I went to the podiatrist today.

I don't have bunions, I had to look them up to see what they were! I'm sorry you have to have surgery and I hope the recovery is fast and doesn't inconvenience you much. I do have arthritis in my feet, though, which makes it painful to walk very far. Too bad there's no surgery for that! Good luck and God bless!

I've never had to have that surgery (thankfully), but I have several friends have had to have surgery to remove them. All of them turned out fine, and these friends are happily pain-free. Is your Dr asking you to pick which surgery you want? If that's the case, I would get a 2nd opinion, to see if another Dr could recomment one over the others. If all 3 choices are equal, I'd pick the one with the least amount of downside and the quickest recovery. How soon before you get this done?

Oh Goodness GG please let me know how you get on No I have never had anything like that and hope I never will Big Hugs to you

Holy cow, a bunion does all that? I've never had one, so all I hear is people talk about them. I don't actually say, hey, can you pull it on out so I can take a look? Give me your shoe and I'll take a peak at your foot. Maybe I should do that next time I see my Nana. But she has way more than a bunion going on with her foot. Two of her toes criss cross each other. I don't think a bunion can do that. But they certainly sound incredibly painful.

I bet that muct be painful. My mom had bunions also but hers was not too bad where she had to have surgery on them. A wider shoe seemed to help her with hers. I hope you get yours taken care of soon so you can be pain free.

I don't have them but my Mother and Sister do, and my Daughter has them. My daughter has had them since she was little, so I don't know if the arthritis information is correct. She's been to the doctor and the surgery will keep her off her feet from 6-8 weeks and she's afraid of losing all that time off of work. I don't blame her, but I do know they hurt her. She's in her 30's so when the time comes, I'm sure she'll make the choice when it gets too bad to bear. I guessing she inherited them from my Mother.

I am sorry. Those things hurt. I do have one that hurts when I wear shoes and sometimes it throbs. I do have a podiatrist but haven't seen him for this problem. Am not willing to have surgery to have it removed but I would get a cortizone injection to help relieve the pain. When it gets to the point I can't stand it any longer, will make an appointment. Have you had it a long time? I know how it can effect the way you walk, etc. I also have a back problem and this foot isn't helping matters any. Good luck to you with whatever choice you make. Feel better, carolbee

because I've always worn shoes that don't hurt to wear I've never had some of the troubles that people that wear "fashionable" shoes have... None the less, I still have lots of foot problems, but bunions aren't one of them and I have seen a couple of podiatrists over the years

Oh my gosh...Garden, a topic I want to avoid! Yes, my left foot is the extreme one, but NO, I have not been to a podiatrist....just afraid of what they will have to say, SO NOW, I can prey upon you...and ask a lot of questions..please? My Father had awful bunions, and he complained about very little, but these broke his silence! Course, being young, I pooh---poohed it. Now, of my goodness, I know of whenst he came from! No, NOT been there, or done that! I only had a Basal Thumb Joint removed, and it created it's own source of pain, but NOW I am glad! Please keep us posted! FEET UP...and have a truly wonderful weekend! Cheers!

hi gardengerty hatley back on line again,yea. no bunions,my I hear that they are the worst,so darned painful. What I have is now inoperable,I ruptured a tendon in my foot about six or seven years ago and at that time I had a quack for a p.c. doctor who said oh its just a sprain so by the time my insurance got around to sending me to a podiatrist the rupture was too old, they would not do surgery so condemned me to wearing a brace on that foot along with ugly clunky looking orthopedic shoes.It no longer hurts but because it was never repaired my left foot now looks like a hoof instead and ordinary shoes I can no longer wear. I would have sued the doctor but I guess he made too many other errors and took off for the south somewhere. At least now I do have a decent doctor. I hope you get your bunion removed and get recovered fast so you will not longer be hurting,nothing like a foot hurting to just devastate a person. good luck God Bless

Have never have one but it sounds really terrible and like it is affecting your life in a bad way. I would get it taken care of right away. I don't know what the options are, but you should go with what ever one makes you feel the most comfortable or that has less chance of problems. Best of luck to you I hope you get it taken care with minimum pain.

Ouch! I would have the surgery, if you can't walk right that affect everything else. Never been to a podiatrist though.

Hi, how are you? Have you had the surgery yet? Well, I dont have a bunion and Im not even sure that what Im thinking of is what you are referring to. Just wanted to drop by and see how you're doing. Hope all that pain you described is gone now, or at least its better then before. Take care always.^_^

I never have had a bunion, myself. The joint on both of my big toes is beginning to hurt some, though. My mother also had bunions on both of her big toes and she had them removed several years ago. She said her feet felt a lot better after she had the surgery. However, I hate to tell you this but hers came back some years later. It runs on her side of the family o have bad feet, though. Her daddy also had bunions and so did her sister. I hope I didn't discourage you by telling you that hers came back. Since it causes you so many other problems, I woud recommend having the surgery, although I'm not the doctor. I just hope when you do have it that it makes you feel a lot better and that they don't come back. I have been to a podiatrist in the past but I haven't been to one in a long time. I have Medicaid now and Medicaid won't pay for a podiatrist, I found out. I don't know what I'm going to do if I should have problems in the future. We have a Hope Clinic here in town and they're fixing to move to a new location and they are going to expand their services. I'm going to see if I qualify for it. Kathy.

Personally this is one Good thing I have never had to deal with as I have heard they do hurt. I have other problems that sometimes makes my feet and legs hurt to where I would not want anything else. But my thoughts and Prayers are with you my friend as you take time to consider doing this, and keep us informed as you get more information on this as well.

I have huge bunions, one on each foot, and they are driving me absolutely nuts. I walk with a cane because of them. I'm thinking of having them operated on, but I live in the basement of an old building, and would need to be able to walk down the stairs (we might have to stay in a hotel for a few days...) but I'm thinking of getting them done. Can you tell me a little more about the surgery, and what all is involved?

I don't even know what a bunion is! But I wish you well. The only time I ever saw a podiatrist was to have him put a cast on my leg years back when I was having too much fun running around in the desert sand and fell over a rock and broke my leg. Leave it to me to find the one rock in miles of sand. Hah! I had a choice of lime green, hot pink, or purple. I am sure you know which color I picked! HINT: It was not pink or green :-)

Sorry to hear about this, gg. I sure wish u the best. I do not have any bunions & i have never been to a podiatrist so can't be of any help to u there. good luck!

I don't have this problem but I have known a few who have had it and done the surgery. The recovery takes time so make sure you have time to let it heal and you must correct the reason you got this problem in the first place. But everyone I know who has had it done is glad they did it. Blessings

Ouch, I didn't know what bunions were but I looked them up... And they look very painful... No I do not have a bunion and have never had surgery for one. Best of luck in the surgery, hope it's not too bad and you can get it fixed.