The Journey
I am sharing my journey from start to finish to provide that little extra help for those looking for information and are either thinking of having cheilectomy surgery or have planned the date already.
I hope to help answer or at least shed some light on questions such as these:
- Is Cheilectomy Surgery Painful?
- How Long does it take to Recover from a Cheilectomy?
- How is a Cheilectomy Performed?
- Can You Walk After Bone Spur Surgery?
- Should I Have a Cheilectomy?
- When Can I Walk after Cheilectomy?
- Is Hallux Rigidus Surgery Successful?
day 6 (some flexibility)
Starting some soft stretches, bends in toe They say, or at least my doctor, states as soon as able to ...
day 7 (recovery cont…)
Another day of recovery Not much as changed since day 6, but pain is pretty good, can hobble on the ...
day 8 (worked at desk)
First day not having to elevate foot Finally, was up and around much better today. Even left the couch and ...
day 9 &10 (feeling optimistic)
Pillow for propping foot up removed Finally, feeling pretty decent in hopping around, having slight flex in the toe and ...
day 11 (bending a little)
Some decent progress occurring As you can see in the image, there is some flex occurring, I think is pretty ...
day 12 (travel in car…)
Can drive, but toe swells So there was some traveling coming up this day requiring some traveling an hour or ...
