Post hammertoe surgery recovery

How are you now? I had surgery 3 days ago and I have to admit, as much as I was warned about day 3 this is hell. I have had 2 kids naturally with no pain meds, this doesn't compare. I am shocked.
When will I be able to walk to the bathroom?

I am 54 and had the 2nd toe reduced the joint fused & the knuckle above the fusion has not healed over yet it is now 4 months. I followed post op to the letter & have been in PT 2x a week for over a month. I have gotten some flexibility in the base of the toe but the pain starts each day around 2500 steps the same as prior to the surgery. The doctors say they won't refill the pain meds and it shouldn't be that painful...has anyone else had pain this long after surgery? I used to run & was told this would stop the prior pain and it hasn't yet.

mine, four toes, broke, cut and wired, the wires will come out at four to five weeks, still on crutches, painful? is not the word, it is the worst I have ever been through!!

Can you bend your toes like normally again? I’m 8 months post op and still have pain in fourth toe and 5th and cannot bend them. Also will the scar fade?

Had #5 arthroscopy and #4 tendon moved, left foot. First 24 hours I thought I was a champ by staying in bed every minute with leg elevated and ice periodically around the ankle (bandages to thick around toes to feel cold, is icing on ankle a waste of time given so far from toes?!), no to little pain for first day in bed, even used a portable urinal to be a great patient, as elevation seems to be the key technique mentioned.  I only took one prescribed pain pill in this position because it felt fine.  Previous surgeries, such as nose, also only one pain pill and then toughed it out.

Now for the cautionary tale:

By day two however, I became stir crazy in bed and tried to move to another room for scenery change and to make myself somewhat useful besides Internet reading all day. SEARING PAIN upon standing/attempting to walk one little step, found I could not put more than maybe one lb gravity pressure on my foot, had to actually crawl and hop on one leg to where I needed to go, which is harder than it sounds. No possible way to walk, like a knife in the front foot area when trying.

I don't think we can judge right after surgery as their meds and anesthesia are still in effect, I was walking in the boot from car OK after surgery.  A bit worried now, as I am reading many/most are walking in the boot fine on Day Two+. I am athletic and don't want to be behind schedule as I have mts to climb. 

One question, are people wearing the boot 24x7, even in bed??  I got mixed instructions on that and it is a weekend with no one to call.  It seemed silly to wear in bed, so took off when prone.  Was this a mistake?  One med site says ~boot keeps toes in position, but I thought the bandage did that. Of course, to try to stand/walk, I will and did put boot on, not that it helps at this point.

Now doubling up on the percocet but that still does not let me stand/walk in the least.  

I think this is a surgery to be careful about, pre-surgery my fifth toe ached after vigourous athletics, but I would have thought twice if I knew stand on Day Two I was impossible with 10/10 pain.

I had a friend have this surgery and she was about half this bad at this point, she could cautiously 'walk' around in the boot next day+. I am completely bed ridden at this stage and at the very least need crutches or a wheel chair to move past hopping-on-leg distance, but they did not prescribe that for me.  I am actually worried about a fire alarm or some kind of emergency because no way am I ambulatory.

By Dr. not giving crutches, or even discussing a need for such, I feel like something may be awry.  

Advice: never do this surgery for cosmetics only. And find someone who had no pain and use that Dr.

Thought: On a huge surgery fatigue yawn, the toes involuntarily curled, wondering if I moved toes under bandage too much, because I did feel a sharp pain then.  

Just really worried at this early point, I am super healthy and it seems wrong I can't even try to stand on foot much less take a step.

I had hammertoe surgery in 2014, and as soon as the pin was taken out after 6 weeks, the toe immediatly went crooked, and soon after began going over top my other toes. I had alot of pain, so I just had the surgery done again, in 2017 but this time, it wasn't pinned, they did a rather long cut on the top of my foot. 2 weeks later the bandages were removed and the sutures removed. It is as crooked as before surgery, if not more, amd i'm just 3 weeks out of surgery. I can't go back to work, or even put any weight on the foot until 6 weeks, and now i still have the same problem or worse, and i have a bigger scar, so thats awesome!!!

I had hammer toe and bunion surgery on the same foot, same day; it’s been 13 weeks and from the bunion I recovered well with no pain but with the hammer toes it’s a different story. I still get pain and it swell up. I often feel a sharp stabbing pain on that toes. Have anyone experience the same thing? Does anyone know how long will it take to fully heal?

I had my little toe done on Monday No pain can highly recommend surgery.had at done under local surgery was home 1 and half hours after. Not had any pain. I am a 75 year old female living on my own.

I had hammertoe fusion surgery on 20/02/18 ( just over 2 weeks ago) on the toe next to my big toe ( which apparently is the worst one to have it done on). Post op is the worst pain I've ever had from surgery. I had stitches out yesterday and the pin comes out end of March. I'm in a shoe with crutches. Pain is awful along with the sporadic periods of feeling sick. Sometimes it feels like my toe is hanging off. Not looking forward to the pin coming out, having the stitches out was bad enough. My daughter took photos and looks like my toe has been stitched back on. Just wish the pain would go away. Not sure how long after the pin comes out before I'm out of the shoe but can only put weight on the heel until then. Walking for about a minute with the shoe and crutches is exhausting at the moment. Hopefully it will be worth it in the end. Not sure when I can go back to work or drive yet. Will find that out when I have the pin out on 29th March I presume.

I'm a 45 year old female and I had hammertoe (arthroplasty) surgery on my fifth left toe yesterday (3/7/2018) and havent felt any pain and only used my crutches to leave the hospital. I am an active person with two children ages12 amd 7 still at home and as of the first 24 hours I have experienced no pain or sweeling at all

Same here. I had a pretty decent experience

Sounds encouraging. Would you be willing to share your surgeons info?

How are your feet-toes now. I’m just reading these blogs and yours seems the most similar to mine. My surgery was Jan 4, 2018, and it’s now April 16! I also have sausage toes and can’t weae shoes due to swelling. I’m not very happy post surgery. I would have lived with the bunion pain.

My situation was quite identical to the above post. Go for it! Looking forward to wearing dress shoes.

Yes it is true I had my hammertoe surgery on my third toe it has been since the 11th my foot is swollen and to let you know please do not try to walk far like I did God bless