TENSION STITCHES POST OP

I too am 10 days post op and got my stitches out today.  My foot looked much like yours does. I am quite pleased with the result. Since stitches came out the pain has got much less. I have to wear a plaster cast for another 4 weeks. 

Thanks Christine, I don't have a cast but I do have the lovely black shoe lol which I have to wear for a further 4 weeks. I am so looking forward to having my stiches out as I think this will releave the sensation of my toes wanting to ping. How are you feeling in yourself. I keep my foot elevated most of the day but the last two days it has been so uncomfortable with tightness that I just don't know what to do with it.

It was a relief to have the stitches out, it was very tense and uncomfortable the last couple of days. The plaster cast is not the best I think your special shoe looks a better option. Still keep it elevated as much as possible. Hope you feel better after the stitches are out. 

Hi beanie

Looks a really good result. Once stitches are out that crinkle look in yr skin will relax and flatten out. Surgical scars can take up to a year to mature. Once stitches are out and wound fully healed you can start to massage the scar line with something like bio oil. Check with yr own medical team first though. I had my op 9 days ago and I am walking well on my shoe indoors but need my crutches outside. I elevate above groin level when I am sitting. The pressure when I don't is extremely uncomfortable . Now suffering with itchiness as the feeling returns to my toes. I think we lucky to have shoe as thus helps prevent heel pain. I had left foot done 20 yrs ago lucky to have similar surgery and result is excellent with good flexibility. Remember to do yr prescribed exercises this will help with swelling and return to flexibility. For anyone considering the surgery it is not really painful just uncomfortable and the swelling sensation is the worst thing and feels a bit scary till u get used to it. Elevation in first two weeks combined with walking for short periods using shoe and crutches using anti inflamatories like ibuprofen naproxen or diclifenac are key providing yr Dr thinks u okay to use them. Hope this helps

Thanks everyone. Had my stitches out. Omg has to be the worst pain I've ever haD.  I've had two natural births and no pain relief after a full hysterectomy so I have a great pain threshold. The nurse said they were really tight. But my foot looks great. Very little swelling and no bruising. Feels so much better now. Still fell pressure and nerve pain but such a relief now stitches are gone. Gonna keep on with the diclofenic for a couple more weeks. She wouldn't let me photograph it. Had it redressed and have to leave it on for 4 weeks till my next consultant appointment due to bone alignment. It really is important to follow hospital advice if you want your foot to be ok. x

Your stitches look too tight as if they're pulling. I'm not sure what surgery you had but was it Scarf/Aklin Osteotomy the same as I had last June? I was told the swelling could take up to a year to disappear and only then you will be able to wear proper shoes. I'm wearing Homyped sandles having a velcro strap around the heel. Wishing you all the best with your recovery.

Hello Beanie65

Apolgies for delay in replying. Have been away fr a couple of days in th Not Yorksire Moors area. Twas lovey andawelcom brea.

Your stitches look fine  - if a little untidy. Every surgeon will have different standards of needlecraft I expect. Mine are omewhat neater That said yours look very secure which how they should be. They will tug and pull as the wound heals but this is quite normal.

However,  would be asking about your adjacent toes s they look to me to b curling under. Yu may have hammer toes developing.

I had surgery to correct a hammer toe and the bunion corrected on the big toe next to it last November. All is well and has beensusful.

I have hd bunion correction on 1st October on my other foot  -  there was no hammertoe on this foot, and everything is progressing even better than last time which is excellent.

Good Luck!

Gillian

I am experiencing some intense sensations. I get a really bad searing pain across the bridge of my big toe and at the tip of my big toe by the tip of the nail., it's like a tightening sensation then subsides to a pins and needles sensation. It also feels like it is burning. Then I get a very sharp feeling where my bunion used to be. I assmume this is normal. Normal pain killers are not touching it and I did try cocodamol but they made me feel very sick so I didnt take them again.