Bunion Surgery

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Although in my experience, bunion surgery patients have rarely suffered "terrible" pain, I have never performed such surgery without prescribing some form of narcotic analgesic. I would consider the ibuprfen and Tylenol that she is taking generally inadequate. I generally have my patients begin taking a long-acting anti-inflammatory one day before surgery, and that seems to provide them with a head start for pain relief. It has been at most only one day since your mum's procedure, and perhaps it is too soon for her to be placing ANY weight on the foot. Elevation of the foot is generally helpful, but ice, when employed, must be used with caution, so as not to cause further embarrassment to tissues already compromised by surgery. Check with your doctor for specific directions. I don't understand why you are contacting her GP instead of her surgeon, and why she cannot have the prescription filled immediately? By your use of "mum," though, I suppose that you are in the U.K. and some assumptions of generally protocols that which I deem a no-brainer may be different there.

 

It is most likely a tight bandage.
Instead of posting on the internet, have her call her surgeon.
Steve