foot pain after surgery

[fibrocentric]

Last July I had a titanium rod put into my foot. The surgeon said that it heal my foot and take away any residual pain after a break that refused to heal. My pain has never really gone away and my surgeon of course stopped filling my scripts for pain meds, I'm pretty sure he thought I was just faking or something. All they kept saying was that I shouldn't still be in so much pain. Well, here we are seven months later and more days than not my foot is throbbing. I don't do anything besides yoga and even then I stay off of my affected foot. Could I be allergic to the implant? Should seek a different Dr.? One who doesn't just assume that I'm a suburban drug addict? I am so frustrated. It's not as if I enjoy taking pills, but I enjoy being in pain a lot less.

Thank you for your time  

[fibrocentric]

Thank you Dr. My concern with ibuprofen would be that it decreases blood flow which is kind of important in terms of healing at the fracture sight. I went in to have it scanned again yesterday and it looks as though at some point in the last couple of months I effectively refractured my foot. I am currently on light activity for a month wearing a straight break shoe.

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

I would suggest you to go for a fresh scan and check the healing. If you have any complications then follow up with another orthopedician. As such you can always take a second opinion.

You can take intermittent pain killers; ibuprofen can also be taken for this purpose.

Also consider physiotherapy after discussing with your orthopedician.

Take care!