you had a good recovery.
tracy02319 lizmw
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Hi Lizm
can you tell me how this went as im having mine done 4 weeks ... everything from when you got home bad good and ugly please
thanks tracy