Hey Guys,
Now it's my turn to ask a question. Hopefully one of you can help with this.
So a month ago I got major bunion surgery repair. It was on my left foot and is called a lapidus procedure. In this procedure they start at the base (midfoot) of the tarsal-metatarsal and shave/break bone and realign with 2 screws to set. They also shave/cut the bunion itself off. And, I had what is called hyper-mobility in the foot which caused me to walk on my 4 smaller toes instead of big toe and there they release the tendon or ligament with a cut. All in all, I had bones, ligaments, muscle and tendons cut through. Thus the major surgery.
I am still on pain meds to this day. I was taking Toradol 3 times a day at 10mg but I got major stomach pain with those and took myself off them. I still take percocet's usually 3 times a day but sometimes I only need them 2 times at 5mg and if needed when pain is at it's worst and perc's don't help I take a half a 4mg dilaudid.
My question is this: is it still normal to be in this much pain after the surgery? I am still non-weight bearing for another 2 weeks and then will slowly be able to put weight on it and start to walk again. They have to wait for the bone to start to fuse again, I'm also pretty sure I am in the aircast for at least 6 weeks too (that is how long non-weight bearing).
Hope this makes sense and hope one of you can and is willing to help. If you need more info don't be scared to ask.
Thanks in advance!
Hi there lizardqueen420.
As an active football player I witnessed some of the ugliest injuries that man can experience. For an example, a former teammate, broke his leg and it was open fracture. After surgery, he felt a pain for about 2 months or so. 2 years from that, a player from opposite team fell badly and crushed his knee cap. Also had a postoperative period with pain for about one and a half month.
So, when it is about a leg/foot operations, your problem is a quite usual, because of bone healing. When the bone is fully healed, the pain will go away. Hope it will be soon! Best wishes.
I had heart bypass surgery on March 15th 1996. It took years to be able to lean against anything on my front and it's still uncomfortable but tolerable to lean over the fender into the engine compartment of my car. Having said that, I was able to get back to work in a little over a month. We han a freak snow storm in April that year and I was able to put the snow plow on my truck. I also was back at work fixing TVs by the end of April. I just had to be careful not to hit certain spots on my chest.
The down side is I have read of others who ended up with constant pain that never went away.
Thank you for the reply!
I think that what amazes me the most is that I have found this experience to be WAY worse than childbirth and my surgeon (male) just 'chuffed' it off. And, I thought I had a pretty high tolerance for pain.
Cheers
Thanks for your reply njoynlife, (what's up with the name)?
That takes a long time to recover from that, I had no idea it took so long. Good thing you told me because when my mom goes I can let her know it is normal that pain and being uncomfortable is normal for so long after.
I knew this would be a long road but I thought it would be a little easier than this. Nope! Yeah, I've heard of horror stories with this surgery too and constant, chronic pain after for a long time. I have been good this time and doing exactly what my doctor tells me to do.
Have a great day!
Hi Levar, I'm hoping you could help me again with this question. Is it normal to experience this symptom; this last week (since probably Thurs or Fri) I've been feeling like my foot is very heavy but I can still move it without pain and it feels like with this that it is coming out of a freeze - like when your leg goes numb when you have been in the same position for a long time and you get the pins and needle feelings. This can't be normal can it?
That's very unusual thing, I must admit. Although, I heard that some of the people with leg numbness had nerve injury (in lower back or even in spine). It doesn't necessarily mean that you have something similar, but I must agree with you that this isn't normal.