Here's a picture of my foot in June:
I have unfortunately struggled with the foot: it look months to heal (in fact, some incisions are still weeping) and I got a Staph. Aureus infection for which I had 6 oral courses of antibiotics and was hospitalised for several days for IV antibiotic treatment.
This is what it looked like in late August:
And with the pin brutally yanked out (no mercy) with a pair of pincers and no pain relief:
By this Monday just gone, the main incision was finally healing up, then I had to go back into Theatre to have it opened up again to check for signs of infection and to look at the fused bones in the big toe. The X-ray and CT scans were showing fusion had not taken place and the metal staple holding the bones together had become distorted.
So now I have 2 fresh incisions in my foot: where the surgeon has gone in to look at the big toe and another on my shin where he had to take a bone graft to construct a "toe" bone to replace the existing one.
When toe bones are fused, a little piece is sawn off the mating ends of the bones to encourage them to knit together, but this makes them shorter. Hence my big toe is shorter than my second.
To avoid the big toe becoming shorter still and causing issues with footwear, the surgeon used a new piece of bone.
So I am hobbling around again, hoping this will be it and I can look forward to getting fit again.
I wanted to do Hydratherapy, but the wounds were oozing due to the infection so my physio has been minimal.
Fingers crossed for Full Steam Ahead!