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germdawerm
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 Posted: 04/09/07 - 11:31 Post subject: wanan know if bunion and hammertoe surgery is the way to go |
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hi im 22 years old and im thinking about hammertoe and bunion surgery i just wanna know if anyone got this and can they enlighten me about this procedure. is it very painful and what is the recovery time. i been reading many of the post up here and im very nervous about getting this done some say it very bad pain and some say the really didnt have any pain. im reall nervous and i dont know what to do. im hearing about this minimally invasive surgery but my doctor says its garbage not to get it but i hear its less trauma and faster healing time but i hear they dont alight the bones and they just shave the toes down. can anyone who got this tell me about thank you  |
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| Posted: 06/19/07 - 11:56 Post subject: reply to your post |
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I am a 20 year old who had hammer toe and bunion(ette) - the pinky toe side surgery. It's been two weeks, almost three, and I'm feeling a lot better now. I admit, the medicine they gave me to get put to sleep... I didn't react well. It just made me sick for a couple days. The pain is more of a burning sensation that is uncomfortable. Yes, I would say more of an uncomfortable feeling than "pain." Now, when you land on your foot on accident, there is pain and tingling. If you bump into something, there is pain, but not so much that you will regret the surgery. The downfall of the whole thing, in my opinion, is not being able to drive for a while, or walk. You definitely have more respect for handicapped people.
My surgery was as follows: They kind of broke my four toes, putting pins through three of them. The pins stick out of the tops of my toes. The forth toe incision connected to the bunionette incision, so there wasn't a pin in that toe. The bunionette incision was pretty long, and they put two little screws in the bones where they reconnected them to form a straight line.
I will have to get my second foot done eventually, and I will. The surgery is probably worth it, although I haven't seen the results yet, I already can't believe how straight my toes are from the surgery. |
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| Posted: 06/11/08 - 11:45 Post subject: Hammertoe Surgery |
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| I went to one of the top orthopedic surgeons in Dallas and had four toes done. My foot looks mangled and I would never do this again. Do not have this surgery unless you absolutely have to! |
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