Question for those of you who say you’d never do this surgery again because recovery was much harder than…

I did mine at 54/55 I didn’t want to wait for other issues with other toes. I’m glad I did mine and wishes I did it earlier.

Need to ask which procedure they had. Not all MIS procedures are the same. Some fuse others don’t. Some have you non-weight bearing for weeks others don’t. Some procedures have large scars. Others don’t.

I wish I had been able to do it sooner. I’m happy with my results.

Check out lapiplasty surgery- if your bunion hasn’t gotten huge. It’s probably better to have your metatarsal rotated back where it belongs so that you.sesamoid Bones sit underneath your foot where they’re supposed to

I put off my surgery for about 20 years as I couldn't face being out of action during recovery. Eventually my foot got so bad I had to go through with the surgery (November last year) and unfortunately it wasn't 100% successful so I need further surgery to reposition my big toe and make it lie flat, so I'll be having that later this year. Perhaps if I'd had the surgery sooner it may have been successful the first time.

The first 4 weeks were super tough for me. I’m at 8 weeks and feeling soooo much better! I would say I am at 75%. Still some swelling and some discoloration but the dr says it can take 6-12 months to be fully recovered. I was second guessing myself for the first 4 weeks though, It was rough! Now that I’m on the other side of that, I am looking to have my other foot done in Nov/Dec.

I have hyper mobility so had to have that fixed as well so the bunion didn’t return . I am nearly three weeks post op and it has been rough , slowly it’s getting a bit better . You just have to be prepared that it’s a long recovery . I am the same as you I love hiking and exercising so put it off, but it was getting painful not on the bunion on my toes, that’s why I made the decision to have the operation . I had left it far too long and I had stopped wearing sandles as I was embarrassed they way my feet looked. I think this site is great for support but I am glad I didn’t find it before my op as I think I would have been put off with some of the stories

It’s a very personal decision. If you’re in pain- get multiple opinions from different surgeons until you find one who makes you comfortable (or none). They’ll all have a different approach

I had bunion surgery 18 months ago that failed. Currently 3.5 months post fusion surgery. If I could go back in time, I would have thrown away all my cute shoes and worn wide toe box sensible shoes. If that didn’t work, I would have gone to an orthopedic surgeon instead of a podiatrist. The recovery from the fusion with an orthopedic surgeon was a cake walk in comparison. The NWB is awful, but no pain

Together with the akin and scarf osteotomy for my bunion, the surgeon performed a failed Weill 2,3 osteotomy, overshortened my mtp 2 and 3. Ik would never give permission again for thé torture bankscrew procedure called Weill. The surgeon only mentioned floating toes as a complication. Turns out his definition of floating toes is painfull floating hamertoe ! I had a painfree slightly floating second toe which is I found out afterward a serious contra indication. Now I have two painfull floating hamertoes. The joints still look red and Blue 8,5 months post-op My foot felt like being in a very painfull bankscrew when lowering it thé first 4,5 months. Around week 8 painfull pinching started in thé Weill scar followed by very painfull knife stabbing in the shortened bones. It feels like each month a new complication arises due tot this unnessary torture procedure that did not solve anything, but only caused more severe problems. It did not solve the recurring synovial cyste near the flexor tendon from my third toe. The extra's are dorsal fibrose (when putting my foot down, thé surgical area is one block of concrete, pulling my 2nd and 3rd toe up) that worsens painfully 2 months after cortisone injection (my painmeds Medikinet no longer work against thé pinching and knife stabbing pain) and for which 38 sessions of PT did nothing, pinching and knife stabbing, toe cramps where all 5 toes and balk of my foot turn upwards until It van crack something mid foot, global osteopeen bonepattern, pain going up towards midfoot from the Weill scar, sharp pain underneath the ball of my foot (suspected plantar plate year die to bones sticking out underneath the ball/fat pad of my foot, minimale artrose of midfoot none and anckle die to wait shifting go thé backdoor from overshortening, twisted anckle feeling on top of my forefoot, screws feel like they are srewed in 2 to 3 times to tight. My surgeon told me he does this procedure with 30% of his patients and 2/3 of them have painfull floating toes 6 months post-op. I have tested lyrica 2 days which where hellish for my husband and family. Lyrica amplifies my anger (for the renomated surgeon who ruined my forefoot and who lied to me and my husband not once, but during several post-op consultations) so much that my family only gets very angry replies and all i can think about while on lyrica is that I can not eat anything anymore. Orthotics have been adjusted 3 times and I still can not tolerate them. Now my own dr has prescribed fenytoine crème 5% artisanale made by thé pharmacy. I hope that works against the pinching and knife stabbing pain. My appointment with thé professor known for his critical viewing of other surgeons surgeries is only in about 2,5 months. Though I would like for the screws to be removed now, it's better to wait until it can be done together with a complete reversion of the Weill to avoid creating 2 x extra scar tissue.