You poor thing. I too regret my surgery but had bone spur removed from top of foot. Two months today. I can't shop, clean, nothing. All I do i cry. Every day. I don't know what the hell happened but never again. I need to work but will have to find work at home I guess.
Oh boy is it ever. I had my done in 2009 and I'm in so much pain. The dr. made my big toe too short which altered the way my foot balanced when walking.
I'm so sorry you had to go through all that for so long. And still. Life is so unfair because when you need help it actually hurts you in the end. I have an appointment today at 2 o'clock to find out why I'm still in this much pain 9 weeks after surgery. Now his secretary tells me that it's too soon that I shouldn't worry about nerves and all that til 6 to 12 months later. I sure hope she's right. Keep in touch, I will let you know what the doctor says today.
didi768 - I hope your appt. went well and you doctor listened and validated your concerns. My surgery was October 30, 2014 and I have what my husband and I call zingers. It's not so much an actual pain as it is the nerve letting me know that it's not happy at times. M disappointment with my surgery is that my toes were not straightened as much as I had hoped. I feel my physician did the best she could. I don't like that my left foot is about 1 1/2 times larger than the right because it is still so swollen. Tylenol and ice have not improved it much. Also the two toes that have permanent pins are huge, one of them is bent. My dr. says it will get better than it moved due to the swelling. Those toes got a lot larger about 3 months after surgery. I try to not be a difficult patient but at my appointments I make sure my concerns are documented. Make sure you take photos regularly of your foot and keep a journal of what you're experiencing. Good luck and I hope when the 1 year is up you and I can have better things to say about our surgeries.
I hope your situation improves, but please realize that the foot will be changed forever. In my case, I had surgery with the hope of eliminating the horrible nerve pain from the bunion, and that pain is gone. Instead, I have what I believe to be permanent numbness at the site of the old bunion, new pain in my big toe and in my mid-foot. My foot is much less flexible in spite of constant toe and foot exercises as instructed. Be patient about the swelling. Walk to keep your foot flexible and move the fluids around, and then elevate your foot afterward. Don't hold back on telling your doctor the facts. You have to live with whatever he/she did. In retrospect, I would not do the surgery. If I could have only had the painful nerve cut, I'd be better off.
I am in your camp also....with additional complications. The screw to keep the bone realigned overshot and landed in the arch of my foot. I had trouble from the beginning with the screw, with numbness, pain, alignment of my knee and hip. One wrong step and tore my knee ACL. Screw finally removed 5 months ago but walking is difficult. Changed my life as I knew it.
I guess I should be grateful that my issues following bunion surgery are relatively minor as compared to so many of the posts here. I can sympathize with everyone who is having some type of issue following their bunion surgery.
You with a enfrance on YOU, may want to research what you are considering, it may help some people, but it is the worst decision that I ever made in my life. Just pray that you get a Dr. that does not injure you for life. My feet would ruin my life if I did'nt decide that mortally wounded feet or not I must keep living walking, use a wheelchair or whatever I have to do to stay mobile. Those are your feet, if you dicide you want pretty feet @ the cost of never walking again, go for it. Good luck.
OMG ! Plz dont . You have no idea how I have suffered from a simple bunion surgery gone bad. More than 2 yrs now and I am deformed , crippled, and haven't worn a shoe since the surgery . It has destroyed my life . I lost my job too. No shoe , walking with a limp or walk very little. I am now home bound . The pain is another issue. I am now seeing a pain spec. I have gotten 2 opinions and I will have to have corrective surgery. The best way I can explain this is the dr is going to basically disect my foot and remove the 4 smaller toes and try to reconstruct . About another yr down time. I can't stress enough . Unless you are suffering tremendously every day do not have the surgery.!!!!!! To make things worse this dr that did this will not even talk to me . He has ignored me and could care less. What a great dr huh ? Trust me on this. You don't have to be deformed like I am and in constant pain. I have worn a flip flop now for over 2 yrs. icey weather and all. Plz dont do it . A Friend
I agree. I've had nothing but problems ever since my surgery. Now they want to do a third one in less than a years time because I still have severe swelling and pain. I have more pain then I did with my bunion and have spent a ton of money in copays and deductables. Wish I could go back in time. I wouldn't have done it!!
Mine went really bad. Have what they call complex regional pain syndrome, an allergy to surgery. Yes the surgery was painful but not as painful as the resulting chronic pain. My suggestions are u have a doctor that specializes in feet, make sure after your in a cast and have physio. Not to scare you. I hear surgeries go usually well. Just do some research first.
As a fellow RSD person, I am sorry to hear your continued issues. RSD and bunion surgery, is quite the combo. Others should not make the comparison.
I had flat foot surgery, it about killed me. Please don't do it.
My bunion surgeries negatively affected my balance, and I tend to tip and fall. I need to be very careful and have restricted hiking and no more tennis. I have pain and numbness in my big toes.
Both were over corrections, and one foot worse than the other. Also, I have hypermobiity in one toe. The toe pulls on the arch causing additional problems. When I told the podiatrist my feet touch the ground in an uncomfortable way, he said that I was not "used to walking correctly." My advice is to not have the operation and find sensible ways to deal with the bunion or bunions.
Both were over corrections, and one foot worse than the other. Also, I have hypermobiity in one toe. The toe pulls on the arch causing additional problems. When I told the podiatrist my feet touch the ground in an uncomfortable way, he said that I was not "used to walking correctly." My advice is to not have the operation and find sensible ways to deal with the bunion or bunions.
I had my bunion surgery and was 200% worse than before. To top it off, I lost my job after. I did not know that our feet have a lot nerves until after the fact, My biggest REGRET in life, and the doctor was not ethical, he probably wants money from doing the surgery.