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PAIN/DISCOMFORT IN LARGE TOE AREA OF ONE FOOT SHOWED UP LAST YEAR. CONSULTED A PODIATRIST & HE INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS 1) BUNION & 2)ARTHRITIC STIFFNESS IN LARGE TOE. FUTURE SURGERY WAS INDICATED.
I CONSULTED A SECOND PODIATRIST WHO X-RAY THE AREA. HE SAID THE TOE JOINT WAS BAD & "HALLUX RIGIDUS" & SURGERY NECESSARY FOR THAT & BUNION ALSO.
SURGERY DONE APRIL & WAS AT LEAST A TECHNICAL SUCCESS,I GO TO PHYSICAL THERAPY TO REGAIN AS MUCH RANGE OF MOTION FOR THE TOE AS I CAN, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF DISCOMFORT UNDER BALL OF FOOT, BENEATH SURGERY AREA. (THIS WAS THERE BEFORE SURGERY, PROBABLY, AS PART OF THE PAIN I NEEDED HELP WITH.)
PROBLEM IS IN "SESAMOID" AREA & MY PODIATRIST PUT ADDED INSERTS IN MY SHOE-BUT DISCOMFORT & SWELLING PERSIST.
HELP - ANY SUGGESTION / COMMENT APPRECIATED . MANY THANKS.