advice or personal stories of the hours, days, weeks afterward of healing and problems.
2007-03-23 06:45:30 · 6 answers · asked by Pancake 7 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
I had bunion surgery and wished now that I hadn't. Hopefully you had a better surgeon than I did though. Thanks to the one I had I now have scar tissue and cant move my big toe and have bad balance. I had to wear an air cast for about 3 months and walk on crutches.
2007-03-23 06:51:21 · answer #1 · answered by shirley e 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes - I had both done at once... it was 3 years ago now... I was off work for 8 weeks, but if I had pushed - the Dr would have sent me back at 5 (I wanted the extra time- haha). My dr sent me home with an ace bandage around my foot.. I had a friend with the same surgery who had a cast.. So that is more the dr preference.
It really took about a full year for my foot to throughly heal since it was bone surgery. I now have a bit of stiffness in my big toe, but the pain is gone. Where they cut the neuroma out... well - the nerves are severed as well - so you do loose feeling in the affected toes. But you hardly notice that!
Hope this helps calm your nerves some...
And Good Luck!!
2007-03-23 06:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by Lori H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Had a really bad tailor bunion years ago. A local was used and I really felt nothing until the local wore off. Since the bone was resectioned and offset a screw was used to hold it together until healing took place. It was 4 or 5 weeks. The screw really gave me a lot of pain, but once removed, I have not looked back. In fact I am thinking of having the other tailor bunion repaired. Just make certain that you have an experienced doctor.
2007-03-23 06:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by Contented 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had bunion surgery by an orthopedic surgeon who said he was a 'foot specialist'. Come to find out that he only did 6 months training in foot surgery but I found out only AFTER my surgery. My surgery was awful! I had so much swelling and the bone was not fixated correctly. My cousin who is a cardiologist in Houston told me to go find a foot surgeon who is board certified in foot surgery. I ended up going to a top podiatric foot surgeon here in Atlanta and he really fixed my foot up great. It's been 5 years now and I can run and play sports like I did before but if there's any advice I would give is: don't go to an orthopedist for foot surgery. Find a board certified podiatric surgeon who specializes in nothing but foot surgery. I did some research and learned that they do 3 years of residency training in nothing but foot and ankle surgery.
2007-03-23 12:27:40 · answer #4 · answered by Christopher Tracy 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had bunion surgery on both feet and it was a breeze. I had a wonderful doctor who answered all my stupid questions. Both times I was back in work in 3 day (even though he wanted me to stay out of work for 2 weeks) and on crutches. I was in sneakers in 3 weeks. I'm so glad I had it done, it was so worth it. I also stayed awake during both surgeries as he just gave me 5 shots in my foot each time to numb them. The shots hurt a bit but it was worth it not to have to get knocked out. I talked to him through the whole thing and it was great. In a couple of months I was back in heels. Do it, you won't regret it.
2007-03-23 06:52:09 · answer #5 · answered by Jilly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very simply answer for any foot problems. Get rid of your shoes, period. If you've had surgery, go barefoot during your entire rehabilitation period. You'll find that not only are your feet in better shape, your entire body will be in better shape. Shoes cause more problems than they've ever solved.
2007-03-23 07:16:26 · answer #6 · answered by barefoot_yank 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋