cheilectomy-diary

It's been 3 months since I had the surgery. Whilst it felt like I took a bit of a nose-dive around 10 week mark, I've had my final review appointment with my surgeon, and I'm doing fine.  The wound is all healed up and isn't really that visible. I don't have much sensation on the skin around it, and that might come back eventually. There's minimal swelling and the range of movement is within 'normal' parameters for this type of intervention. It's not the same as the left side, and probably around the same as before the procedure, but I can walk pretty well.  I was concerned around the 10 week mark that I'd done something bad to the toe. But the surgeon gave it a thorough exam and suggested I might be over-doing things, suggesting I pull back from my 5-miles a day (which he described as 'excellent' at this point) and go easier on the tip-toe exercises. There may be a natural limitation as to how far the joint will move or allow me to walk