When Did You First Notice Your Brachy?

If you read my first post you know how Brachy runs in my family (when it shoes up), and how many of them share Brachy with me.

My sister is one of those people. Here is a picture showing how her toe began showing signs of Brachy before me because she is older. It also shows how I was born with normal toes. Flat and wide, but normal looking. ;o)

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So when did you first notice your Brachy?

I thought you'd like to see this close up. The blue is how it was, the red is about 6mo post-op.

Did you know that webbed toed are very common? I remember as a child I had a neighbor, Daniel, who had his 2nd and 3rd toe that way. With all the toe issues in my family it seemed so normal to have a friend with something like that. ;o)

As I mentioned in this past post, there is always someone who has it worse than you:

Check out this FB page of very special feet

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Some more shoes. I got these last summer. Again, way too over zealous, coudn't wear them. The straps are way snug. But today I put them on and VOILA! They don't hurt. Walked the dog, cleaned the house and all is well.

In fact they are tight in all the right places. And as I mentioned in this past post, "pressure" is the best thing for, (and to avoid), hypertrophic scaring. 

I'll leave you with a flower I've never seen before in my life. It came from a very tall and huge tree in the park.

CIAO!

Some inspiration if you're on the fence...

I did have my first ever professional pedicure on my cruise back in November, but I'm mostly a do-it-yourselfer. I haven't been back into a salon since.

Base coat is done.

I wish I had taken a photo of my Brachy toe in the sponge separator before my surgery, it looked crazy-funny!

Decisions, decisions...

Hmmmm, what color should I choose?

Waiting for my footsies to dry.

Purple it is!














I got these last summer while I still had sutchers. But I couldn't sport them.

They have a sunk-in center. And that put pressure on my bunionette site that still had sutchers. I couldn't believe how much it hurt when I wore these just 9 months ago.

But I can wear then now! I was way over zealous last summer! ;o)

Life without Brachy is great. It can be great with it too. Everybody is different. But I'm sure enjoying just flip-flopping and not thinking about hidding. Worth all I went through.

Hope this helps if you're on the fence. Tootles!

Future Brachy Doctors

Another little wonderful thing in reference to my last post, is that I have found some doctors viewing my Blog! That's SO great. If those of us who have had surgery document the POST affects, doctors can become educated and aware of what we are really feeling and experiencing.

This increases their knowledge and will help them treat their future patients.

Sometimes patients have difficulty voicing their honest thoughts/feelings, leaving surgeons in the blank.

So keep Blogging, it helps everyone. ;o)

The Number of Brachy Blogs Are Growing

So the number of Brachy Blogs are growing! I keep researching to keep myself up-to-date. I'm noticing people going through the surgery, putting their experiences online. Even more so, these are people who have read my Blog and have modeled their blogs after mine, using it as a guide as to what to include in theirs.

Do I mind this? NO I DON'T!

It's great. That's one of the objectives for creating mine. I don't want to be the only one providing information. Brachy-ers need to be able to research different methods, outcomes, locations, perspectives, etc.

At this point there are more External Fixater blogs than One-Stage. I hope more people doing the one-stage method will consider capturing their experience online for other to benefit. Also, there are next to none of Men! This needs to change too.

I realize it may be probable that a woman's Blog would be more detailed, but I'm not inclined to make that conclusion for all men, or say that it matters at this point. The Brachy world needs to hear from men who opt to have corrective Brachy surgery. (So if that's you, get crackin' ;o)

As always, these stories are on my right column (Other Correction Stories). This list is often updated.

IMPORTANT

I'm very happy to see that others going through this surgery have discovered what I did, that a 6 week recovery period is a gross understatement and misrepresentation of recovery.

Remember this past post?

Well, Chris read my past post, and found it to be true for herself. 7-weeks in, and this is her post. (It takes a whole lot of time.)

BUT SO WORTH IT! I just love my feet now. I wear flip-flops all the time and have to stop myself from looking at them. I'm so grateful to have had this opportunity. What a blessing?!

Take care I'll talk to you soon! Thanks for following!

I Can Wear My Old Stuff!

14mo post-op

I've had these shoes for about 10 years. They are made from denim. I didn't mind my Brachy in these but my bunions made it uncomfortable to wear because the big toe slot of the shoe is straight.

But now I can wear them! Isn't that great!?

 

Tootles!