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!

Comments

[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!

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

I get holes when the ball of my foot decides it wants to breathe. I almost never get holes at the toes, since they never rub on anything (I have wide feet, too)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I get holes on the ball of the foot and at the back of the heel. Like you, I don't get 'em at the toes.

[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).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I blow out the sides. My foot starts hanging over the empty space beside the edge of the sole. :-)

[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.