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| I hate HATE my feet I've got a horrible bunion on my right foot and a I've got another 1 on my left but it's not that bad. My feet are always aching and trying to find boots and shoes that don't totally kill me is a pain! I've heard from people that have had the surgery say they wouldn't do it again because the recovery was so painful. Has anyone here had any experience with the surgery? I'm thinking of getting mine done in the winter I'm just wondering if I should do both at the same time and I've heard that I need to stay off my feet for 6 weeks! I don't even think I can handle that! |
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Location: OH. IO | My friend had one foot done and then the other three weeks apart.she was required to go back to work.so two days after surgery with a walker here she came:/she didn't have a choice as her husband had just left her.painful YES would she do it again?YES. |
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| I have had the surgery. You sound like me -- I had my worst (right) foot done and COULD have the left foot done too but it never bothered me like the right one did. It would just ache and ache depending what I was doing. Driving long distances would hurt it, flat shoes, pointy shoes, etc. I had a pin and multiple screws put in it. This was mmm...5 years ago? maybe? I would NOT get both done at once unless they are both majorly hurting you. You'd be in a wheel chair!
The first couple days was pretty rough - I had pain meds and slept as much as possible. The surgery was a breeze but those first couple days the pain was pretty high. I was on crutches for a few weeks maybe? Then a boot to walk after that. I remember tying a grocery bag around it to walk out to the barn as it was spring and muddy. LOL
All in all, it was an inconvenience but I'm glad I did it and I barely even remember it. So it couldn't have been too bad. I was 26 or so at the time. PS. I cried when I saw my foot for the first time. It did look a lot different and my big toe lacks a lot of the flexibility it had before. Today it looks great, no worries there, but I still cant pick anything up with that foot. HaHA.
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| star1218 - 2017-06-23 4:39 PM
I have had the surgery.  You sound like me -- I had my worst (right) foot done and COULD have the left foot done too but it never bothered me like the right one did. It would just ache and ache depending what I was doing. Driving long distances would hurt it, flat shoes, pointy shoes, etc. I had a pin and multiple screws put in it.  This was mmm...5 years ago? maybe?   I would NOT get both done at once unless they are both majorly hurting you.  You'd be in a wheel chair!
The first couple days was pretty rough - I had pain meds and slept as much as possible. The surgery was a breeze but those first couple days the pain was pretty high. I was on crutches for a few weeks maybe? Then a boot to walk after that. I remember tying a grocery bag around it to walk out to the barn as it was spring and muddy. LOL
All in all, it was an inconvenience but I'm glad I did it and I barely even remember it. So it couldn't have been too bad. I was 26 or so at the time.  PS. I cried when I saw my foot for the first time. It did look a lot different and my big toe lacks a lot of the flexibility it had before. Today it looks great, no worries there, but I still cant pick anything up with that foot. HaHA.
Good luck! Â
Thank you for your story! I think I'll just do the right one first because it's really bad! I need to ask, did you cry because you were happy or was the foot mutilated looking at first lol! I won't wear flip flops or sandals because I'm way too self conscious about my ugly feet! And I'd love to enjoy a pedi some day lol! |
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| jake16 - 2017-06-23 3:39 PM
My friend had one foot done and then the other three weeks apart.she was required to go back to work.so two days after surgery with a walker here she came:/she didn't have a choice as her husband had just left her.painful YES would she do it again?YES.
Thank you for sharing! I've waited so long to do this for some dumb reason. We now have excellent insurance so I have no excuses!
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| want2chase3 - 2017-06-23 4:49 PM star1218 - 2017-06-23 4:39 PM I have had the surgery. You sound like me -- I had my worst (right) foot done and COULD have the left foot done too but it never bothered me like the right one did. It would just ache and ache depending what I was doing. Driving long distances would hurt it, flat shoes, pointy shoes, etc. I had a pin and multiple screws put in it. This was mmm...5 years ago? maybe? I would NOT get both done at once unless they are both majorly hurting you. You'd be in a wheel chair!
The first couple days was pretty rough - I had pain meds and slept as much as possible. The surgery was a breeze but those first couple days the pain was pretty high. I was on crutches for a few weeks maybe? Then a boot to walk after that. I remember tying a grocery bag around it to walk out to the barn as it was spring and muddy. LOL
All in all, it was an inconvenience but I'm glad I did it and I barely even remember it. So it couldn't have been too bad. I was 26 or so at the time. PS. I cried when I saw my foot for the first time. It did look a lot different and my big toe lacks a lot of the flexibility it had before. Today it looks great, no worries there, but I still cant pick anything up with that foot. HaHA.
Good luck! Thank you for your story! I think I'll just do the right one first because it's really bad! I need to ask, did you cry because you were happy or was the foot mutilated looking at first lol! I won't wear flip flops or sandals because I'm way too self conscious about my ugly feet! And I'd love to enjoy a pedi some day lol!
OH and I will add - getting boots on will be tough for a while. The swelling caused by this surgery is more top to bottom --- makes your foot really thick. And in a bad spot to get boots on.
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Location: At the barn | Sounds like my feet! They are awful but I'm too big a wuss to do the surgery. I would love to see what my feet would look like afterwards. I've always had monster feet:( |
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Location: Oklahoma | I posted the same question on here a few weeks back! I have to have bunion surgery too but also have surgery on the bones on the outside also. They told me one foot would be 8 weeks and come do the other later. or I can do one and wait four weeks and do the other and be off 12 weeks. Said that would be for work and riding would be a awhile longer depending on how I heal. Not looking forward to it at all! I do Tuesday to get a referral for a 2nd opinion.
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| Think about this,,, If you have already met or are about to meet your deductible and co insurance then I would get both done feet done. Yes it's going to be hard to stay off your feet for six weeks at a time. I'm not sure about you but I can't tell you the last time I met my deductibles. I'm having surgery on my right foot on 7/6/17, I have what's called MORTON'S NEUROMA. We tried shots but that didn't do anything but mask the issue. I have to be off my feet for 6/8 weeks after surgery also. Then when the right foot is healed up were going in again to do my left foot. Another 6/8 weeks of non bearing weight. I look at it this way, sure it's killing my summer but in the long run I will be glad I did it. I bet you will be also. |
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Location: KS | I had surgery done on my left foot-my right is fine thank goodness. Honestly the surgery wasn't as painful as I thought it would be and the majority of my pain after had to do with the dressing being too tight. I was non-weight bearing for 30 days following surgery and then had to use the boot for another 4 weeks. If possible borrow or rent one of the knee scooters (if you do one at a time), it was a life saver for me, and I never did have to use crutches. 2 years after my surgery I did have to have the hardware removed as the screw came loose and was protruding through the top of my foot. As for looks-my foot looks better than it did before. I do have a 3" scar but it doesn't bother me. I do still have to be careful about what kind of shoes I wear and I can rarely wear heels. |
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Location: Armuchee, GA, NW section of Ga | My SIL had this on both feet. She had a difficult time staying off her feet, but glad it was done. Her feet look so much better now, before she avoided any open toed shoes.
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Location: Spokompton, Wa | trotncowpony - 2017-06-23 10:30 PM
Sounds like my feet! They are awful but I'm too big a wuss to do the surgery. I would love to see what my feet would look like afterwards. I've always had monster feet:(
This is my feet to a T also. :( |
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| I'm planning on doing it come winter time... probably just go with the worst foot first and see how I handle it. My other isn't too bad but I don't know if it'll get worse with time or not. |
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| Scotch - 2017-06-27 4:26 PM trotncowpony - 2017-06-23 10:30 PM Sounds like my feet! They are awful but I'm too big a wuss to do the surgery. I would love to see what my feet would look like afterwards. I've always had monster feet:( This is my feet to a T also. : (
Just wanted to say that the surgery doesn't make your feet smaller. LOL. If you have monster feet, you'll still have monster feet.
I had size 10 pre and post surgery. All it did was take the giant nob off the side (effectively making them narrower in that area i suppose, but not noticeably) and straighten my big toe out. I will say my big toe seems shorter -- and the flexibility of it is a lot less. But my foot size did not change. |
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | I sold shoes for quite some time and heard a lot of horror stories. The only true success stories I heard were from those who stayed off their feet completely for the first portion of the healing process and then stayed off as much as possible the remainder. |
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Location: SW North Dakota | star1218 - 2017-06-23 3:39 PM
I have had the surgery.  You sound like me -- I had my worst (right) foot done and COULD have the left foot done too but it never bothered me like the right one did. It would just ache and ache depending what I was doing. Driving long distances would hurt it, flat shoes, pointy shoes, etc. I had a pin and multiple screws put in it.  This was mmm...5 years ago? maybe?   I would NOT get both done at once unless they are both majorly hurting you.  You'd be in a wheel chair!
The first couple days was pretty rough - I had pain meds and slept as much as possible. The surgery was a breeze but those first couple days the pain was pretty high. I was on crutches for a few weeks maybe? Then a boot to walk after that. I remember tying a grocery bag around it to walk out to the barn as it was spring and muddy. LOL
All in all, it was an inconvenience but I'm glad I did it and I barely even remember it. So it couldn't have been too bad. I was 26 or so at the time.  PS. I cried when I saw my foot for the first time. It did look a lot different and my big toe lacks a lot of the flexibility it had before. Today it looks great, no worries there, but I still cant pick anything up with that foot. HaHA.
Good luck! Â
Me, too! I had the big toe bunion and pinky toe bunion on my right foot fixed, after putting it off for YEARS. It was pretty painful before the surgery. I've had 2 C-Sections, and 2 ACL/meniscus/bone graft knee surgeries and the bunion surgery was BY FAR the most painful! I couldn't even make pee come out 12 hours after surgery because it hurt so badly. I can't tolerate narcotics, though, so I only had 800mg of Advil- which didn't even touch the pain. That was 2 or 3 years ago and I DO NOT regret having the surgery! It was totally worth the pain. Plus, maybe if you prepare for intolerable pain, yours won't be bad at all! haha. |
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| I had 2 c sections and breezed thru those lol! I'm hoping it won't be so bad, I'm fine with taking heavy duty pain meds. I've got blisters and callus between each toe because of the big toe pushing on the rest, it's very painful if I'm on my feet for long periods of time. |
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| Going to update. Just had my foot surgery this Wednesday. I didn't take my pain pills right after because my foot was so numb it didn't hurt. At about 11 that night I was in extreme pain that it kept me up. I took my ibuprofen and the narcotic but only managed two hours of sleep. Woke up at 5 in pain and it seemed once I got ahead of the pain with the pills, or the twelve hours after the surgery, it honestly doesn't hurt all that bad. The plate area is tender but where they removed the bunion hurts the most. They did have to break my toe to straighten it out. |
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