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Post by monicad on Jun 17, 2017 18:35:22 GMT
So at the ripe old age of 42 (two weeks ago), I've developed a painful bunionette on the outside of my right foot. I went to the podiatrist and he said that based on my x-rays, I also have one near my big toe along with a couple of other crooked toes. The solution? Surgery with a TWO MONTH recovery which means no driving. Yeah...ok. Not only that, but there would be an additional 2-4 months of recovery. I work out (typically) 4-5 days a week and am pretty active.
I'm hoping someone out there has had experience with this or could recommend some products that helped. If it gets really bad down the road I might consider fixing the bones, but I'm desperate for an alternative.
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Post by smannes on Jun 17, 2017 18:46:59 GMT
My siblings and I all have them. Mine are pretty bad but I haven't done anything about them. One of my sisters had the surgery on both feet (2 separate surgeries) and that didn't help the pain associated with them.
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Post by Sam on Jun 17, 2017 19:00:07 GMT
I haven't heard of a bunionette (is that a baby bunion?) but I worked with 2 women who had surgery for bunions within quite a short time of each other. Now, both took the full sick note of work, which was about 6 weeks, but both got pretty mobile pretty quickly and used to swan in on their shopping trips to say 'Hi' to the rest of us!!  So, based purely on that experience and none other, I would say to get them sorted earlier rather than later and hope that you have as good a time as they did! If it's painful to you now, it will hamper your workout anyway, so what do you have to lose? |
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peasquared
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Post by peasquared on Jun 17, 2017 19:09:59 GMT
I had surgery on my left foot, so driving wasn't an issue. But, I have to say, I think the recovery time he's giving you is probably worst case. I was up and walking slowly around the house the next day with a boot on. By day four, I was out shopping. I was slow-moving but moving.  I flew about two weeks later and had to walk quite a distance at the airport. I got along pretty good, as the boot took the weight off my foot. My only regret was waiting so long to have the surgery. I hope if you decide to have the surgery, it goes as well as possible for you. |
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Post by gar on Jun 17, 2017 19:14:01 GMT
From what I hear (not personal experience but many first hand accounts) surgery has a 50/50 success rate and the recovery can be slow and quite uncomfortable.
I believe they're partly hereditary through the maternal line.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 17, 2017 19:56:18 GMT
I have a bad one on my right foot and a starting one on my left foot.
Taking time off after a surgery and not driving for quite awhile isn't even feasible for me at this point in my life. I run after young kids still.
I had a doctor tell me it would be 50/50 chance that it would really help the pain, and that it may come back anyway.
With odds like that, I figure I need to put it off.
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eleezybeth
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Post by eleezybeth on Jun 17, 2017 20:00:59 GMT
I had mine on my left foot done. Then I fell and tweaked the ankle and I was still only non-weight bearing for 6 weeks. I think it was supposed to be 4.
I ended up breaking the tendon that holds my sesamoids in during my PT and holy crap --- that is a whole 'nother level of pain. It's been 18 months and I'm still not over that. So during PT, don't go all super woman on your toe flexibility that you give yourself turf toe like this ding dong. I don't regret the bunionectomy and pins but the other part I greatly do.
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Post by peano on Jun 17, 2017 21:30:34 GMT
I have a fairly large bunion on the inside of my right foot. I stopped wearing high heels and the pain went away. It's not pretty to look at but I'm not willing to curtail my activity for that long just to improve ugly.
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wasil
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Post by wasil on Jun 18, 2017 13:43:36 GMT
I have surgery scheduled in two weeks to remove a bunion on my left foot. I've had it for over 30 years and it has gotten much worse over the course of the last two.
If I stand for a few hours or walk more than a mile I get a terrible almost burning like pain on the topside of my second toe. I thought at first it was my shoes but changing them did not help.
I finally agreed to surgery because both of my jobs require standing and I haven't been able to walk for exercise for over a year because of the pain.I have to say I am very apprehensive about it because of all the disappointment and dissatisfaction others have expressed. I think I am most worried about the results of the surgery making it WORSE in the long run rather than not really helping at all.
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Post by mlynn on Jun 18, 2017 15:53:24 GMT
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Post by mommc23 on Jun 18, 2017 16:34:06 GMT
I am 43 years old and having foot issues similar to you. My podiatrist (and in-law family member) said that surgery is the last step he would recommend to treatment as sometimes it does nothing to help and in rare cases, can complicate the issue. I am wearing toe inserts in my shoes and it seems to be helping. Mine don't really cause me pain though. I will put off surgery as long as I can function daily and workout, etc.
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Post by librarylady on Jun 18, 2017 20:41:35 GMT
My sister had a bunion removed about 20 years ago. At the time one dr. told her to stay off the foot for a long time (6 weeks?) and the second told her she could walk in a day or two. She asked first dr. why the difference of opinion. He told her staying off the long time would mean no future problems--but walking on it early on would mean trouble down the road. She took the long healing time.
A few years later I had the surgery and decided I'd take the long healing period as a caution.
I will say that I ended up with a numb big toe. I hate that, hate it, but it is one of the perils of surgery. One never knows how one's body will heal. I personally think he cut a nerve he should not have--but that is my opinion.
OTOH--no bunion pain. hahahah
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milocat
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Post by milocat on Jun 19, 2017 15:45:49 GMT
My mom had her bunions done this winter. Both feet at the same time. They had gotten so bad and were bothering her so much, every step was bothering her. Surgery went really well as did her recovery. That still didn't stop her from saying "why did I do this? I better not regret this!" to me one day. But that was in the first week and she did do both feet. She is doing great now.
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