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Discussions about syndactyly (webbed toes and fingers)

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   j_1312
   Member

   Also I was thinking my surgery was different toes to yours, so even though I can hobble using the sides of my feet doesn't mean you are too much behind recovery wise? I guess your pain is more central to the foot? - making it harder to walk no doubt, so ignore my walking recovery time as its probably different for you? :) x

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Petra
   Member

   Hi!! Thank you so much for words of encouragement :) I feel a bit better after reading the description of your toes, just hoping that my situation is not that bad as doctors claim here... I can totally identify with the way you describe your toes, but I still don't believe yours would look as bad as mine. I will send you the photos as soon as it looks a bit better, I am so ashamed to send you photos of my toes in their current state! They really look SO awful and disgusting! It would make you sick! I have LOT'S of black skin on top of my toes and on inner side of one toe but the most of black skin is on the back of one toe. I feel black skin was spreading even to healthy skin. It SLOWLY improves, in some parts black skin turned white and peeled off and underneath there is either pinkish skin or raw area without any skin :(((( My dr. says, skin should eventually come over the raw areas too but it would take weeks... (I am just wondering how the skin can grow on completely raw area???) The inner side of one of my toe is currently one raw area :((( (I guess that's also a sign of skin graft failure?). Back of my last toe is covered by thick black skin. The black skin used to be very dry, almost as paper, then it changed its texture after I started applying antibiotic ointment, it made it kind of wet and more layered, the layers are peeling off now. The black skin (right now is is a bit green and orange, underneath is white) is literally hanging (partly) on my toe. I know it is good to remove it but I am so afraid I will have more raw areas like I already have on the inner side of my toes.
   Are you changing bandages on your own now? Are you applying some kind of ointment on it? How often do you go to see your consultant? It seems you are making a big progress! Does it still hurt you when you walk? Is your left foot fully recovered?
   I can't even stand :( I don't know where the pain comes from, maybe from rubbing raw areas in between my toes against each other?
   Good luck in your job interview! xx
   P.S. Do you manage to wear Uggs? Don't they hurt your toes?

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Petra
   Member

   J_1312, here is my email: petraad1@hotmail.com, if you feel like sending me photos of your operated toes. I would be very grateful for that. I will send you mine too hopefully in a few days time when my toes will look more presentable. I am afraid to send them now bcz it would make you sick! I don't feel well looking at them and they are my toes!

   Posted 1 year ago #

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