Bunions - anyone had them?

[lisalisa]

I think I have a bunion on my foot. It certainly meets all the symptoms criteria of bieng a bony type of painless sweeling and it is pushing my big toe slightly into the other toes. From my googling so far it seems the only cure is surgery .

Has anyone else managed to find some kind of cure? do these things not get inevitably worlse?

i have the begininings of a bunion on my left foot

have been advised by my chiropodist to wear orthotic inserts in my shoes to help slow down its development

apparently this will hlep a lot

have you seen a chiropodist recently?

Actually, no I haven't. Thanks for that rubyslippers - mine's on my left too. My mother had them and suffered a lot. Not looking forward to htat. Will have to find a chiropodist. Bet they're bloody expensive as everything is these days.

go to your dr and tell them its really painful. He may refer to the state podiatrist and then its free. Surgery is last case scenario for most people. orthotics are supposed to slow down the formation of bunions but they will get worse over time. You may be able to avoid surgery all together or at least until you are of advanced years when you wont need to run about. Also they will give you lots of advice about things to avoid in footwear - any stitching or seams etc that go over the bunion. Flat shoes are a big no no they make them worse. I wish i had known this earlier and I would not now be agonising over whether to have surgery or not.

Hmmm. I've got one. Never been to see anyone about it. I just put up with it.

I think I have the beginnings of one as well (also on my left foot!)

Do you also have a hard bit of skin anywhere on your foot which sometimes hurts when walking? Mine is just under my little toe.

is the hard skin thing a corn mercy?

If at all possible I go without shoes in the house. So far I have avoided most foot nasties

rubarb - i didnt and thats why i am where i am now. the podiatrist told me that I could have avoided getting to this stage this early in my life with the help of insoles. dont know how true that is. but an at the stage now where there had been some dislocation. mine are hereditary have had them most of my life.thought i was doing the right thing wearing flat shoes - wrong.

I think it's a corn MB.

It first started when I was about 6/7 months pregnant, went away after giving birth but returned.

I rarely used to wear shoes indoors but I do it all the time since having dc (uncarpeted stairs and laminate floor in kitchen = slippery)

I have heredetary ones on both feet and haven't been to see anyone as I'm coping fine just now.

Both my parents had surgery on theirs within the last 5 years and my dad now is now in constant pain due to something structual that's been affected by this surgery. I'm of the opinion 'If it ain't brok don't fix it', as I'm very fond of walking (hill walking!).

I find that so long as I wear shoes wide enough (ViviLaDiva dot com are a god-send for fashionable wide-fitting shoes) I don't have any problems. And if I do wear high heels during the day I also comensate by going bare-foot as much as possible, or wear flip-flops (the ones with big decorations to hide the ugliness of said joints).

HTH

Gosh, I thought that flat shoes would have been helpful, not harmful!

I'm always in wide flatties because I can't stand having sore feet. I did have a veruca, but that has just gone. I also had plantar fasciitis for a while, but insoles helped and that has also now gone

sore feet make you feel so miserable

have you used orthotics BL? experience like your dad had is exactly whats stressing me out about surgery. But given mine have gone from slow deterioration to deteriorating at a rate or nots I have been told I am at a repair stage but if they continue it will be salvage - with is a much big operation and a much bigger impact on mobility and pain. I feel damned if I do damned if I dont.

mb flat shoes apparently your feet under pressure. I thought the podiatrist would say well done but no. 1.5ins is about the best height apparently.

No, I haven't been to see anyone - too scared TBH!

After seeing what my parents went through I really don't want to. I wouldn't say their feet are much improved after the surgery. My Mum's are still tender and she still has to wear granny-shoes. OK, so she is a granny, but you know what I mean! It's not as if she's suddenly able to wear 'normal' shoes and I never see her in heels, whic is a shame.

Yes I though flat shoes were better - I haven't worn heels for over 20 years!

Sore feet are horrible. I also occasionally get chilblains, I have even cried in pain when one of the dc accidentally bumped my foot a couple of winters ago.

I really must see a chiropodist as a first step (haha!)

Doc Martens? I always used to wear these!

I didn't know I had a bunion until I tried wearing heels to a wedding about 10 years ago and nearly cried with pain. Now it has arthiritis in it too and can be really painful. But the only option for me is surgery which I don't want.

I don't wear flat flats, I usually wear walking boots, occasionally concaves or a slight heel for work.

Might get some insoles though.