Can a return so quickly? - Foot Problems Message Board

jules3 · 05-02-2006, 01:29 PM

I had my scarf bunionectomy done 11 weeks ago..with 2 permanent screws..i see a bump returning..not huge ,but definitly not straight like it was last month..my doctor says i have very hypermobic and flat feet. also i need orthotics..which i will get after the summer..i live in sandels june,july and august. Im so upset...has anyone had a bunion return????

wakkochic17 · 05-03-2006, 01:13 PM

you may just be seeing the bone as the swelling is going down.. my doc also told me it's normal for the toe to move back inwards slightly, which may be happening to you and thus looking like it's returning..

lizzy21 · 05-03-2006, 08:38 PM

well Jules, I would like to give you encouraging advice, but we both know what I am going through

However, I have heard that when your toe swells it may appear as though it is moving over, but it may not really being doing that. Also, it is natural for the toe to move inward a little, but not alot. I would def. go to your doc and have him/her look at it now, because they maybe able to do something to stabilize it if it is indeed moving.

Good luck!

Liz

jules3 · 05-04-2006, 05:58 AM

I do understand what you are saying,my doc did tell me that i have no arch at all..and that will make the bunion return..so i desperatly need orthotics...thanks

maddiesmom · 05-16-2006, 04:23 PM

Hi Jules,

I was just about to start a new thread on this topic...

I am about 1yr post bunionectomy (w/ osteotomy) right foot and about 9 months post bunionectomy (w/osteotomy) left foot. You would think because my right foot was done first that it would look better scar-wise and just overall. It doesn't. In fact, I am unhappy with it. It, like yours, is bent again and I have a bump. To me it looks like I have another bunion. I've been seen by the doctor who says my toes did move after the surgery but he's not sure why but that it does happen. He says it's not as straight as he'd like it but it's still better than how it was. NOT EXACTLY the outcome I wanted!

My left foot looks fabulous. You can barely see the scar. My right foot's big toe is bent and the scar is very visible and purple in color. The difference between the two feet: I made the doctor splint my left foot because he did not splint my right and once I was unwrapped and could see my right foot it was beautiful. Slowly, though, I saw my toe moving back to where it was. I, too, have flat feet and I'm sure that did not help. My impression of this is: no splint and flat feet= nothing to keep your healing bones in place. Everyone said I was overreacting and trying to get them to be perfect feet so I just stopped worrying about it. Now I realize I was right all along and by the time I knew I was right it was too late to splint my foot and get the result I really wanted.

Bummed for you and for me. You would think a podiatrist would have anticipated this...

I try and remind myself (with pictures of my feet before surgery) that I am WAY better than I was and that I didn't do this for the looks of my feet but for the comfort. But then I think about getting another bunion and having to go through all this all over again and I want to scream! My podiatrist assures me this will not happen and that I will not get another bunion (I have a permanent screw in my big toe which is supposed to keep it in place... not sure then why it moved in the first place!?) but who knows if he's just trying to cover his own butt??

Just curious... were you splinted?
Good luck to you,
Emily