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*

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I admit I wonder how much permanent effect on my foot size there will be due to the fact that that one ligament was released. I didn't ask. Guess I'll find out eventually. :-)

Right, no worries -- I'll try again later. I do know that this was early (my doc said try shoes "next week" and it's Friday, so I was being sneaky even trying them on). Guess that's what I get for trying it early!

I would imagine heel spurs would take quite some time to heal. Are they asymptomatic now? (If so, congrats!)

[erisian-fields.livejournal.com]

The heel spurs took nearly two years to heal to something akin to comfortable. When I start feeling that stress in the plantar tendon, I make sure I'm walking around in shoes with the funky little split heel inserts as well as an extra padded insole. Generally, if I'm not walking uphill or on a raised treadmill for long periods of time, they don't bother me. I GAVE them to myself by using the treadmill at the gym with too much incline for too long too many times. I won't do that again.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm glad you've got it down to, well, "manageable". Sounds like it was very annoying. Flatter treadmill work from now on, huh? :-/