Bunion surgery on my two feet at the same time

Hi Jane

My pain was horrible up to 4 days. But I battled through and live to tell the tale. It gave me an opportunity to catch up on much needed sleep and rest. Once day 4 had passed I felt like me again. Just ensure you take the pain medication and plenty of water. It truly is worth it, rather than going through the he'll of painful feet the rest of your life. If you're on Facebook check out this page I joined, it's a marvellous group, who have all gone through various operations, makes me feel like a wimp when I see some of their pictures and read their stories. " I survived a Bunionectomy" good luck and Happy Healing xx

Everybodies story is different. It's easy to be afraid of the unknown but focus on the good healing and only worry about what is and not what might be!

Good Luck, Be well!

Laura

I'm 50 and have had painful bunions for as long as I can remember so this surgery was for pain relief. I wouldn't put myself through this for cosmetic purposes. My experience is....my right foot is 5 months post op. It was exceptionally painful for the 1st 3 or so weeks.....needing help to bathe etc and not sleeping then bearable pain until 3 1/2 months or so including very sore metatarsils as the foot has to settle and realign itself. My foot still swells and isn't comfy in my normal shoes yet but I can function fairly normally. I'm virtually pain free now apart from twinges but constantly in trainers as it could take 12 months to settle.Everones recovery will be different. It will be interesting to see if my left foot follows suit. I absolutely dont reccommend having both done at the same time....how would you get to the bathroom etc?

HI....I live in Canada and had my bunion done 2 years ago on my right foot and 10+ years ago on my left. to tell you the truth I didn't find the pain that bad. Everybody had said that it was so painful before I had my operation, maybe I have a high pain tolerance I don't know. But I didn't think it was painful after the operation. I just took the medication that I was supposed to for pain. On Sept 26 the best surgeon in BC is going to correct my 2nd toe that the first surgeon had fused. That is one thing that I would stay away from is fusing the toes. They will never bend again. Which I wasn't aware of before the operation. Now she has to shorten my 2nd toe it's longer than my big toe. I will be awake for that too, which is going to be scary. 

But honestly I wouldn't worry about the pain from the bunion surgery it's not that bad.

Hi Jane,  when I went for a consult with my surgeon he said there were three factors to consider when deciding whether or not to have the surgery. First was if they are painful. Second was aesthetic and I forget the third. That being said, it sounds like you aren't happy with the way they are looking and that's helped you make the decision. I personally did not have tons of pain from the surgery. I took pain medication for about 4 days and then maybe another pill or two after that. Btw did I mention I do not have much of a pain tolerance?  The worst part in my experience is that you can't do much. If you don't keep your foot raised you pay the price with sweeping if your foot and discomfort. You also cannot do basic things again because it would require that you stand and that just hurts. I am three weeks in and cannot wait till week 6 because I hear at that time they put you in a sneaker. I hope this helps!  Good luck in your decision and surgery.