this is that new support boot I am starting to really like. It will barely fit in 1 pair of my steel toed work boots, big toe is rubbing on the end of that steel toe but new ones, same style, 1/2 size larger are ordered and Cargill pays the full price for up to 2 pair of work boots per year for me, nice.
It is making a difference, but my left hip joint hurts more. I think as my body adjusts to the boot, and I get a larger work boot, that hip pain will reduce. I know I walk with more balance and closer to the pace I walked at before this accident and I no longer feel ugly and clumsy and 'gross' and that is a huge plus.
A huge improvement in my life, both at work and home, I am not in as much pain and I am not as tired.
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So glad you have made some much needed progress in getting help for that poor foot. Is there some kind if leather stretching spray you might use on the tight part? I remember my Da using something on his work books that were just a little too tight and a new pair would always give him a blister.
And if this makes you feel more light footed and light hearted--well more power to you! A serious accident takes such a toll on your self esteem--I know I just didn;t feel like myself anymore and got to thinking of myself as old and feeble and a right mess.
When my husband had that surgery and lost so much weight, his hip started to give him more problems. He had always been a real muscle man and losing all that muscle mass three him off balance. He had five surgeries last year--the last one just on Friday. He has four more coming up-two on his hips and two on his spine but I can see such a difference. It just has taken time for his to rethink who he is and realize that this two will pass. It won;t be this way forever and as long as we are happy together, we have a pretty rich life.
the support boot is hard plastic hiding under soft leather, at least it has enough opening for me to ack my foot into it. I can't slide it down into it.
The steel toed work boots get replaced with same style, 1/2 size larger and my employment pays the full cost now. And see what that does, and once boots and I 'settle in' I go for checkup/fitting.
Man, I walked through the company break room and felt attractive, didn't realize how much my limping,lurching walk had bothered my silly head
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