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What is bunion surgery and recovery like?

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Thanks so much for the fedback. I'!m 75. My mother and brother both have a bunion on only 1 foot like me. I too have low pain threshold. Drugs don't seem to help. Only make me sick. But, cannot walk without nerve pain so I've got to have surgery.

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@tkrfail21 Be prepared for a year or two when only a few shoe styles may be comfortable and also for a potential change in shoe size. It took me that long until my feet were no longer super-sensitive to shoes. Sandals with cut-outs in the bunion area and woven, stretchy huaraches are good in the summer, as are roomy woolen clogs with added sheepskin innersoles in the winter. Think shoes with roomy, blunt toe boxes. Wearing a silicone toe separator ring may help to straighten your toes because it will prevent one toe from slipping under its neighbor.