Shoes! Sort of.

[cjsmith]

A square dancer who was kind enough to listen to me whine about shoes this weekend -- let's call her Pat -- came by my office a few minutes ago and offered me some of her old shoes that she doesn't wear any more. Her feet are just about as wide as mine and, it appears, a little over two inches longer.

I have a pair of Pat's old Tevas strapped to my feet right now. They don't fit well, they're not comfortable (why oh WHY does everything have to have contours all over the bottom?), but I can walk in them. Some. I am determined to continue to walk in them until I find something better. My post-op shoes may be more comfortable but by golly I want to be able to drive a car. It will feel very good to do my own errands for the first time in nearly a month.

Given that Pat doesn't want these back, maybe they could even be improved. Tevas look like the kind of shoe you could slice up with a band saw. Too long? Cut on the dotted line! Just place your foot so the arch is right, and poof! a shoe that fits! :-)

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Smaller in length would be great, and I'll shop this evening to see if I can find that. They just better not get any more narrow.

Size 6 is pretty close in one dimension, surprisingly enough! I'm a size 5 1/2 in length and pre-op I was about a 7W in width. Now I can't get into my old size seven wide shoes. These Tevas are size 8.

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I wish I could get you here to the Globe Shoes, I bet they'd be able to get you a pair that fits (that's where I got my Teva's actually).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed - Globe Shoes sounds WONderful.

"Nordstrom's Rack" about an hour's drive from me might work too... now that I might be able to drive again soon.

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

If you could fly cross country to Teterboro airport, it would be a 10 minute ride from there :)