Relief

So the 2nd opinion says no surgery. I may try to use proper shoes (omg)but the pain is bearable and I most certainly do not want to re-open the scar. 

Whooo Hoooo!!!

2nd opinion tomorrow

OK, the surgery on the right foot was in January. The last x-ray of that foot was 9/26, the CT Scan was 9/30. I have an appointment with someone new tomorrow.  I think it will be easier to ask questions to someone who does not know me. 

I need to know if another surgery is necessary. I need to know if I did nothing will the foot continue to swell even more.  I need to know why this happened. I need to know Why Me.... I'm such a whiner :)

I got the last x-ray and the CT Scan results, too bad I can't understand them.

new musings, foot surgery...

After 10 years I finally decided to get my foot operated on for a bunion.  I had the left foot done in 2000 and in January 2011, I was ready to have the right foot cut open. 

I babied it, did not walk much, did not drive for a very long time and the swelling did not go down. I returned to the doctor and he was surprised by how fast the bone healed. I complained that it was still swollen and it still hurt. I go back two more times with the same complaints, and had two additional x-rays with the same results.

Summer came - FLIP FLOPS! - I was either barefoot or flip flops with a t-strap, of course actual flip flops crossed over the cut and scar. I soaked my foot in the pool and enjoyed my hot, steamy summer.

September I finally returned to the doctor and again complained that my foot was still swollen and it hurts.  Telling me it's arthritis, I went for a CT Scan.  There is arthritis but the foot never healed!  Now the saga begins. I'm calling for a second opinion, but I'm supposed to go under the knife this year so I will not have to face another deductible.  WOW! ... and I will keep the toenails red, and Carmen's adds a flower :)