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Dolally

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Help I have just had bunion surgery on both sides of both feet and have been told that I won't be able to think about riding again for 10 weeks at least. I will be desperate to ride again asap and wonder if anyone else has had these ops and how long it took for them to recover?
 
No idea but I have a horrid painful one on the inside of my left foot and Im only 24 :( It hurts like hell in anything other than my Ariats!
Very sad times!

Good luck with the op x
 
My mum has, she was in plaster for a couple of months i think. She ended up with one foot bigger than the other though by a whole size!.....makes things quite difficult when buying shoes!
 
Hope all goes well.I have large bunions and am too frit to have an op! Fed up of buying "bunion" shoes though and not being able to wear sandals in the summer.
Being a horsey person Im sure you will find a way to ride !
 
The time off after is exactly why I wont have an op on my one which is slowly pushing my toes totally in the wrong direction (even though they already are!!). It hurts like hell all the time but I've been told that you have to be in plaster for at least 6 weeks after? So I cant see how I would drive (I live in middle of nowhere, my work is a 20 min drive) or work (I have to go out a lot to see clients which involves walking / more driving!). I cant afford 6 weeks off work!
 
Ouchy poor you. I had one removed and was out for about 6-8 weeks, it does remain painful for quite a time.
I was supposed to go back and get the other one done, just never got round to it.....
 
Mini G42 had her first ones done at 13 (inherited - very unusual in someone so young). she had four weeks horizontal, with her leg raised. The surgeon was very strict about that. Because she was so young, he also reset the toes with permanant pins. Never went into plaster. She then had two weeks in an horrific heeled sandal, on crutches, then several weeks in a special sandal that supported the toe. Toesocks were a must - and still get used occasionally now, as apparently they are really comfortable! She was not allowed to have anything at all press on the side of her foot for six months, and was very circumspect about shoes for a very long time. With regards riding, the op was at the beginning of Feb, and she was riding 20th April, competing 21st April. She asked the surgeon (who was a cavalryman in a past life!) when she could ride again. He said that if she could guarantee that her boot would not touch the side of her foot, she could get back on. She took an old pair of short boots and a stanley knife, cut the sides out, split them down the centre and added laces. She managed with these for that whole summer. BSJA didn't blink, but PC were a bit :eek: ! Finally got a new pair of long boots at Burghley that September, but one foot is about a size bigger - very pretty, but a size bigger! Eventually the other one will be done, but not yet.
 
I had both my feet done at the same time when I was younger - it was about 10 weeks till I could normally do most things but I was riding with both feet in plaster :eek:
I have to say that a few years after I was happy I had gone through with it but now suffer and wish I hadnt done it - my feet are in pain regularly and I wear correctors most nights which by holding my big toes over in a more correct position offers some relief. I get agonising cramp regularly aswell.
Sorry to put a downer on it but I would say take very good care of them wear extra comfy shoes whatever the cost and however ugly they are so that you can move your feet and wear socks as little as poss so that your feet can move around. Take all the time in the world for them to heal as believe me Its been 14 years since I had the op and wish I had been alot more careful! xx
 
Farma.......

http://www.toesocks.co.uk/Knee_High-c-266_501.html

These really were recommended by the surgeon - they may help you a little, even now.
I note you have pain in your feet - out of interest, is it the same pain, or rather like walking on ball-bearings? If the latter, it can be a post "bunion-ectomy" condition called Morton's Neuroma, fixed by a bit of judicious denerving!

The reason MG42 had pins was because the Man said as she was so young, there was a high risk they would deteriorate/develop again.
 
Thanks everyone for your comments, advice and best wishes. I guess I will just have to see what happens when I go back for x rays in 5 weeks time. Hopefully I will be in less pain then, can get rid of the awful heel weight bearing shoes and the crutches and perhaps can start looking after my two lovely girls who I am missing like crazy, again. My son who is looking after them for me keeps e-mailing me photos which is just about keeping me sane!
 
Dolally said:
Help I have just had bunion surgery on both sides of both feet and have been told that I won't be able to think about riding again for 10 weeks at least. I will be desperate to ride again asap and wonder if anyone else has had these ops and how long it took for them to recover?
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Hello how is your bunion after 5 years? Because mine after 3 years pain is come.
 
Seems like a lot of people suffer with bunions and I can't believe that they are all of the inherited type.
I am fortunate to have very straight toes but I find I cannot wear most of the shoes on the market, even flat ones, because they push my big toe over too much. The longest point of the shoe's toe seems to be in the centre.

Do any of you feel that your footwear has caused the condition?
 
I really think high pointed shoes caused mine as I was short as a young teenager so wore them a lot, I only have one on the left though and although I can wear heels pointed closed in shoes can be agony high heeled sandals or shoes that don't put pressure on it are much better.
 
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