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! :-)

Comments

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

how very cool! YAY for kind and generous people!

my guess is the contours in shoes are to make them "comfortable" for people with "normal" feet. should i ever meet such an anomalie, i'll be sure to find out if it really works.

if my feet were closer to your size, i'd offer up this pair of mary jane-esque flats i've got. i think they're 11 "wide", but they're too long for me -- i walk out of them. if you want to do some shoe-mod, you're welcome to them.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

YAY indeed! And yeah, the contours are a minor help to people with average feet ("minor" because arch support can be added with aftermarket stuff) at the expense of making the shoes nearly unusable for people with weird feet. Ah well.

I doubt I have the skills to modify Mary Janes. But thanks!