Bunion Surgery

Well it’s been six days since the pin was removed and my foot is slowly getting better each day. It certainly hurts a lot less! I am no longer on crutches which is awesome.

I am walking with an Air Cast to take the weight off of the front of my foot, since I’m not quite ready to put full weight on the front yet. Air Casts are quite heavy but they sure do beat crutches, and my foot is almost painless while I walk with it on! Around the house I go barefoot without crutches, but I find myself automatically putting weight on the side of my foot where my baby toe is. I seem to have a hard time putting weight where my big toe is. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but the only time it really hurts is when I’m putting full weight on it.

My foot and leg have really atrophied since my surgery. I am finding that even if I walk around for 10 – 20 minutes straight with the Air Cast my legs get really achy and sore. I go back to school in 3 weeks so I had better get my endurance up before then. I’m trying to walk a little bit each day, even if my leg does hurt.

Another thing I have found is that even with the Air Cast I am still getting really painful heels. No idea if I have heel spurs or what but they hurt so much. Dr. L told me to just stretch my achilles tendon and I have been, but it doesn’t seem to be helping.

I can try to fit into a normal shoe in about a week; that’s what Dr. L recommended. Dr. M recommended I try to do some swimming and biking and activities that don’t put a lot of weight on the foot. I think I may also look into physiotherapy to get some of my range of motion back. I can only bend my toe a tiny bit at the moment.

My toe is still very swollen and feeling very heavy at times. I am told it can take up to six months for the swelling to go down. That’s okay as long as I can still work, because at this point I can’t afford not to go back! I want my foot to heal faster but I guess I need to learn to have a little more patience.