A little over a year ago I began having a pain in my left foot. I decided I must go to the doctor because foot pain is no joke. I went and my gp referred me to a podiatrist. My podiatrist took x-rays and eliminated a broken bone as the cause of my pain. What he found was that I was suffering with a bunion. A bunion!
First I ask the usual questions, Did I do something to cause this? because I don't wear shoes that are tight or too small or just rub my feet the wrong way. My doctor assured me that it was genetic--I can't be mad about that cause aside from this little thing I come from a good gene pool. Well the next question I ask is, How do we stop the pain? His response was that he could give me steroid shots every couple of months. I got one and that was more painful than the original pain so the next step is surgery. OMG! No heels for how long?
Anyone that knows me knows that I have a great love for shoes. I would choose a good pair of shoes over food. The time I had to spend out of heels would be a bit hard but I knew it would be better for the long term health of my feet to have the surgery. I did and I would be a little sad some of the time thinking about my beautiful shoe collection and not being able to utilize them. There came a point that I even purchased two pairs of heels--a corduroy pair of Unlisted shoes, and a black patent leather maryjane peep toe heels by Kenneth Cole also. They were on sale and it would have been irresponsible for me not to purchase them. During this time there were a couple of trends that I was thankful for.
I was glad that the ballerina flats had not yet lost their steam. These were a fashionable pair of shoes to wear with almost anything. The other trend was the flat or motorcycle type boot, thanks to the trend of leggings and skinny jeans. Still not being able to wear heels began wearing very thin by the 10th month or so. It was during this time that I realized that I could comfortably wear a wedge--which thankfully has also stuck around for more than a few seasons.
Now more than a year later, I am able to wear a heel for a little bit as long as the toe box is wide enough not to put any type of pressure on my bone. The trend that I can't wait to get into in the next few weeks is straps. The gladiator heel has been re-worked and has returned for spring 2010 and it is like sex in a shoe.
My shoe collection will get a few new additions and I just can't wait!
First I ask the usual questions, Did I do something to cause this? because I don't wear shoes that are tight or too small or just rub my feet the wrong way. My doctor assured me that it was genetic--I can't be mad about that cause aside from this little thing I come from a good gene pool. Well the next question I ask is, How do we stop the pain? His response was that he could give me steroid shots every couple of months. I got one and that was more painful than the original pain so the next step is surgery. OMG! No heels for how long?
Anyone that knows me knows that I have a great love for shoes. I would choose a good pair of shoes over food. The time I had to spend out of heels would be a bit hard but I knew it would be better for the long term health of my feet to have the surgery. I did and I would be a little sad some of the time thinking about my beautiful shoe collection and not being able to utilize them. There came a point that I even purchased two pairs of heels--a corduroy pair of Unlisted shoes, and a black patent leather maryjane peep toe heels by Kenneth Cole also. They were on sale and it would have been irresponsible for me not to purchase them. During this time there were a couple of trends that I was thankful for.
I was glad that the ballerina flats had not yet lost their steam. These were a fashionable pair of shoes to wear with almost anything. The other trend was the flat or motorcycle type boot, thanks to the trend of leggings and skinny jeans. Still not being able to wear heels began wearing very thin by the 10th month or so. It was during this time that I realized that I could comfortably wear a wedge--which thankfully has also stuck around for more than a few seasons.
Now more than a year later, I am able to wear a heel for a little bit as long as the toe box is wide enough not to put any type of pressure on my bone. The trend that I can't wait to get into in the next few weeks is straps. The gladiator heel has been re-worked and has returned for spring 2010 and it is like sex in a shoe.
My shoe collection will get a few new additions and I just can't wait!
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