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[quote=Anonymous]11:30 back.  (the person who had a bunionectomy and wished she hadn't).  To 17:16 - both of my big toes are drifting towards the second toe.  I am wear a plastic toe separator in my athletic shoes (and, yes, I have had custom orthotics for decades).  I am now trying those devices that one wears while sleeping that keeps the big toe straight.  I showed it to my ortho. surgeon and he said "Well, it can't hurt, but there is a powerful strain going on in an unstable foot so all the bracing at night may not stop the toe from floating."  But I'm trying.  The braces are uncomfortable at first but you get used to them - or they fall off during the night.  But I am trying.   I'm glad so many of you are telling OP to avoid surgery unless she can't stand the pain.  I was such a fool to let a very famous bone doctor (not a pod.) do this to my foot.  Read a lot before you leap.  And if you feel sorry for yourself look up hallux rigidus and the type of surgery that requires to fix.  That's now my future.  Oh yeah, forgot to mention the early onset arthritis due to all of this.  Sigh.  That alone should keep you from trying unnecessary foot surgery.[/quote]

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