I am now awaiting a appt with my specialist re my bunion, but reading all of the FORUMS I am beginning to change my mind as everyone seems to be in pain and it doesnt look good, so is it best to put up with the pain now or is it really worth it ??????
I had mines done a week ago I'm still unable to walk yet or bear weight. My check up appointment is this Wednesday where they remove the bandage and stitches and will do an x ray.
Hey
Keep me posted please, what was your issue with yours ??
Cheers
Shar
My big toe had to be fused as it was a severe bunion!!! Will do x
That sounds very painful ouch, I have had a infection in mine since November and after 4 lots of antibiotics constantly taking Diclofenic and changing all of my shoes, it is now kind of back to normal, I am just very warey of shoes now.
Oh no sorry to hear that. What shoes do you go for now if you don't mind me asking?
I had mine done on 24 March 2017 and have been in trainers and walking since week three. The foot looks amazing, maybe not perfect but that may come in time but a foot I will be proud to show off as it is still very pretty (if a foot is ever pretty!). I did NOT however have fusion and I don't know whether that makes a difference to the pain, it certainly seems to affect the time that weight bearing is prohibited. I had virtually no pain, no significant sweling, nearly all gone now and it is 8 weeks today. I did, however, follow instructions to the letter, difficult as they were. The only hiccup is that one of the screws has slipped slightly giving me a bit of discomfort in the ball of my foot, as a result all of the screws are being taken out on 30 June but since 20% of people need the screws removed at some point in time I am seeing this as a plus as I will have all the disruption over a 3/4 month period (recuperation for screw removal is 2 weeks). Remember these sites are normally used by people who are a bit worried so most the posts will be about problems and not always the success stories. I would say from my experience that it is definitely worth it but I have been lucky with the outcome (so far) and the end result. I had a severe bunion that I have had since I was 14 and have spent all my adult life hiding my foot, even more frustrating was the fact that my other foot was not only perfect but was a nice shape, now both are a nice shape. The bunion surgery appears to have sorted other issues with my foot as well but only time will tell if this is the case. I would say it is worth it but each person will have a different end result and as such a different view on that. My procedure was scarf with akin osteotomy and shortening of my second toe which had started to hammer anyway, I belive the shortening of the second toe was partly due to the hammer toe and partly due to the fact that the big toe was shortened as a result of the procedure. Hope this helps a bit.window.post_1495197011471_3 = function(win,msg){
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I think that if you are in pain now than its worth trying to do something about your bunion! My dad is a very young 84 . He has horrible bunions. He has had to have 2 toes removed in the last 5 years because of them. I asked if he could do it over would he have had surgery at a younger age, and he said yes definetly.
Hi Theresa, You are so lucky to have such a wonderful outcome from your bunion surgery. I have quite a large bunion on my right foot but don't have any pain, it is just feels a bit numb. My main problem is getting shoes to fit and it is not at all easy. It does not hinder me at all in any way and I walk everyday. I keep hoping that one day they will come up with a simple solution to fix bunions. I have been looking into having it operated for literally years but am afraid to have it done in case it's not a success and it would be awful to end up worse off than before. Which country do you live in and who did your operation? Not very often do you hear from people who are really happy with the outcome. Please let us know where you had the operation.
Hi Sharon
I had a bilateral scarf and akin procedure about 1.5 years ago. It does take a while to recover but my results are good, straight toe and no pain !
The surgery is major and does take at leave 10-12 weeks to recover and with some swelling for up to a year.
It was worth it for me.
I am in the UK and had the operation in North London. I am seeing the surgeon mid/late June and will check if it is OK to say who did the operation, I wouldn't want to comporomise him by giving his name without checking with him first.
I have of course got to get through the screws coming out but at week 8 I am very happy with the result, i am mindful though that the screw removal may result in other issues so will repost once that is done!
The screws and staple from my scarf and akin are still in a year and a half later. They do not cause me any problems at all. Did your surgeon say they had to be removed, perhaps your procedure was different.
No, I think it was the same surgery as you, I read somewhere that sometimes the screws move while the bone is reforming and this happened in my case. Everytime the physiotherapist pressed my foot I had terrible discomfort, the x-ray confirmed that one screw had moved down and was causing the problem. The surgeon decided the best course of action was to remove them and whilst doing the one take them all out. I am one of the 20% that needs them to come out. Recuperation is only two weeks so I am not too worried about it.
I understand. Thankfully mine seems okay. Hope it goes well.
hi Sharon I went to two specialists for opinions and also lastly my family dr hoping one of them would at i didn't need the surgery. I am still in numbing block stage so all has gone well so far but that's supposed to change today. My dr had to operate on my second and third toes bc of damage done by bunion already and the right side of my foot was hurting bc it was overcompensating for the imbalance created by the bunion and my bunion was only getting larger slowly so I did it. Everyone i know personally has said it was totally worth it and the pain will pass. I was scared and today I'm very anxious awaiting the pain to set in but it can't be worse than I've set up in my mind and think about it like pain with a purpose. You and I will be better for it.
Dear Sharon
I only had bunion on one foot, it had become more and more painful, especially if standing around and was finding it more and more difficult to buy shoes. I had to have Toe Fusion which is more radical that ordinary bunion surgery, I was in plaster for 6 weeks and had to keep off foot. Rehabilitation is slow with this but I just would not go back to how it was before, I run and play games with the grand children. I can't wear high heels for long but the foot looks so much better and the pain has gone and although it still takes time to select shoes that will work with me I would not hesitate to recommend if you have pain - I put up with mine for years as I was like you, worried I might be worse off. I had mine done at Ipswich Hospital in Suffolk (UK) when I was around 55 years, am now 61.
Thank you so much I've just been up the mall contemplating not going through with it and trying on shoes that I can no longer wear thank you again
Let me know how you get on honey
Xx keep me posted
Well I am mostly in trainers , along with Mary Janes but a size bigger I also have bought sandals from the fifty plus brochure but I so so miss my 5 inch heels
What's the name of the surgery where they shave the bone ? Xx