Feets getting better by the day

[cjsmith]

Full day so far in "normal shoes". With Pat's pair and the ones I found yesterday evening (6EE, still too long and a tinch narrow but I was in a hurry), I have not had to resort to my post-op shoes once today. I did bring them to work just in case, but I haven't needed them. Yay!

I walk less well now. I was getting FAST in the post-op shoes, and switching to "normal shoes" has set me back -- my speed is back to what it was several days or a week ago. I suspect a lot of that is a get-used-to-it thing.

According to my doctor this indicates I'm ready to use a brake pedal. THANK GOODNESS, 'cause the errands to do are piling up. (F'rex, get the car smog-checked and reregistered. Tougher to do once it's lapsed... which will be the day after tomorrow.)

All sign of bruising is gone. The skin color's a teensy bit different inside the Neutral Zone, which might be simply because it's a Neutral Zone. The boundary between the area I can feel and the area I can't seems way oversensitive to me. I suspect that'll fade with time. Phantom sensations continue to occur randomly.

Next appointment Friday. I hope she takes off the tape and tells me I can quit wrapping with Coban. It's time-consuming in the morning! Plus, hey, I WANNA SEE. :-)

Comments

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

So would you need like a 5 1/2-EEE?

It makes sense to me you might slow down from post-op shoes to normal shoes. You'd gotten used to one type.

I WANNA SEE.

Me, too. :-)

[abenn.livejournal.com]

I'll visualize a speedy recovery.

[sunnydale47.livejournal.com]

Oooh, normal shoes! Yay! Even though you're slower, it's progress! But making sure they fit is more important than ever, so get out there and find some 5½'s with as many E's as you need! I know they're not easy to find -- my mother wore 5½EEE, and she always had trouble finding them. It must be even worse now that average foot sizes are larger. But even if it costs more, it's worth it to have shoes that fit right.

I can't wait to see those pics!

tip

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

In a pinch, you can send the money for the registration (or do it online--but I recall there's some reason why you don't want to do it that way), and then get the smog done afterwards. You won't have your tags right away, of course, but at least it would only be a fix-it ticket in the unlikely event that happened.

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're getting better! That's funny about the new shoes setting you back -- it's amazing how slowly the body adapts sometimes.

Got your card today! Squeeee!

Wide shoes locally?

[rampling.livejournal.com]

Great to hear about your "normal shoes" progress! My gut feeling is that it's especially important for you to find truly wide enough shoes to wear now, or you'll likely end up reaggravating the problems you already had. I hope you'll be able to find some wiiiiide shoes somewhere localish, or at least find success ordering them online.

Curiosity led me to do a little search, which turned up this cool sounding place: The Walk Shop (http://www.walkshop.com/main.asp), in Berkeley. They claim to sell pretty wide shoes (http://www.walkshop.com/questions/default.asp#wide), and claim to have "professionally trained shoe fitters with years of experience in fitting problem feet" and you could go there in person.

Yeah, OK, you could have found that yourself, but sometimes I wish I could be more helpful even though I'm so far away. So I do what I can. ;)

*hugs* *kitty-purrs* *CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE*

Glad to hear it...

[zyxwvut.livejournal.com]

Yay, healthier feets!

Z

P.S.: Yeah, I'm back.

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

I'm glad things seem to be going so well!

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

My thumb scar is still hypersensitive a full three months after my cut. I've got feeling back above it (it took maybe 6 weeks to come back) but it's still tingly when I stroke it, like it's been "asleep." The scar itself? Ow. I rub it sometimes according to proper scar massage techniques as taught by chaiya (who's trained) but it hurts, even, to do that. The surface is tender, and the underlying tissue is still sore. I have no idea how long that will take to fix itself.