Elevated toes, scar tissue

I am 5 months out of bunion surgery and am very much regretting my decision. My bone was very slow to heal so I was in a boot longer than the doctor planned (she hoped just a couple weeks, but it was nearly 9 and even when she said I could wear sneakers the bone wasn't fully healed). She also did not tell me to start manually moving my foot or toes at all until that same 9 week visit. As a result, I have a lot of scar tissue and my big toe is still jot able to touch the ground. I was going to physical therapy but they asked me to pause until I see a surgeon (there were quite a few aftercare problems so I am seeking another opinion from a different surgeon) because I was no longer making progress and couldn't handle the pain of my physical therapist trying to manually break up the scar tissue.

I am feeling very discouraged at this point - it hurts nearly all the time, finding shoes that fit without too much pain is incredibly difficult, and I haven't been able to return to any of the activities that I hoped I could do after I finally got the surgery.

I know swelling can last a long time, but has anyone else had to contend with the elevated toe due to scar tissue? Was either cortisone shots or scar tissue removal successful?

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