Dilemma-Real surgery experiences please.
Desperate for thoughts and advice-
Bunions only recently started to cause issues over a short time but pretty severely. Pain on bottoms of both feet, burning pain, tingling pins and needles, sesamoiditis with bone marrow edema, and lastly the top of the bunion joint has begun to feel sore. The rest of my foot pain is constant and came on very fast. In both feet.
Obviously the sesamoid issues are most concerning-no cause/injury. Just a teacher who stands a lot. I used to dance but haven’t in 2 years. At this just point walking hurts. And I haven’t had much acknowledgment from drs that my bunions are the cause. But I know.
Ortho wants to put me in a cast to fix the sesamoiditis. If that fails she wants to remove the bone. After MY questioning , she shifted and suggested a chevron osteotomy to address the bunion that may be putting sesamoids out of alignment . I’ll be seeing a new orthopedic soon. I expect to be told that surgery is in my future. Whether it’s a chevron or a sesamoidectomy-or both remains to be seen.
I am terrified. Of the post op pain and the possibility that I’ll end up worse off from the surgery. I support myself and my husband as a teacher-petrified that surgery will fail me or not having surgery will debilitate me. I can’t afford to lose my job.
Can anyone share their outcomes?
- How bad was the post op pain? Can you function? Are you able to watch a movie through it? Is it panic mode the whole time?
- Did your foot function/pain improve once you healed?
- How long until you could walk comfortably? (Not physical activity, just basic walking).
- How long were you out of work? I can teach from a seated position most of the day. But need to walk a bit. Maybe 2-3000 steps a day.
Sorry it’s so long and thank you for reading down to the end. Hope everyone is recovered or on the road to it!