No normal shoes

[cjsmith]

Today I grabbed the shoes I'd worn to surgery and brought them to work with me. I figured while I was sitting at my desk waiting for a long test run I'd see what it felt like to put them on.

There is no way I can get into them. My mind boggles. It's hard to imagine how these feet ever got into those shoes. I've unlaced the left shoe all the way down and it is quite simply too narrow.

*sigh*

Comments

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Swelling?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing not at this late date, but maybe. I'll try again later.

Could also be:
- bandage (tho that's pretty minimal now)
- not wearing tight shoes for fifteen days, feet spread out
- foot permanently a tiny bit wider due to release of internal ligament

These are the widest mass-produced shoes I could find. It will be interesting to see what happens next.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wouldn't have thought swelling by now, but the other reasons you list make sense. And I must be tired, because at first I mistakenly read your first item there as bondage. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

One-rack mind? ;-)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

*rim shot*

A dirty mind is its own reward. ;-)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Sometimes women's feet widen a lot during pregnancy from the relaxation of ligaments in preparation for childbirth. Could be a mechanical version of the same.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*nod* yeah.