Shoes suck

My physical therapist asked me to bring my left shoe with me for sessions, so that I don't walk on the treadmill in bare feet or in socks. I suppose this IS slightly dangerous so I attempted to comply. First I had to FIND the left shoes, because I haven't actually worn them since October. I have a vast collection of right shoes lined up in my foyer. It's quite humorous.

I tried to squeeze into every left shoe that was remotely fit for walking on a treadmill. This was not only very painful, but really didn't work either. I couldn't find ONE PAIR that fit on the left foot! My ankle doesn't look that swollen anymore, but I guess looks are deceiving. So, I trekked out to the shoe outlet and bought a new pair of New Balance tennis shoes in a 9 Wide. They fit, though uncomfortably...

I went to PT on Wednesday and after the whirlpool warm up I put my foot in the shoe for my exercises and 7 minutes on the treadmill. It felt like I was walking on a lump under the side of my left foot. I actually thought there was something in the shoe until I realized that the lump was my own swollen foot!

After PT I came home and attempted to put the shoe on again. It was as if the shoe shrunk two sizes...there was NO WAY I was getting my foot in the damn thing. I managed to get it back on today, after a whole day of rest yesterday, and now the process has started all over again.

I really hope that my shoe collection isn't banished forever. I had to replace every shoe after Ryan was born when I permanently grew a half size. After 3 years of adding to the collection it would suck to have to get rid of everything or have to buy stuff in larger sizes that will be too big in just a few months once the swelling really goes away.

Grrrr...shoe shopping is my least favorite activity to begin with because I have always had weird feet. They're in between a medium and wide width and nothing ever fits right. Most women would LOVE to have an excuse to shoe shop, but not this girl. Just one more side effect of the surgery I suppose.