I have a question.....has anyone ever been told by their Doctor that they must have popped an inside stitch? My latest surgery was March 2nd to remove two screws from bunion surgery.I have developed a lump on my insision scar and he said it is probably from a popped stitch which causes a cyst under the scar.Is it a bad thing to have popped a stitch?This procedure was done by my "Crazy Doc".(LOL)

Sue

[QUOTE=susieblueyes]I have a question.....has anyone ever been told by their Doctor that they must have popped an inside stitch? My latest surgery was March 2nd to remove two screws from bunion surgery.I have developed a lump on my insision scar and he said it is probably from a popped stitch which causes a cyst under the scar.Is it a bad thing to have popped a stitch?This procedure was done by my "Crazy Doc".(LOL)


Why did you have to have the screws removed---I have two from bunion surgery also on March 2nd but I understand these screw are permanant???

[QUOTE=susieblueyes]I have a question.....has anyone ever been told by their Doctor that they must have popped an inside stitch? My latest surgery was March 2nd to remove two screws from bunion surgery.I have developed a lump on my insision scar and he said it is probably from a popped stitch which causes a cyst under the scar.Is it a bad thing to have popped a stitch?This procedure was done by my "Crazy Doc".(LOL)


Why did you have to have the screws removed---I have two from bunion surgery also on March 2nd but I understand these screw are permanant???
My screws were suppose to be permanant also, but I developed a lump on the bottom of my foot and the Doctor thought that the screws were forcing their way down. He said that one screw was longer than the other. But anyway, I still have a bump on the bottom of my foot and he took more xrays and says it is my sesamoid bone.The bone is actually where it is suppose to be and it feels strange, sometimes hurts to walk on.I guess the bone was toward the center of my foot for so long before the bunion surgery, that now it is moved to where it should be and this is why I feel like I have a lump.
I hope you can make head or tails from what Iam trying to say.LOL It is hard to explain. This is another reason why Iam having a second opinion.
It just doesn't feel right to have such a lump on the bottom and a red mark where the lump is pressing on the ground.
Any other questions I will try to help :D

Sue

My screws were suppose to be permanant also, but I developed a lump on the bottom of my foot and the Doctor thought that the screws were forcing their way down. He said that one screw was longer than the other. But anyway, I still have a bump on the bottom of my foot and he took more xrays and says it is my sesamoid bone.The bone is actually where it is suppose to be and it feels strange, sometimes hurts to walk on.I guess the bone was toward the center of my foot for so long before the bunion surgery, that now it is moved to where it should be and this is why I feel like I have a lump.
I hope you can make head or tails from what Iam trying to say.LOL It is hard to explain. This is another reason why Iam having a second opinion.
It just doesn't feel right to have such a lump on the bottom and a red mark where the lump is pressing on the ground.
Any other questions I will try to help :D

Sue
Hi Sue
I always have tons of questions since I have had this bunion/hammertoe surgery. Just today I am work in my air boot that I just got yesterday and was walking in the hallways and had pain under my arch where I imagine the bunion work was done. So, I have my crutches w/me at work (even though I thought I was through w/them) but I guess I will use them again today. It sounds like from this board that screws aren't always permanant. I too, have two screws. Are you back at work? Are you on/off crutches?

Hi Sue
I always have tons of questions since I have had this bunion/hammertoe surgery. Just today I am work in my air boot that I just got yesterday and was walking in the hallways and had pain under my arch where I imagine the bunion work was done. So, I have my crutches w/me at work (even though I thought I was through w/them) but I guess I will use them again today. It sounds like from this board that screws aren't always permanant. I too, have two screws. Are you back at work? Are you on/off crutches?
Hello, :wave:
Yes, I am back to work. My original surgery was in November of last year and the screws were removed March 2nd of this year. I went back to work after 8 weeks of the original surgery(right foot no driving) and was back to work the second time in two weeks. I was never on crutches but I did not have hammertoe surgery with the bunion surgery.The Doctor kept me out of work the first time for 8 weeks because of the work that I do.I work in a grocery store as an asst. dept. mgr. and I'm on my feet at work from 9-6. I do some stocking of shelves so I have a lot of bending, stretching and squating that I do. That is how I think my screws got messed up and I possibly popped a stitch.
If my Doctor ever gets his stories straight on my second foot I'm suppose to have the hammertoe and bunion surgery.
Question for you :) ....how was the hammertoe surgery?
I'm so glad that I found this site a while ago, because you always find someone that you have something in common with.Thank you,

Sue

Hello, :wave:
Yes, I am back to work. My original surgery was in November of last year and the screws were removed March 2nd of this year. I went back to work after 8 weeks of the original surgery(right foot no driving) and was back to work the second time in two weeks. I was never on crutches but I did not have hammertoe surgery with the bunion surgery.The Doctor kept me out of work the first time for 8 weeks because of the work that I do.I work in a grocery store as an asst. dept. mgr. and I'm on my feet at work from 9-6. I do some stocking of shelves so I have a lot of bending, stretching and squating that I do. That is how I think my screws got messed up and I possibly popped a stitch.
If my Doctor ever gets his stories straight on my second foot I'm suppose to have the hammertoe and bunion surgery.
Question for you :) ....how was the hammertoe surgery?
I'm so glad that I found this site a while ago, because you always find someone that you have something in common with.Thank you,

Sue
Hi Sue
I sure wish we had something in common other than bunions and even worse hammertoes---ugh. Anyway, siince I had the bunion/hammertoe surgery at the same time it is hard to separate them. The bunion procedure was the mnore serious of the two. The thing I did not like about the hammertoe was the pin that was left in my foot for a month and then removed in the doctor's office. Although I worried for nothing---removing it was truely no big deal. Now, you've piqued my curiosity about your screws------do you really think too much activity too soon can loosen them???? Did the doctor say that was possible? Because now that I have my big air boot I am walking around allot??!! How do you know what is too much?

Hi Sue
I sure wish we had something in common other than bunions and even worse hammertoes---ugh. Anyway, siince I had the bunion/hammertoe surgery at the same time it is hard to separate them. The bunion procedure was the mnore serious of the two. The thing I did not like about the hammertoe was the pin that was left in my foot for a month and then removed in the doctor's office. Although I worried for nothing---removing it was truely no big deal. Now, you've piqued my curiosity about your screws------do you really think too much activity too soon can loosen them???? Did the doctor say that was possible? Because now that I have my big air boot I am walking around allot??!! How do you know what is too much?
I really don't know what causes the screws to loosen. I wish I could help you there :confused: why do you have to wear a air boot? what is an air boot?

I really don't know what causes the screws to loosen. I wish I could help you there :confused: why do you have to wear a air boot? what is an air boot?

An air boot is a giant boot to protect your foot until your foot ready for the blue shoe! I have to wear it for a month and then I assume the blue shoe---this is much longer process than I ever would have guessed. But, I was at the stage were I could not wear shoes the bunion and hammertoe were too big. I look down at flat toes and can't believe it! But, I still have to do the other foot, but I am not rushing into it.

To add to the stitches thread....

A few days ago, when the scab finally came off of the big scar down the side of my toe (post-bunion), I noticed a sharp, clear, hard thing sticking out of the wound, just far enough out to get caught on things and feel weird. It looked like a piece of fishing line, or a glass splinter. I gingerly tried to pull it out with tweezers but it obviously was deeply attached. Because it was breaking through the skin I was worried that it would infect or not heal properly. The surgeon's office told me to go to my family doctor, which I did this morning. It's a suture that apparently is holding my tendons and ligaments together, and it will dissolve in 6 months or so, but in the meantime - painful. So my doctor delicately grabbed it with forceps, pulled it out as far as it would go (tenting the attached skin with it) and snipped it off. Stupid thing hurt more than my surgery. And it looks like I'll have to get the screws removed eventually. I have quite a pronounced bump on my instep.

Well, hope everyone is doing well, enjoying the spring!

Best,
Linda