Apparently I have broken my foot in two places. Both are on the 5th metatarsal. The original Jones fracture has opened up and looks like a wedge has been taken out. Closer to the toe, the bone appears shredded and the docs suspect another break there. They plan to take a bone graft from the knee to fill the bored out bone ( this was from when they tried to remove the screw, it broke, and they had to bore it out) and then put in a plate. I just hope the plate is less painful than the screw😟

I guess my message is that hardware removal is not always a good thing. We live and learn.

Six weeks past my screw removal and things suck. I am still in a cast with instructions to be out of the cast as tolerated. I haven't really been able to tolerate it. When I go castless, I usually regret it the next day. Saturday, the foot hurt quite a bit. I did my normal grocery thing with a bit more added in because of Thanksgiving coming. Halfway thru Costco, it hurt pretty badly. I soldiered on, but was in  a lot of pain that evening. At the moment, it's about a 5. That's worse that right after surgery!

Tomorrow is my 6 week x-ray and I hope they say it is healing. I'm pretty scared Things are not going well. I keep hearing the nurse practitioner saying, "If we'd had your ok, we would have done a bone graft. Of course, now I worry about that.

Anyway, pain is a 5, swelling on top by toes is about a 4.

Here I am again, updating this very old post. It seems the foot issues will be with me all my life.

Yesterday I had my original screw removed from an old Jones fracture. The screw was done previous to my reconstruction and has always given me pain. The doc found a small stress fracture in the fifth metatarsal, but felt having the screw removed would still help my pain.

The surgeon got me opened up and had trouble getting the screw out. They had to cut it up into pieces to remove it. This resulted in a larger incision than the one we planned. Now I am in a cast for two weeks and am not able to get around as well as I planned. Bummer!

I just hope this will help with the pain. I could feel that damn thing in there. I swear it moved sometimes. It poked out and, with pes cavus feet, I walk on that side of my foot. Things would get swollen and sometimes bloody. I was unable to wear even tennis shoes.

The doc says that I will eventually need a fusion. I didn't ask for details. I did not want to know. That can be dealt with when the time comes.

Anyway, if anyone is wondering, the original reason to start this post, the reconstruction, is still somewhat satisfying. My feet are stronger and I can twist the ankle without falling. I wish it were more stable. I have balance and weakness issues which are some times worse than other times. Cest la vie.