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[Pax]

I was musing,should I get rid of high heeled boots? Bunions, yikes - yes I should! thanks!
I sold shoes for a while - so many poor mangled looking bunion feet.Poor little things! Women who lived thru 50s had it the worst. The shoe manufacturers actually cut shoes to slant BEFORE the big joint, so that millions of women now have bunions.
I hear that its sometimes better to leave them, unless you cant walk. Has it helped?

My mom was in her 20's in the mid 50's, she wore those awful shoes and has horrible bunions...she was even a shoe saleswomen back then! She used to try to get me to wear heels but I balked, they were uncomfortable and I was 5'10" already, now she says she's so glad I fought her on that topic.

[Veronica]

Bunions can come from things other than wearing heels. I had bunion surgery in my early 20s (1990) because I have bio-mechanical issues according to the podiatrist who worked on me. My feet don't push off correctly and my ankles turn inward. I have NEVER worn heels. But my feet are genetically defective anyway. I was born with hammer toes. So I never wear sandals - my feet are so ugly.

It's nice to have you back Lise!

Veronica

[Biciclista]

we noticed my younger son had some odd toes when he was a baby. we tried taping them (what a waste of time) and so today what he does is wear shoes as INFREQUENTLY as possible. Some of his toes do not lay the way they should, they're kind of sideways. but his feet themselves are very strong and muscular and i don't think he's going to have any serious problems. (unlike older generations in his family who have had to have surgery for their strange feet).

Get well soon Lise!

[Lise]

I think I'm just in the "genetically defective feet" camp with Veronica. My brother has horrible hammer toes. My second toe was way out of place because the big toe was way under it. So they also did a "tendon release" on the second toe to get it to lie down. As they're about to wheel me into surgery, I said, "isn't 'tendon release' just a euphemism for 'sever the tendon'?" Yes, indeed, it is. But there are two tendons in there, and the severed one grows back together...supposedly. Who cares. My toe lies down flat, the big toe isn't under it any more, and if you guys keep encouraging me, I'll post pictures! Noooooooooooooo!

[Zen]

Yessssssssssss!

[Lise]

OK, since Zen dared me...here you go. Pre-op, one week post-op, and about one month post-op (I think). Last picture was taken a few minutes ago. Oh, the lengths I'll go to for my fans.

[Zen]

Wow.
How could you even walk before?!
You must feel better already.

[Lise]

48 years on that foot. Of course, not much walking for the first two years...

It just got so painful that John told me, "Do something or stop complaining" (He insists he was much gentler and kinder, but that was the upshot). My hips hurt so badly that I couldn't sleep through the night, the foot hurt all the time, etc.

I do feel much better. It's amazing, though, how long it's taken. This week, I notice I can walk at my usual zippy pace, and it's not *as* swollen at the end of the day. I still take an Aleve every 12 hr, and Tylenol off and on.

Arn'cha glad I came back to TE and hijacked TD with Tales From the Foot Crypt?!?

[salsabike]

Yup. We are glad. Even with macabre illustrations.

Those are some pictures, kiddo. Glad you're on the mend.

[Biciclista]

it's nice to see someone healing. there was no blood or anything.
i think my son's toes are kind of like yours but he doesn't have the big bump that you had. we're glad you're back, stitches and all.


here's the only toes picture i have of my son.

[kelownagirl]

Wanna see what the scar looks like 25 years later? I was 19 when I had both done. (doing the Math, hmm more than 25 years... 30 years...)

[NbyNW]

Lise, amazing pictures . . . and my left foot is approaching what your pre-op picture looked like, so if it ever gets that severe I will be heartened to know that others have gone before, and met with good results. Foot surgery has always seemed like a bunch of voodoo to me.

Good luck with the continued recovery and fitness goals!

[maillotpois]

48 years on that foot. Of course, not much walking for the first two years...

What - were you lazy or something??

Yowza! Nice shots!

[snapdragen]

My new manager wants to meet to discuss my "career goals". Is retirement a career goal?

[salsabike]

My new manager wants to meet to discuss my "career goals". Is retirement a career goal?

Damn right it is! Not sure if a manager would think so, but I sure do.