Pain 8 weeks post Bunion Surgery

i am 11.5 weeks and still have a lot of pain and shooting nerve pain in my toes, especially when walking. Apparently this is normal and it will eventually subside

I just reached 20 weeks double bunion and 4 hammertoe corrections. I understand when you say you need a bit of moral support. I was really down and shocked at my inability to walk properly and the purple coloring on both feet, even just being up and about for a few minutes, which seemed like eternity. I wasn't able to put my feet completely on the floor until around 12-13 weeks and even that was just for a few minutes. I talked to my surgeon about all this and he said it was normal and the recovery takes a long time. I was measuring my experience with others who had quick recoveries and started to feel like something was terribly wrong. I am finally starting to feel like things are turning around but I am nowhere nearly as active as I was before the surgery. I wore only velcro open toe slides most of the time up until around 14 weeks and was only able to get into wide foot trainers at physio for around 30 minutes each session. Now at 20 weeks I'm able to wear the trainers for a few hours per day and am able to walk outside slowly without any assistance. Socks are no-go as my feet and toes feel too compressed and pain starts setting in.

I am still uncomfortable and feel pain when I push myself too hard. The bunion sites seem ok (no scarring, as I had minimally invasive procedures) but the corrected hammertoes, also shortened, are still giving me some problems. Am able to address this somewhat with daily taping as instructed by the surgeon and I hope over time I won't have any long-term issues. My goal is to do a light jog when I reach the six month point, which is a modest goal considering how active I used to be.

Your situation sounds very familiar to me as I had also expected to be much more advanced at around the 3-month mark and woke up disappointed every day when I was still uncomfortable with purple feet and swelling. And this was with elevating my feet nearly 20 hours/day including during sleep. The wrap around ice gel packs helped with swelling and pain but not with my overall frustration about the recovery time. For the purple color and bruising, I used arnica lotion, which did sooth the areas and gave some relief.

Would be good to hear how things progress with your recovery. Things will get better but may take longer than we think. Take care for now.