So here’s my basic story...

So here’s my basic story... I think I have shared pieces or maybe all of it but that’s the pain meds for you. Lol 2 years ago I injured my ankle while on my daughter’s Make a Wish trip. I had always had the bunion, but walking on the ball of my foot due to the ankle injury magnified it. We decided that repairing the bunion was the best way to go to better support the ankle. That surgery was supposedly uneventful. However, the strength in my foot continued to decline. After 3 months of PT I gave up. Over the last year I have had a recurrent fracture to the 4th and 5th metatarsals. Decreased feeling to the toes at first but had spread to half my foot. Moved to a new state... went back to the foot doctor and he immediately suspected multiple nerve entrapment (tarsal tunnel). He confirmed through an emg that in fact I had significant neuropathy throughout. We initially tried neurontin but that made me crazy. Literally. He went in yesterday for a 3 hour surgery. He released the posterior and anterior tibial nerves as well as the superficial and deep peroneal nerves. I can’t take pics yet but I basically have about 18 inches of stitches (4 separate incisions from my ankle to my knee). Yesterday I had a nice nerve block so I felt pretty good, actually. That has worn off... I feel like my leg might just fall off. I’m partial weight bearing on forearm crutches and bandages to my knee. I share on this site, because even though the bunion part is “done” I feel like the whole foot operates together. For anyone struggling after bunion... it just might be a bigger problem. The good news... I can already feel my toes!! My doctor said it wasn’t a guarantee because nerves are funny that way. I will celebrate that for now.