Bunion surgery: it worked for me EVE, March 2001
"It's not something I've never felt that I could speak, but since I had been mentioning, I discovered how he is," said Jane O'Sullivan, 44, assistant a special education teacher from north London. "This is the word itself that I dislike. '
In nature
And the word is ... onions ssshh -. And yes, they do not sound like something your great-aunt Mildred would have suffered, not your beautiful self.
"Now I can wear strappy sandals again. More importantly, I can go to my course of practice, I like, because the onions do not make my feet hurt, "said Jane.
WHAT is a bunion?
A bunion forms the curves of the big toe toward the other and the joint is swollen and sensitive. "The surgery to restore the architecture of the foot to normal," says Simon Moyes, consultant orthopedic surgeon at the Devon and in London's Wellington Hospital, who treated Jane.
operations onion "can no longer wear long hospital stays or wearing plaster casts for six weeks. You come to the hospital overnight and go home the next morning, wearing surgical dressings pieces and shoes. [Hmm, could be a trend.] We can even do both feet at once. Most of the pain has disappeared after 48 hours. After two weeks, the swelling went down and a small bandage, "said Moyes.
You can wear your sneakers Prada (or someone else, as they will need two sizes larger than normal) to
four weeks. After that, you're back to normal - or new - shoes.
HOW IT IS JANE?
"It was absolutely wonderful," said Jane. "When I woke up after general anesthesia, I felt good, ate dinner and slept. Jane had both feet done at once.
"I kept my feet as much as possible for the first day, but the stairs were too much, so I stayed up there. My feet hurt the first night, but the next day the pain had almost disappeared. He has improved every day.
And the cost? Jane operation was covered by health insurance. Without insurance, the cost is about ÂŁ 1,800 for hallux valgus (ouch!) Or ÂŁ 3,000 for both feet at once (more ouch!).
For more information, contact the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (020 7234 8620, www.feetforlife.org) or visit atlabouteve.co.uk
Posted on March 31, 2010.
