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WOW!  I had the same surgery on June 4th and then again on June 5th.  I new right after surgery something was wrong.  My left foot hurt so bad.  At first it felt my calf had a "charlie horse" all the time and it was very painful and my foot was tingling and painful.  The next morning they took xrays and did a second surgery that evening.  I sleft for about 3 weeks after surgery so I didn't think much about my foot but now it's been about 6 weeks and my foot hurst so bad.  I tell everyone it feels like a I have terrible sunburn and every now and again it feels like someone runs by me and snabs me with an ice picks.  Sometimes it feels like someone is sticking the ice pick under my big toe nail.  I can't wear anything but flip flops and that hurts pretty bad too.  Today I saw a pain mgmt doctor and got an epidural (sp) shot in my back and he gave me Lidocaine patches to apply on my foot.  I don't know yet if it's going to be helpful but glad to hear I'm not imaging this.  It's caused much stress for me but I'm not letting it get to me yet.  I've always been very independent so it's hard having to depend on so many people to help.  It hurts to walk more then 5 or so minutes because my foot swells so bad.  It feels like it's going to explode.  Sorry to hear your going through the same thing.  I can totally relate. Michelle in Round Rock