Bunion surgery - much more painful than I ever imagined

That's lovely Eileen, great news!

Did you have a bandage or cast on? I have phoned the hospital to chase up my appointment for the dressings off - so intrigued to see what's underneath!

Hi All, day 12 for me but alas I am not pain free although pain reduced, I have also found putting my feet up on the dashboard is a way that I can cope when we've driven in the car and I wait while a friend pops into the shop.

I have my first hospital appointment tomorrow with the fracture clinic where my dressings will be changed and my feet 'reviewed' I'm a little nervous but believe I am making reasonable progress.

Sounds like everyone is doing really well which is great to hear

Take care

S

Hello everyone. I am glad to hear that everyone is making good progress and pain is reducing. Getting out and about does make a lot of difference and is a real mood lifter. Good luck with your hospital appointment tomorrow Sue.

I can walk fairly well outside with my boot now and just went to meet a friend for coffee at a cafe. The sun is shining here although it is quite cold.

I tried putting my foot sans thick sock into my Birkenstock clogs today and it fits - hurrah! I am going to make myself hold off from shoe shopping until I see the doctor again only 1 week and three days to go. I hope then I will be able to walk about without the boot. I can't wait!

I am still elevating my foot when I am at home.

Best Wishes all. Older Beth

Day 17. I iced a lot yesterday and today and I think it's paid dividends. I'm still swollen, well my feet are! But the pain has lessened. Today I went to get some gel separators custom made for my feet which I can wear all the time apart from night, how often I do so will depend on comfort I guess. An expensive thing to do but if it helps my feet not revert then worth it I guess. Having hyper mobility there's every chance things will slip back tho obviously it wouldn't happen overnight.

The good news - the little black sandals with minimum straps which don't get in the way of the scars fit my feet so I could go to the podiatrist in a pair of shoes!!! She didn't approve of them particularly as they don't give much support, but there's no way I'm going to a wedding in under two weeks with socks or the dreaded Velcro uni shoes where the straps all rub on my scars! And I can wear these in the short term for outings :-) 👠

More good news is that the left foot incision which I had to get re-stripped last week as it wasn't knitting is healing better. I also found a knot and piece of stitch left in my foot which I extracted last night which had been hampering the healing of the cut between my first and big toe!

Walking is less painful even than two days ago, again it's then tempting to do more isn't it?

Well done everyone with your progress and outings which are good for the soul. One of my daughters is coming up to stay this week so we shall go out, probably taking the wheelchair as I don't really know how far I can walk yet, but at least we can go and do some girlie things together :-)

Keep resting and posting V x

Hi,

I have my left foot done, not sure what type of op it was. day 12 for me and off to see the consultant, so looking forward

To getting my foot out of the bandage for at least

A bit. It's still a bit nippy but not too bad. I am able to walk without crutches and get upstairs etc. I went for a walk to the end of my garden today. My goodness , what an adventure. Keeping foot up as much as I can, but you know that when it is feeling good you stand or walk a bit more then pay for it later. Was back on the strong pain killers through the night.

Hi

Beth- I was 'plastered' for the first two weeks then dressings for a couple of days then.....nothing but my heel walkers. The day you get your dressings off is amazing-and guess what- your feet get better and better looking with each day!! I'm amazed at how quickly my wounds have healed.

VJ- glad the shoes fitted- how on earth did you manage to find them? I have tried on a pair of old Clarks shoes and know that they will be the ones I'll probably order in a larger size. They aren't the sort of shoes you would wear to a wedding though!

Suzy and Joan- Good luck with getting your dressings off too- let us know how things go.

Other(older) Beth- nice to hear from someone who goes before us all. I don't have Birkenstock clogs but they sound good shoes to look out for.

Feet up all!

Eileen

x

Hi all. I had my bunion and hammer toe surgery at the beginning of January. The k wire in my toe was removed on 10th February. The toe is now curling under again. Really upset about this and am seeing doc this week. Anyone else experienced this ?

Hello everyone, so glad to see I'm not the only one having so much pain! This just lets me know it's not so Unusual . This is my 7th day post op rt

Bunionectomy and correction of 2 hammer toes with a rod to straighten my big toe. I was just feeling like I was becoming a pain pill addict. Lol... Thank you for all your advice! As far as my pain level, it gets easier

Everyday, however, when I get up to move around for very necessary reasons,the rush of blood to my foot

Continues to produce unbearable throbbing pain... Thanks to my fiancé Lamonte, who holds my foot up while going to the bathroom and anytime when available, produces zero blood rush. Can't wait until I get over this part... I get my dressing changed Mar 26th.... I'm praying for a pain free visit... In two wks, lt foot bunionectomy

Happy Healing

Morning , well I spent the afternoon at QA ( my local hospital) and have had both my feet reviewed and initial dressings taken off, and new lighter dressings put on. I wasn't quite sure what to expect but after 2 weeks with both feet strapped up it felt good once the nurse removed the bulky dressings , and cut off the knots of the stitches ( thank goodness they are dissolvable ), on seeing my feet one was far more bruised than the other which answered my question on why was one so much more uncomfortable , I now have new lighter weight stretchy dressings on both feet for the next 2 weeks, I last night I found hobbling around uncomfortable as there was less padding around the feet but at least I'm onto stage 2.

My surgeon says it will be a total of two months before I can wear trainers ( they should look good with my work clothes) and 3 months before I can really start to live a more normal life , is that everyone else's experience who is further on in in this journey,?

Must admit I am still glad that I had both feet done at the same time I just can't imagine doing it all again. So stage 3 of being able to properly wash my feet will be in another 2 weeks can't wait.

How is everyone else today?

S

I should also say Hi Yvette

It really does start to get easier but having good pain management and keeping your foot / feet elevated really helps, and I've found the encouragement I've had from the others in this forum so helpful especially on a crisi day

Make sure you have recently taken pain killers before going to get your dressings changed not because it's terrible but because it'll just take the edge off the discomfort I'm now on day 14 and it does get easier.

Sue

Hi Suzy, you are on the same day as me. I'm feeling great today, decided to change beds and get the sheets out in the lovely sun, one set done, but have to sit down now, frustrating, but could not have even contemplated this a few days ago . Think I will ask my neighbour to help me hang them out. I find people do want to help as much as they can and are quite happy to do so.

Hi bunion buddies! Hope you're all well today. Clarissa sorry no one has responded think you should go back to your surgeon. Must be v disappointing for you but hopefully they can sort it out for you. Sue well done I remember that 2 week marker. I'm out today with my daughter which is wonderful. However walking outside is a nightmare. I have my strappy sandals but they're not really for walking far and everything else doesn't fit or rubs so we've bought the wchair with us and I will hobble a bit with one crutch as left foot hurts more

I've noticed I have started walking without bending my feet as when I do particularly on stairs it really hurts. I still come downstairs sideways! Did anyone else find bending the foot to walk properly was really painful? Inside the house and outdoors is v different! Just spoken to a massage person who does ultra sound. Says it would really help the feet to heal so I think I will book a session and he can come to my house! Perfect.

At the mo I'm wondering what will be the point in a couple of weeks if I cannot walk much!?

Keep going yvette it does get better. First couple of weeks or sour I stood more than a few minutes I'd become v faint but that has passed. It's all about patience as I keep posting and telling myself. Have a good and restful foot day. VJ 👣👣xx

Good on you Joan. One of my neighbours helped with the beds last week. She had to push me but I did accept and was very appreciative of her help too. It's hard taking help all the time specially if one tends to be a giver not a taker! Enjoy your fresh beds, I always like that first night!!

Vj, I walk down stairs sideways too and seem to walk on the side of my foot, I think it is just fear of hurting myself. I will have to take my time more and practice walking properly

Well done Joan, you are really on the road to recovery, and VJ take it easy but great to hear how well you are doing

Enjoy your day out