Akins and bunion op with complication of frature on osteotomy site

Foot care
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Is anybody elses foot been more swollen in the heat. I am so depressed thought foot was feeling and now it's throbbing like ■■■■ in the boot walker I have spent practically the whole day with foot elevated and have been using ice treatments around my ankle. Help

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Hi smab yes absolutely I have found swelling worse in this London summer! Particularly today when my foot seemed enormous! I think this weather just makes it worse. Best wishes John

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Thanks John I live in St Neots  Cambs it has been 34 here today, not as hot as you ithink! Are your feet painful too?

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Try placeing the ice under the knee

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Yes it is just the one with me but yes it has been so awful in this heat. It is bad enough with all the grief we are all going through with swelling etc, without this cruel heat. I wish it was winter honestly. It definitely increases the swelling and pain etc. does this heat. Don't despair Smab it is all a matter of time, Mind you I have to confess this foot nightmare has made me feel not far short of suicidal in the last few days. Getting through each day is an ordeal and an achievement I feel. Wish I could just fast forward all us sufferers to better times!

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Thanks John I know what you mean, I thought I had done all the hard work in the spring only to get a fracture. So I can sympathise with your feeling down. This journey is soooooo trying, the only thing that keeps me going is that when everything is settled it couldn't possibly be worse than the pain I was suffering before the operation!

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Thanks Rebecca will give that a go.

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Yedterday it was very , humid out only 80 degrees but my left foot was very swollen and i had a burning stinging pain in my big toe

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How's your's today? Everything feels like it's so tight but it's not red

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hi there, ohooo yes, tell me about it... the heat and the swelling as i am 6 weeks pos op has been terrible today, i have been so tearful with it all today, i even thought with the swelling something has gone wrong, but the weather has not helped us foot patients.... me too i have not known where to put my feet today, had them up, down, sideways even in a bowl of cool water... but still so sore and swollen, i do so understand how you feel, and lets hope we can have a better day tomorrow.... i am dreading this evening with the heat, its also made me feel abit sickly, ohooo roll on another month or two when hopefully the worse has gone, wish you well to x

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You too Gilly. It sounds like you me and Smab are all in the same boat! Let us focus on better times ahead and hopefully just getting through this ordeal!

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Thanks Gilly for your support, hoping the temperature drops soon, I don't wish to wish mu life away, but I am getting to the point where I am.