The end of this post is not for the squeamish.
Before: You can clearly see the bunion where the joint of the big toe has separated from the rest of the toes. That's what the surgery is going to repair. Don't I have a nice sandal tan?
During: Here is the xray of what they did during surgery. Dr Pederson cut into the big lower bone, moved it over and screwed it back together. Then, he ground off the extra bone on the side of that joint. In order to straighten out the big toe, he took a wedge out of the smaller upper bone and you can see where it's wired back together.
Post Op Checkup 1: And here is what it looks like 5 days later. The xray from today looked good, and the foot itself is looking entirely normal, according to Dr Pederson. So, keep that in mind when you're thinking, "My God, that's disgusting!"
8 comments:
Owie owie. Thank you for posting. I love you and I love your ugly foot. Kisskisskiss. I've been thinking of you and hope you are not in too much pain and not going nuts. You sound relatively sane. Get well soon!
I couldn't help but look at it... Despite your warning. That was some massive work you had done. OUCH! Hope you are reading lots of delicious books, either that or zoning to some really good drugs. :) Molly
Dude. That's awesome. Maybe you'll have a cool scar. - A
Actually, if you just whacked the big toe off, the "before" picture could go in the wireless phone TV commercial that shows "more bars (buildings, farm cultivators, lighted windows in a skyscraper, etc.) than any other company." In your case it would show '4 toes' of signal strength... Dad T.
You have the knarliest foot...and I love even more for it.
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I avoided reading that post for a while, but curiosity got the best of me. Consider the cat killed. Glad to see that it looks like you've got yourself a normal foot now. Yay!
Foot injuries and medical shots are fun. :) Glad to see things are looking better though!
Had foot surgery three years ago and went through the same general painkiller regimen as you describe. My surgery was to remove a blackspot on the x-ray (Insert punch line here. Rimshot!) I like to think that it was some small deposit of Doritos from my 20s, rather than the invidious tumor the doctors hoped I be terrified of.
Anyway, ice and pills and elevation and Perry Mason reruns (please -- no more Montel EVER!!)are the stuff of boring legend...
The doc said it was OK to ride the bike on the path for a short distance after a week or so of lying about. Picture a guy in bike-commando gear with a big ol' white ball of ACE on his tootsie. Christ, even the fat poodle walkers laughed at me. (I have my revenge by kicking lap dogs as I ride by these days. Mwaaa Ha ha ha ha!)
Buck up, Melanite. The worst part is wearing the fargin' boot for so many weeks!
C
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