bunion surgery gone bad

I´m looking for a podiastrist because I need a bunion surgery (I live here in Miami), and I thaught UM was a good start. Can you tell me whio was the doctor who did the bad surgery? I´d give you my email if you like....
Thanks!

Hello.

If you are looking to have bunion surgery be very selective when you pick a podiatrist. I just had bunion surgery 6 weeks ago and I am very happy with my choice. But I did not have a bunion exostectomy and would never have that done. I had a bunion chevron osteotomy. I went to a podiatrist about 8 years ago and he wanted to just cut my bunion off, he didn't even do x-rays on my feet, that did not impress on me and I did not feel he was the doctor for me. So I waited and finally found a podiatrist I liked this year and went to meet with him. The first appointment he did x-rays of both feet, went over them with me and explained what was causing my bunions. My bunions were from my family:), basically my bones were not in the correct position. My doctor explained that he had to break my big toe joint and reset it, and there is a small bone that sits under your big toe joint that was sitting between my joint and my 2nd toe. So he had to place that back under my big toe joint once he reset it. I still have to have my left foot done and will most certainly be doing so in December.

I had 2 pins in my foot due, one was sticking out of my big toe and the other was 2 inches above my big toe inserted towards my toe. I didn't have any pain from the surgery it self, the only pain I had encountered was for the last 2 weeks before the pin on the top of my foot was removed, it would, as the doctor said, bite down into my foot. So I would just change the gauze around it every couple of days to keep it as padded as I could under the pin, that helped a lot! I just got the pin removed from my big toe yesterday and everything has gone well, no pain and my big toe already has some movement to it, I wiggle and mess with it often to regain motion in it as quickly as I can.

First of all I would make sure it is something you need done, don't do it just because you don't like the way your feet look. I did it/am doing it because they cause me pain. Second of all make sure you find a podiatrist you like and feel you can trust to take care of you. Ask him for references if that would make you feel better, I knew a few people that had delt with my doctor, not for the same thing but they were extremely happy with him and there results.

Bunion surgery over 5 years ago and my foot is still in constant irritation. Has caused subsequent hip and back problems and even another surgery for my shoulder, since walking around on the crutches so much caused a bone spur to grow there. I really regret this.

I had a bunionectomy almost 2 years ago and have had nothing but complications since! I went to PT and was told I am not standing or walking correctly and was before it! I did not need this probolem as I already had problems with my lower spine having had a rod inserted in spine 3 years prior to this suregery..Now I have MORE pain than I can handle! Doctor failed to re set other toes and should have! Now my big toe stands wayyyy smaller than other toes, I get horrible muscle spasms that go up my foot, to the leg and I cant walk!! I have numbing, tingling and chronic pain that causes me to limp most of the time..Currently seeking suing the quack that did this to me..DONT do this surgey until you have tried every thing else first!!! THINK ABOUT IT first! You can end up worse than you started ike me :-(

I had my first bunion surger when i was only 16 and it went perfect. I then had my left foot done in the year 2008 by the same doctor. both the surgeries were dont beautifully and i had a pretty fast recovery rate. I was swimming at the time of my first surgery and i was back in the pool a week after surgery. i never used crutches and was told to walk on my foot a little at a time starting the day after surgery. I have had no problems with either of my foot surgeries per say. I would suggest to be careful post surgery. I had problems with my second foot becuase it took about 2 years for the bone to heal. I would suggest swimming if you can post surgery. they say it's theraputic and thats probably the reason my right foot did so well. I do however have complications with my left foot which was done in 2008 but i do not blame the surgery i blame myself for not doing everything i could to help itheal when i first had the surgery. but if you can avoid the surgery i would. i would avoid any surgery in general if you could. i hope this helps.

Hi, Just found this page by accident.. finding out if anyone had bad surgery stories. I am in Britain and thank fully have not had to pay for my treatment only National Insurance contributions.
I had both feet done.. bunionectomies and hammer toes fused . I was inj pain for years before and had bunions at just 14 yrs old.. nothing to do with shoes as spent fortune on properly fitted foot wear.
Since surgery I had complications right foot.. infection and on a introvenus for weekend.. about 6 weeks worth antibiotics pumped into me.. the swelling was so bad that big toe looked like chicken thigh and incision scar was at other side of foot. The pins micrated 1cm down and turned and had additional surgery right foot to remove them.. local aneasthetic and broke 2 BP monitors arrrrrrrr!
I had been very fit and active before - jack of all trades and was a carer and garden maintenance worker for elderly for 2 yrs previous.
Since surgery, my walking got worse and worse, balance caput, weight gain as could not exercise the way used to and after many physio sessions was referred to Podiatrist - She told me I had been born with rear foot verus a tilting of heels and lax ligaments which caused the bunions so early and that surgery should never have been done as it was and a referral to her first. Her diagnosis made me cry and made sense of many years of muscle fatigue, miscarriages, ligament injuries through my life and I had just thought I was clumbsy!! I wear podiatry insoles now but hard to find shoes to fit. I am dumpy, frustrated and depressed by what the surgeon has done to me.. if he had left the hammer toes alone things could have ben better. I have no flexion in toes and kneeling down to weed etc agony. I am as a consiquence registered diabled now with young children who miss my playing with them as used too.
My surgery is massive irriversible and I am unable to claim compensation as done 4 yrs ago, referred by doctor (?????) and signed consent form for surgery ??? What makes me sooooo angry though is I trusted the darn surgeon had my best interest at heart not just doing a good bunionectomy - Surgeons can be very adamant they know best and we trust them, when they are really often too arrogant to refer other professionals opinions too and work together as a team.
My advice, as thousands have this surgery with no problem.. is go to podiatrist first, wear good shoes with podiatry sole like Sketchers , exercise the feet, and ask podiatrist what surgery they reccommend if at all - if they discover inherited problems like lax ligaments, hypamobility, rear foot varus etc take their advice first. Pleaseeeeee - walking with stick at 51 makes me feels old lady like lol
All the best whatever you decide xxxx

i had surgery in 2003 on my right foot healed quite well few years down the line still having pain so had some x-rays done on my foot and it showed the pins in my foot were coming loose so i had surgery again in 2008 to remove them and now i havent recovered fully and still in pain i been back to my local gp and they refererred me to a shoe specialist who gave me some inserts for my shoes tht jus balanced my weight out on my foot and relieved some of the pressure still in pain i went back to my gp who referred me to the hospital i thought i was seen the orthopedic surgeon but when i arrived i found out tht it was another shoe specialist who have taken moulds of my feet and are going to give me more aggressive inserts....... they just havent got a clue i dont wear stupid shoes i dont wear heels because i cant so it isnt my shoes causing the problem when are they going to realise this???? the pain is in my foot not my bloody shoes anyone else problems???

I had bunion surgery 3 months ago and my foot is worse than it was before surgery. Not only did the bunion come back worse than it was before surgery, it also fractured a bone in my foot when the bunion came back. The surgery was excuciating pain for two days and hurt for a long time after. So after a $14000 doctor bill plus whatever the hospital bill is, I still have a bunion, have blood clots from surgery, and have a fractured foot that I can't bear any weight on. Of course the orthopedic surgeon just grins and scratches his head. I wouldn't advise this surgery to anyone.

HELLOOO

ALL I CAN SAY IS AFTER HAVING BUNION SURGERY I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF REALLY BECAUSE THE PAIN WAS THE WORST THING ON THIS PLANET!!! I HAD BOTH FEET DONE OVER THE SUMMER. AND THE RESULTS ARE A DISASTER!!!

I AM GOING IN FOR SURGERY TO REMOVE A PIN THIS WEEK BECAUSE IT MOVED!!! MY DOCTOR FAILED TO TELL ME THAT I MIGHT NEED TO REMOVE THE PIN UNTIL IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE THE PIN IS ALMOST GONNA COME OUT OF MY FOOT!!! AND I CAN'T MOVE MY THUMB. NOW I'M WALKING AROUND REALLY RETARDED TRYING TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO MOVE THE PIN.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THE BEST THING TO DO IS RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH. DON'T PICK JUST ANY DOCTOR. MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE THE DOCTORS WORK!!! (MY DOCTOR NEVER SHOWED ME HER WORK)

ALSO LOOK FOR THESE CHARACTERISTICS IN YOUR DR. (MINE LACKS ALL OF THESE!!):
-MAKE SURE THE DR. EXPLAINS EVERYTHING FROM A-Z!! EXACTLY HOW THEY WILL DO THE PROCEDURE IN DETAIL!! HOW THE RECOVERY WILL BE ETC. ETC.
-MAKE SURE THE DR. IS ON THE SAME PAGE AS YOU!! IF YOUR DR. IS BEING IFFY ABOUT SOMETHING...RUNNNNN (MY DR. CHANGED THE DISCUSSED PROCEDURE AS I ROLLED INTO THE OPERATING ROOM!!!)
-DO A SIMPLE PROCEDURE WITH THE DR. FIRST TO TEST THEM!! MAYBE IF YOU HAVE AN INGROWN TOENAIL, HAVE THEM PERMANENTLY REMOVE IT AND SEE HOW IT GOES...IF IT GOES BAD...RUNNNNNNN
-MAKE SURE THE DR. DOESN'T SMILE OR LAUGH OR NOD..MAKE SURE THEY ACTUALLY TALK AND EXPLAIN THINGS WHEN YOU ASK QUESTIONS AND TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY AND THEIR JOB SERIOUSLY

AFTER I GET THIS PIN OUT, I AM GOING TO ANOTHER DR. BECAUSE I HAVE HAD IT WITH MY CURRENT ONE. I AM HOPING THE NEW DR. CAN FIX ALL THE MISTAKES MY CURRENT ONE MADE.

HONESTLY YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL I FIXED MY BUNION. IT LOOKS LIKE I STILL HAVE A BUNION!!!

WENT THROUGH PAIN FOR NOTHING, WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY =( >;)

:'( I also had bunion surgery 2 months ago. After the surgery I began to realize it was a mistake. They tell you it takes 6 weeks to heal. Now after 2 months, I cannot put weight on my left foot. The pain is terrible on the ball of the foot, under the big toe area. I can't bend the toe. The whole foot hurts and starts getting a numb feeling sometimes. The whole leg even hurts often. I get shooting pains when I walk where the pin was. I pray to G-d that this condition will improve over the next few months. I don't even like how the bunion looks. I am very sad about this. I'll see what to do, get a second opinion, speak to a lawyer.

wow..sorry to hear about what happened to your foot..I understand since I had my 1st left foot surgery that was the wrong one and my 2nd surgery worked for a couple of years..I saw the doctor prescribed a custom made orthotics and says if that doesn't work I will need another surgery..my other dilemma that face is that my job requires a lot of standing and lifting heavy bags of mail..If I go back to my job, I know I will become a cripple and how many surgeries can my foot take? The whole situation is making me more depressed since I am a manic depressive

my friend..DO NOT have surgery by a podiatrist...they are not qualified to do most foot surgeries..Please have your needed surgery done by an orthopedic surgeon

Hi,

I just had to post here with my own experience. I went to a teaching hospital in Pittsburgh to have my bunionectomy back in 1989. I came out of it with two big toes that point the opposite direction of normal. They cut the tendon or what ever the name is of the muscle like part that holds the big toe to the main part of the foot. So now my big toes drift off. They gave me the works, I am sure using me as an example of all the things you can do to a patient. Unfortunately, I am left with Spock toes! (You know, "Live long and prosper" with the fingers spread out abnormally???) I cannot wear Flip flops or any sandal that does not cover the toes, because my toes cannot hold the sandal onto my foot and my foot slips off the shoe sideways. I cannot wear any shoe very long because that big toe keeps rubbing against the shoe as it is pressed in.

My situation before surgery involved a little pain with shoes, but it was mostly cosmetic and I do regret having surgery greatly. The only solution my surgeon, Dr. Lenz, offered, was to slit a muscle on the inside of my foot to release tension of the toe towards the outside. That would have left me with a toe just flopping around I think. I really didn't want him cutting any more on my feet, so he said ok, just wear tight pointy shoes! I found out after all this time that nothing can push those toes back in because they cut the tendon that holds them to the foot!

How I regret not suing him!

I recently saw a noted foot specialist whose only solution was to break the toes and reattach them to the foot, but then there goes the joint.... so I declined. Maybe they will come up with some new technology soon.

My daughter has bunions, but we are treating them with a device she wears while sleeping, called bunion regulators, that are available from catalogs like footsmart and carol wright. We are also using essential oils on them, since the bunions are forming because of some cause, like bursitis, so we are treating them as such, and using shoe inserts to correct her foot position from lack of arch.

Hope my experience helps someone.

I found the most highly respected orthopedic surgeon specializing in foot surgery for my surgery.  I was in a wheelchair for 3 months because the bone would not begin to heal.  Now the big toe is numb. The hammertoe next to it was corrected with a pin (which bent).  The hammertoe now is rigid and my foot is in worse condition than it was before the surgery.  Think hard and try everything else before attempting surgery.  A well-respected doctor does not always assure success.

I got surgery on my right foot almost three years ago, the doctor totally messed up because one of the four screws was way to long, I had so much pain I had to get it taken out a couple months later, by another doctor who also got rid of most scar tissue. Now that foot looks great and i'm glad i got the surgery. But 6 months ago I got surgery on my left foot and I still have to much pain, the scar is really obvious. Also my foot does not look much better. I have to get the hardware in my left foot taken out on the 8th of july, so that hopefully I have less pain.