got pics? x-rays? I'm interested cuz my doc likes to call the deformity of my big toes, bunions, but the podiatrist examining the x-rays says the swelling is soft tissue caused by my ongoing gout. my primary doc says "oh yeah those terms are interchangeable" but they are not.

http://www.differencebetween.net/sci...ut-and-bunion/

good luck with the surgery, jealous of your work situation!

in this pic ignore the red box, but see the yellow circle