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[quote=Anonymous]19:20  If the bunions are really killling you then by all means consider it.  I (11:30) didn't mean to scare anyone off that truly needs the surgery.  I just wish now I hadn't done it.  Big time.  Every day.  And I have read the stats - successful foot surgeries occur only about 30% of the time.  I wish I had known that before I had my surgery.  And I had one of the best in the business do it.  I have enormous bunions (one gone now due to the shorter toe, but have the shorter toe) which are either genetic (grandmother had them); due to collapse of arch from aging and weight of pregnancies; semi high heels when working as a professional; and/or 30 years of ballet training.  They look awful but they don't HURT.  My ankles and feet hurt because they collapsed when I was pregnant and this fancy pants Johns Hopkins surgeon said he could cure my problem wit ha "drop down chevron osteotomy" which is a fancy term for bunionectomy.  Didn't work.  Lots of pain.  Foot in cast for six weeks.  Gained weight.  And now I have to buy shoes (flats) in two sizes - one for the left foot with the shorter toe and a 1/2 size larger for the right foot with the enormous bunion and hallux rigidus.  I am a mess.  But there must be a doctor out there that has done a successful bunionectomy?  Anyone?  (I did ask my ortho. Surgeon when we were discussing surgery for the hallux rigidus.  Even he said there were no podatrists or ortho surgeons whom he would recommend anymore.  And he no longer does foot work because of the difficulty and intricacy of bones, tendon, etc. - so I have no one to recommend).[/quote]

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