I think that you’re right. This is my livelihood right now. Chances are that my insurance can help out with some of this, too. Once, I start losing time at work or going on light duty, I will have even more financial problems.
I hope to nip it in the bud.
You hold the key to this in your hand right there, FRiend. Good luck to you. It could be worse. I just had my second total hip replacement (within a year) last week. I pray your insurance is as good as mine.
I had a bunion repaired.
Doc put a screw in the bone to keep it straight. I recovered (stayed off of it) for 2 weeks, then wore a stiff shoe for a month. No problem after that. Never took a pain pill after the surgery, just Motrin. Not all of these have to involve a horror story. Incision scar is about 2 inches long.
A quick check - stand barefooted along a line on the floor. Feet together. Line your “good” foot up on the line, put the “bad” foot against your good foot. Does the big toe on your “bad” foot lean out toward the other (smaller) toes? Is it trying to dive over or under the rest of the toes on the foot? Or are your big toes about equidistant from that line?
You should see a doctor about any consistent pain, but if that toe on your bad foot isn’t misaligned, you probably don’t have a bunion.