An overview of my recovery plan

I've noticed that a lot of other bunion surgery blogs seem to have different stories of recovery times, procedures and surgeon advice, which I've found so confusing that things can be so different, so I thought it might be helpful to clarify my procedure and the advice from my surgeon.

The procedure I had was a Scarf and Akin Osteotomy. I have been partial weight bearing (on heel walker boots) since day 1 post-op, and was told to wear these continuously for two weeks, including in bed. After two weeks, I just have to wear them for walking. As I have had both feet operated on and so mobility severely reduced I had to inject myself with Clexane injections (a type of heparin, blood thinning med) to prevent a DVT (my husband ended up giving me the injections).

At the end of the two weeks of injections, I had to go to the doctors to have my platelet level checked. And then at three weeks I get to go back to the hospital to have the initial dressings removed. I believe that I have dissolvable stitches as I haven't had to have these taken out, but I guess I'll find out for sure when I have my three week appointment. At this point I will have to start doing physio on my toes to try and restore movement.

I will then have another three weeks with a reduced dressing and continuing to wear the boots before a six week appointment with my consultant and X-ray to check that recovery has/is going well. Then at this point I should be able to weight bear and start wearing shoes/flip flops, but swelling will still be an issue for up to a year.

For anyone reading this and having surgery, this information should not be used as advice in any way and shouldn't ever replace what your doctor has advised - it's just so that you can know if your procedure and recovery plan is similar as I know it would've helped me to know about other people's plans.