"While wearing my air-cast after bunion surgery, people always asked, "What happened to your foot?"

Whenever I said, "Bunion Surgery," people made all sorts of strange faces or changed the subject.

Bunion Survivor's
Bunion Relief and Bunion Surgery Update
is perfect for you if...

• You have bunions and wonder what you can do to find pain relief answers and prevent your bunions from getting worse.
   

• You're suffering from bunion pain, are considering bunion surgery, and you want THE TRUTH beyond the online hype and infomercials. You want to know whether or not to have surgery and what options are available.
   

• You have had bunion surgery and are looking for better answers regarding your recovery.
   

• You want to hear from a bunion survivor - someone who has gone through bunion treatment including bunion surgery. (Yes, that is my foot below, before and just after surgery.)

• You're tired of searching online and want a consumer health researcher with 15 years experience (who has also been through the 1st, 2nd and 3rd opinions and treatments) to do the research for you and give you an honest review, useful information, and a positive perspective to help you make an informed decisions about your bunions and whether you'll want without pain again.
   

• You want access to a great blog on bunion relief and bunion surgery with up-to-date information, interviews, resource recommendations and reviews.

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October, 2006

Hi, my name is Smiling Walker.

I have bunions and I'm a bunion surgery survivor. I never expected to be saying that. But then, I never thought about how my feet were suffering until I couldn't dance or walk barefoot anymore because of the pain. I don't want you to have to suffer like I did, so, with your questions to guide me, I'm going to make sure you're better informed than I was and you have reliable information and a variety of opinions to make the best choices about how to treat your bunions. I'll share my experience and walk through your journey with you.

The first time I ever saw a podiatrist (just 4 months ago) he told me that I had let the problem go too long and bunion surgery was really the only way to relieve the pain and bone damage. So did the second podiatrist. Ouch! Don't let that happen to you! See a podiatrist before it's too late.

I'm in my early 50's and a self-employed solo entrepreneur who speaks for a living, who is self-supporting, and who pays for her own health insurance. 

You can imagine my questions when I realized the bunion surgeon really did mean 30-60 days off my feet for my line of work: Where will I ever find the time?! How will I run my business? What kind of anesthesia will they use? How painful will it really be? Should I do both feet at the same time? What if the surgery doesn't work? What if the recovery takes longer than expected? Who will take care of me? Will my insurance cover the medical expenses after my deductible? Who can I talk to who has already done this?

I've learned a lot since having bunion surgery on my right foot, including how to make the entire experience of bunion relief and bunion surgery easier and less painful physically, emotionally, mentally and financially. And I'm learning more every day about ways to fully recover from my bunion surgery and prevent my left foot's bunion from getting worse. I want to share that information with you and I want to know how I can be of more help to you. Life is so precious and so are our feet.

While I'm not a doctor (or lawyer), I am an informed women's health (and now bunion relief :-) advocate and researcher and always recommend you always get professional medical advice before making any decisions.