I've had a bunion on my left foot for quite a while now and it's getting worse. I've had to donate most of my shoes to Goodwill because I can no longer get my foot into them, comfortably anyhow. Yesterday I went shopping for clothes and I used to shop til I drop. Well, I'm dropping a lot sooner than I used to. I shopped for 5 hours and I was in such agony by the time I got home, I could hardly stand it. I had a wretched night because the bunion itself does not hurt but it causes me to compensate so that my leg, knee and hip are very painful. I didn't fall asleep until nearly 4:30 AM and I still kept waking during the night. I've briefly talked to 3 people who have had bunion surgery and all 3 told me that the post op pain was awful and one person said her bunion grew back! I don't expect the post op to be totally pain free but another drawback is that they all said they had to miss work for 6 - 8 weeks. Good grief, who would take care of my Fur Posse for that length of time? If any of you have had this surgery and you feel like posting, I sure could use the feedback. If you prefer to PM me, that's ok, too.
Just so you know, I hardly ever wear high heels any more, although I admit to having worn them daily when I was working in an office years ago. I even had special shoes made a couple of years ago and they did help for a while but I wore them while shopping yesterday and I think they actually made the pain worse.
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