Heaven is clean socks

[cjsmith]

Post-op appointment this morning. My doctor changed the bandages wrapped all over the outside of my foot but didn't touch the surgical tape over the actual incision. I took a picture, of course (edit: for upload tonight). My feet don't look very pretty. They're orange, wrinkled, and a little bit bruised. They are also starting to smell like feet. Wow did it ever feel good to have clean cotton wrapped around them! I got clean booties, too, and what's more, I got permission to WASH the booties! Oh heaven!

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[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Heaven is clean socks

Would that make them... *ahem* ...holey? *scampers off*

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The double meaning works well - these booties are actually just a long knit tube, twisted in half at the toe and folded back on themselves. So unless the twist is carefully done there's a hole at the toe.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Pre-drilled - bonus! I usually have to wait for my big toenail to grow too long. :-)

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

You're just bad!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*blink* *blink* How do YOU drill holes in your socks? I thought everyone did that the same way!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

You should see how long my big toenail is. But then, I have wide feet, which means my toenails can grow for-freakin'-ever and not hit the ends of my shoes.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Mine won't hit the ends of my shoes for quite some length, either, but that's usually because I have such a high instep that in order to find shoes that fit, they end up being longer than they need to be (I'm always wearing through the tops of them with my big toes first, too).

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Now I'm pondering klein socks.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Do Klein socks go on Klein feet? If I had Klein feet, this whole process would have been much easier.

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

How do the feet feel? Any less painful? Was the doctor pleased?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

They just ache. It's not bad. The doctor seemed pleased with how they looked (yi, what a job, if that looks good) and pleased with my answer about the pain level.

[melanie.livejournal.com]

pitiful, pitiful. where's the picture?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Still on the camera. I can upload it tonight.

[rampling.livejournal.com]

Waiting with bated breath....

Glad your doctor is pleased with your progress.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

You used the right "bated"! Marry me?

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Yay for new socks!

When do you get the tape over the incisions removed?

What did your doc say about how they're healing?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I didn't ask about when the tape gets removed -- I guessed it would be at next week's post-op. That's the last appointment I've got.

She was pleased with how they looked and with my answer about the pain level ("they ache", with a shrug). I must have been following directions properly! :-)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

oh joy, oh rapture unforseen!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I am the very model of "the feet are healing properly"! :)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I've symptoms that have sure confused the whole field of podiatry
I know the best of doctors, and I quote the facts historical
From metatarsel to calcaneum, in order categorical

(Sorry - I couldn't resist, now that I have an earworm! ;-))

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent! It took me ages just to do that first line and I'm still not very satisfied with it. (Now I'm trying to get rid of what I perceive as an extra syllable in the last line, but maybe I'm misremembering the proper scansion.) :-)

[sharya.livejournal.com]

Heh, I'm all about the feet... if my feet are happy and clean, I'm happy and clean :P

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Amen sistah. I am eagerly awaiting the bliss of a full, stand-up, water-cascading-over-my-feet shower. :-)

[hnybny.livejournal.com]

Orange feet eh? Whooooooooooo's an Oompa Loompa then??

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hah! Yeah, they've still got Betadine on 'em under the bandages.