Re: What method is best for recovery ?

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Posted by Sherry on April 14, 1998 at 00:38:25:
I too had EPF surgery done on one foot and it seemed to take forever for any kind of improvement. I too got very little support or encouragement from my surgeon. I have had to persevere with this entirely by myself and after almost 4 months I can say I have some kind of hope for a light at the end of the tunnel. It has only been a week since I could put my entire weight on that foot and the pain is FINALLY starting to ease up at the site of the surgery.

At this point I would be happy to just return to the amount of pain that I had prior to the surgery. I know that this sounds very pessimistic but I'm sure that a lot of people that have gone through the surgery and now have complications from it are thinking the same way.

After reading many of the posts on this site, I'm grateful that I managed to get through this without any of the other serious results that can happen.i.e.nerve entrapment etc.

I think that most of us would agree that this is a problem that lasts a LONG time and therefore could be Classified as a chronic pain situation and eventually will have to be treated as such.
As a result of my experience with surgery, I will never consider having it done to my other foot and am now taking charge of my own pain . An excellent book that others may want to consider is "Mastering Pain: A Twelve-step Program for Coping with Chronic Pain" by Dr. Richard A Sternbach.
Good luck to all!

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