got the list of procedures + tentative surgery date

I met with the surgeon and a few other people today - nurses, schedulers and nurse practitioners. At this moment, they want to do 5 procedures to my right foot.  The lateral calcaneal osteotomy, a longus to brevis tendon transfer, a midfoot osteotomy and fusion,  percutaneous tendon achilles lengthening, and girdlestone taylor transfers to straighten the toes. It's scary, but I was actually excited at the prospect of no more claw toes on the right foot at least and a straight foot. I wanted a June 1 surgery date because I'm a teacher and that gives me 3 months to heal so I can drive to work. They are scheduling into September at the moment, so  we set up a Sept. 14th date and they will try to get me in on a cancelation. I'll call every two weeks or so to try to get that June date because I really can't do September. I'd have to put it off until next summer which I do not want to do. The doc said my left foot will probably need it someday too, but at this point, I think it works pretty well.

If anyone reads this that has had these procedures, of course I'd love to hear from you. So many questions. Pain is the subject of most of them. This hospital keeps you in at least one day , but they reserve two days in hospital just in case. The first surgeon I spoke to, it was done on outpatient basis. Yeouch!!! That was enough to turn me off! The other major subject for questions is recovery, but I think I can figure that one out pretty well, it's just nice to hear lots of voices, put them together with what I know about me and predict.

upcoming foot reconstruction

Here goes. I am a 52 (almost 53) year old woman who has had pes cavus feet all my life. I first knew they were weird when my friends in junior high used to make fun of them. Junior high is such an evil age- most of us have post traumatic stress disorder from then. Anyway, the right foot has slowly gotten less stable. I finally broke it and had to have surgery last November and it has never been the same. If the walking surface is at all uneven, I run the risk of, at a minimum, rolling my foot out, but usually of falling. It hurts 75% of the time. The whole thing sucks. So, after lots of custom orthotics going way back before the break, a few specialists and some docs who are semi clueless, I have finally decided to get the foot fixed. I saw a doc in Seattle that actually appeared to understand my feet - what a relief! I go in on Jan. 25th to have a CT scan and a consult where we discuss what to do. I'm very scared. I had another surgeon (who I wasn't sure got my feet) discuss lateral calcaneal osteotomy and tendon transfer, but this new guy is talking way more bone cuts and tendon issues and pins. The funny thing is, he made sense.

I probably won't post a lot until I know what will happen and then until the actual surgery - who has time???? I figure once I'm incapacitated and unable to do anything, there will be plenty of time to post. It will give info. to all the people out there like me who have tried hard to find out what this surgery is like and who can't really find anything they understand but blogs.