Mid foot fusion.

Hello everyone! I had a midfoot fusion on September 21, 2016 with a heel bone graft and an Achilles tendon lengthening surgery. I am 48 and was born with flat feet. In 1982 I had foot surgery to create an arch in both feet. They quit doing the surgery not long after I had mine because they found it caused arthritis. I have also had two bunionectomies. Fast forward to the past several years where I began to have to curtail walking and standing for very long due to severe pain. This year it got to the point that the pain was unbearable and required me to sit more and more. I finally went to the doctor and discovered severe arthritis. Right worse than left. I decided to have the fusion done. Oddly, the fusion itself did not hurt but the graft and tendon surgery incisions were very painful. I was in a splint for 2 weeks and then got my sutures removed. I got a bed sore on my heel towards the inside of my heel. I had the bone graft on the outside portion of the heel. I was in a cast for 6 weeks. Then in a walking boot for 4 weeks. I bought a knee scooter and it was the best thing I ever did!! I highly recommend getting one! I do have pain with walking or standing too much and wearing certain types of shoes. I still have swelling but it gets better all the time. My question is this . . . if anyone has had a bone graft from their heel, how long did it take for that pain to subside? It isn't unbearable but I just don't understand why it sometimes bothers me more than my actual fusion did. Curious. Thank you for your sharing!

Hi I had mid foot fusion on the 1st Feb 2016 I am still  in  pain and cannot walk without a stick , i have pain when walking down hill or inclines , I have not worked since that day and it looks like my company are now in a position to retire me as i cannot do my job. Before the operation i was able to walk normally only getting pain after long walks, now i'm left with a limp. If i could turn back the clock i would cancel the whole operation. I really  thought  it would improve my walking for longer but it has'nt. There is'nt a day go's by i wish i had never  had it done and just lived with the flat foot or maybe just have had the joint cleared of any arthritis 

Did anyone on this thread have surgery for flat feet and arthritis which made it worse. My surgery should be correction planovalgus with hindfoot midfoot  fusion, calcaneal osteotomy, ankle ligament reconstruction, possible midfoot osteotomy, ankle arthroscopy, posterior release.  Has anyone had anything like this for flat feet severe pronation and arthritis????  I am desperate to talk to someone who has had extensive surgery like I am supposed to have and is in the 45-65 age range.  

Whatever you do, don't put any weight on your foot.  Stop and think.  Those bones are very tiny and any amount of weight could negate the fusion.  I had 6 fusions almost a year ago and I still have bones that haven't unioned.  Many factors will affect the healing process, mine being age.  I played golf almost everyday with my husband and haven't played one round in 8 months. It's hell to be sidelined.