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Nonunion of joint after hammertoe surgery.

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jennifer83333
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the joint in my 2nd toe was fused to fix my hammertoe but it didn't fuse correctly causing a "nonunion" of the joint. Its caused a lot of pain and swelling. My surgeon gave me 2 cortisone shots a week ago which have helped a little with the pain and made the swelling go down. However, I'm still in pain. Still unable to wear a shoe (I'm still in my surgery shoe). My Dr. told me to wrap my toe and keep it as fixed as possible because he is still hoping for a successful union of the joint. I'm so disappointed. my surgery was November 7th. Does anyone have any experience with this happening? I'm attaching a picture of my toe. It looks so deformed and not fixable at this point.

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