Not much to say - I worked full steam from early morning to late evening. Then, at one time, I forgot I had had surgery. Then, at night or in the morning, the scar became burning and itchy; I got up and walked around the house for a while, and the sensation disappeared.
Still cannot wear my best shoes, but I am OK with soft ones that are wider fit.
24 May, 2012
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Today, I was pain and spasm free! My only complaint is that my orthopedic shoe rubs against the back of my heel, irritating it when I hobble. I keep repositioning my bandages, but this results in only a temporary fix. Two days until the stitches (and pin) come out. I don't want to continue in this orthopedic shoe, so I may have to order a few pairs of sneakers or open toed sandals from zappos in various sizes and see what fits.
ReplyDeleteDay 12 - 2nd foot
ReplyDelete60-70 degree range of motion on the left foot already vs the right done 12 weeks back which had trouble bending at all at day 12. Great news is it as now about 75 degrees, but it took a lot of work. Difference may be the stage --this toe stage 2 when as the other was stage 3. I suspect however, that the big difference is that I have been through it and am not "afraid: of the operated on joint. I have from day 1 on the new toe done back and forth bending and from day 3 on got very aggressive with it at least 3-5 times daily. No pain doing it either. I also massage the foot a few times a day, being of course careful to stay away from the sutured area.
CR - Days 11/12
ReplyDeleteSticking to a nice daily routine of morning exercise, jacuzzi bath, (leg double bagged) and family outings. I decided not to bother with my tensor, (still have bandaging on) ice, or to put my foot up in the last several days. Still almost pain free and no swelling. Limp only slightly when walking. Getting things done I have been putting off. Tried unsuccessfully to get a slipper on. I’ve been feeling great if not a bit smug, then half way through the day I noticed a cold coming on!
Hello, i just found this blog as I am recovering from a Cheilectomy with a "step down" procedure for my left #1 metatarsal. It has been encouraging reading what everyone else has been through. I had my surgery on June 4th and i have not yet had the stitches removed. At the doc visit last week he wanted me to "move the toe more". I was wiggling my toes, but not realizing that my big toe really does not yet move on its own and i have to move it. I am having great difficulty with this as it meets with great resistance and i am unable to push through it because of fear of pain. Although i walk around all day on it with no pain, i feel i must sit and rest it often as i still feel throbbing discomfort if i stand for too long. I appreciate reading about all the different experiences here and hope i can soon "break through" the fear and pain to get the movement back in my toe!
ReplyDeleteDay 13. Probably overdid outdoors walking over past few days. Stitches tingling. Returned to orthodox shoe and resting it up as much as I can. Running shoes can fit, but only really loosely laced, ortho shoe with a sock is actually most comfortable. Have follow up appointment tomorrow - two weeks since op
ReplyDeleteLm- have a dehisced wound, broke stitches on day 3 or 4 by being on it too much I guess. pain was at most a five but did not think I was overdoing it. Had to go up stairs to be to my office though a couple of times. Day eleven was the best day yet, almost no pain and walking with very little limp, but woke up on day 12 with increased pain and redness around the wound. Will have to make sure not infected, but I guess a round of antibiotic would take care of that. Just adding to the length of time it is taking to heal. If it weren't for the wound I would be very happy with my results, no joint pain anymore.
ReplyDeleteStill not doing much during the day. I have another appointment in two days. I'm hoping to get more advice on what I can be doing. I'm looking forward to doing more. I went out and about this evening when my family came home. I don't like being stranded at home alone during the day since I can't drive.
ReplyDeleteI have been told not to wear regular shoes yet. Sometimes when I am elevating my foot on the pillows, I try moving my toe up and down. It doesn't move much yet. I don't want to wait too long to move it. Sometimes it is achy along the top of the joint, but I am not even taking ibuprofen any more.
I started driving last night, a day earlier than expected. I wore my special shoe, and driving was fine. Driving was easier than walking because I don't have to flex my toes at all. I was in and out of Home Depot, Lowe's, Target. And I was going up onto my toes from time to time while standing, to see what I could do. I can go partway up - about as far as I could pre-surgery. But definitely not all the way. Then I went home and stayed up until midnight doing a home improvement project. Somewhere along the way, I tripped on a water bowl for one of the dogs (the dogs are with a friend) and bent my big toe way back. The pain was excruciating.
ReplyDeleteWhen I woke up this morning, my foot was sporting some new, rather dark, and rather expansive bruises, and it hurt. A reminder that it's been less than two weeks and I probably overdid it with all the walking around and definitely with bending my toe back so suddenly and so hard.
Otherwise, I can walk without a limp for a bit, but then my foot gets achy, and I limp a little. The swelling remains very minimal.
Day 12 after right big toes cheilectomy. Back to the surgeon for dressing off today. He's happy. I now have to stretch the toe back 2 or three times a day, then progress to standing on my tippy toes in a couple of weeks. No dressing at all at night. Surgeon says its OK to do anything I feel up to doing ...he says you can't do any damage; So tomorrow, I'll go to the gym and do some bike and upper body work. Still not up to dog walking. Pounding the pavements will be just too hard. I'm feeling like I am putting more weight directly on my whole foot now. It still has moments of stinging and an ache, which I fix by sitting down most of the time. Feeling positive.
ReplyDeleteWe had an election today - I walked the half hour to the polling booth. It took a bit longer than it normally would to walk that far, and it did ache a bit, but nothing too bad. It is good to feel I can get back to doing a bit of exercise.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to go get the stitches out in a few days. I'm still on family vacation at the beach, but we head home today. Managed to keep sand out while on the beach with the gallon ziploc, and still showering with the plastic sleeve from amazon. Core workouts only until I see the doctor Wednesday morning. Then I get my sutures out and see what he lets me do now. I've changed the dressing twice and it appears to be healing nicely. Walking around the house with surgical sock over it, and only use the surgical shoe when outside.
ReplyDeleteRunner from VA
Day 12, and my first post-op visit. I was surprised by how ugly the surgical site was, but this is largely because of color - my feet were orange from all the betadine (or whatever they used) and the stitching was purple. The whole site was covered by a glue that he said would gradually come off over the next several days as I showered. I was cleared to start taking showers - just no soaking of the feet.
ReplyDeleteI was also surprised at how inflamed everything still is. The big toes down to the balls of the feet are still numb / tingly on both sides (right more than left). I can't really wiggle the toes much. My surgeon advised this was normal, and said to do massages and bending over a crossed knee for each foot 3-4 times daily. No problem there - it doesn't hurt. Just feels tingly.
My surgeon said the surgery was very "satisfying" because of the amount of bone he removed from both feet, and mentioned I had floating bits of bone that had broken off and just popped out when he made the incision. That made me a little queasy - Yuck.
He removed the dressing and told me everything looked really great, both feet were healing nicely, and I was on track for a great outcome. I gave him notes on my experience of recovery for a bilateral operation (he had agreed to do it because I was in great shape otherwise and insisted, but doesn't customarily recommend it), which he appreciated.
I'm cleared for normal motion as tolerating, and should be able to graduate from a dressing (really just an ace bandage) to a sock in the next week, but continuing to wear the surgical sandals for the next week until my next visit, which is 1 month post-op. He also prescribed physical therapy if I wanted to do it, starting in one week, to massage the site and limber things back up again.
Walked a little more today at work and am really paying for it. Hoping things will get better soon.
ReplyDeleteI’m gradually doing more. The last two days I have tended my beehives – with a plastic bag wrapped around my bad foot as I don’t want to get stung there – the itching would be unbearable. This involves a bit of lifting though sadly not too heavy as the hives don’t have that much honey in them. Doing these things is basically fine although, like others, the foot starts to feel a bit heavy/tired quite quickly. This is quickly resolved by elevation.
ReplyDeleteI am inexplicably excited about my first check-up in two days time. I think above all I am desperate to be told officially that I am doing OK. I am also very keen to get the bulky bandage replaced by something smaller – hopefully that will happen. And finally I really want to see what it looks like.
Exercise. Can’t run, can’t use an exercise bike, and hate gyms (and can’t get there anyway). One solution for anyone who is sad about missing these things is to view it as an opportunity to work on your core strength doing floor exercises. That was my good intention tis week though I can't claim to have been very disciplined about it.
Day 12.
ReplyDeleteHad to go for a Dr appointment , which involved my foot being down and sitting around for a number of hours without a decent foot up break. A pretty unpleasant day for the foot with quite a bit of pain/swelling which I thought may be passing. I had to grab for the ibuprofen this evening.
Some good movement in exercises this morning though.
Tomorrow my dressing is checked to see if the small gap has remained closed where the fragment escaped.