petrified of up and coming bunion surgery and recovery

 Nooooooo.....so not fair. What a nightmare. Feel for you, poor you. Hang in there , will be worth it in the end for lovely new feet. xx

Hi there I was supposed to have my op on 5th january and like yours was cancelled but had mine done on 3rd feb and from what you have wrote it sounds exactly same op as i have had, some of the replies you have had are a bit scary, but I wanted to let you know my story I went in earlymorning went to theatre at 9am talked to anaethatist, surgeon and nurse told them how anxious I was and scared of what was going to happen and terrified the pain would be awful but was reassured, dont remember anything else woke up on the ward at 12.30, all done no pain, stayed in bed , seen by physio next day got fitted for the shoe walked with them some discomfort but no more than the pain I have been having anyway before op, stayed in another night then discharged home, I had to rest only walking when needing bathroom really sat with foot up as instructed, our 2 dogs just sat with me ,relative visited regularly while hubby was at work, went for my check two weeks later all dressings removed and good soak in warm water and now walking about slowly in my shoe, I managed to have showers bought a cheap stool and black bin bags and covered up to my knee, just got rid of stool a week ago feel happy to stand now , i go back to hospital in 10 days and hoping that by then its 6 weeks so i will hopefullybe able to drive , but it has gone well no complaints and i really dont do pain, my advise would be do as the surgeon says and recovery will be good and I am the most impatient person ever, I think I can understand what you are going through but it will. Be ok, hope this helps 😉😉😀😀

Hi denise. Thanks for ur very helpful story. I m glad to hear its gone well for u and has given me hope for a positive experience too. The advice given to me by surgeon was i will be walking straight away in the shoe and wont need to elevate my foot which os contrary to the info i ve read here but i m also told to follow what my surgeon says so i guess i ll have to do that. I was surprised when i rang up hearing from thenprocedures line that i ll be in for maybe two nights as the surgeon had said i d be out same day. Very confusing but i have to just put my faith inthem. I ve had a rough week as so many people i ve spoken to have gone on about what a painful procedure this is and i dont do pain!! Its helped that some people on here have given more positive info and surely like yourselfthey know as theyve had it. What painkillers were u given at homevand were theystrong enough? Thanks xx

Hi jenny glad you found my comments helpful, I forgot to say my op was under Nhs too in liverpool , the painkillers given in the hospital were cocodamol but for me werent strong enough, so I was changed to tramadol which after a day of tweeking up to 100mg twice a day with paracetamol and ibuprofen also did the trick for me, I am a nurse and each consultant will differ slightly so wouldnt worry too much, he just said that he felt by only walking when necessary and keeping the foot well elevated in between helps healing and my wound has healed well so I feel I did what was advised and it worked for me , so my advice still is to go with what he advises and if you think of anything else dont hesitate to ask, good luck xx

Thanks denise. Yeah my consultant had said it would be cocodamol and i felt this probably wouldn be strong enough. Maybe they are for some people. Just wish it was tmrw! Oh well. Need to try and live in the moment. My friend whos a cbt therapist aaid to me if u can cope with toothache u ll be ok