Real People. Real Feet. Real Results.
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Real People. Real Feet. Real Results.
day 8
got out of bed tuesday. made it to the kitchen. poured coffee. sat down. then realized i hadn't thought about my foot once between the bed and the kitchen. that's new. that's the whole thing.
my daughter's wedding is in 4 months
i need to wear heels for 6 hours. i haven't worn anything with a heel in 14 months. i'm not there yet but i'm closer than i've been. week 3 i wore a low block heel to dinner. didn't change into flats in the car. that's a first.
the frozen water bottle thing
i had a frozen water bottle under my desk at work for 11 months. rolled it every hour. it helped for maybe 20 minutes then came back. i haven't touched it in 5 weeks. it's still in the freezer. i keep meaning to throw it out but honestly it feels like tempting fate.
teacher. 28 kids. concrete floors under thin carpet.
i was that teacher wearing running shoes with a dress to parent evening. you know the one. three weeks into this i wore actual flats to school. made it through the full day. nobody said anything but i noticed.
the limp
my 7 year old started walking like me in the morning. copying me. thought it was cute until i realized he was copying my limp. that was the moment. week 4 he stopped doing it. i asked him why. he said because you walk normal now mum. i didn't say anything. just went to the bathroom and cried for a bit.
hiker. was.
i haven't done a trail in 16 months. last weekend i did 4 miles. not the 12 i used to do. 4. but i drove to the trailhead and put my boots on and didn't turn around. stood at the top and ate a sandwich and felt like a person again. that's what this bought me.
i cried in the shoe shop
bought my first non-orthopedic shoe in two years last week. nothing special. just a normal flat. tried it on in the shop and walked around the little carpet square they have. no pain. stood there longer than necessary. the assistant asked if i was ok. i said yes. i was not ok i was absolutely losing it but in a good way.
standing at the stove
small one. made sunday dinner last week. standing at the stove for 45 minutes without shifting weight every 30 seconds, without the mat, without the specific shoes. just stood there and cooked. my husband said the food tasted better. it didn't. but i was actually present while making it for the first time in months.
my morning alarm
i used to lie in bed for a few minutes after my alarm preparing. not meditating. preparing. running through how bad it would be. calculating the route to the bathroom. which side of the bed. where the wall was. i don't do that anymore. alarm goes off. i get up. that's it. i didn't realise how much mental space that ritual was taking until it stopped.
airport
flew to see my sister last month. didn't bring the compression socks, the special insoles, the backup shoes, the anti-inflammatories, the rollout ball. just packed normal. walked through two terminals. stood in three queues. got to her house and she said you seem different. i said i think my foot is just better. she said no you seem lighter. she was right.
