Love CLs, have bunion -what to do?
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You girls are funny!
Mrs Peel ~ I've seen a shoe stretcher that had rounded attachments that you could screw into whatever side of the stretcher to widen it just a bit more where necessary. It was a wooden one, try your local shoe repair, they usually carry them there.
They're the one's I got, they seem to have worked with my friends
don't wear heels for a long period of time when you know you are going to be standing up basically on your feet and def don't wear them when you know you are going to walk for a very long time. even you don't have the problem but you can develope that problem in a long run.
i have seen some older women w/ hammer toes on the subway...it's not pretty.
i have seen some older women w/ hammer toes on the subway...it's not pretty.
Thanks for all the advice (can't work out how to do the multi-quote). I feel much less paranoid now. My Dad (a retired doctor) made me panic at the weekend with his 'your shoes are wrecking your feet'. I never wear CLs for walking any distance and the bunions started before I bought them. I was worried that I'd just bought all these lovely shoes and wouldn't be able to wear them. Sounds like I can do a number of things to get my shoes to fit my mutant feet!
I have large-ish bunions which are clearly visible when I am wearing sandals and my Loubies develop a space for them as I wear them. The thing is I don't think my feet hurt when I wear my Loubies but my bunions were red after I took of my Loubies and my Loubies stretched and made space for them. Does that mean I was actually hurting but somehow didn't feel it? Possibly because 1. I love Loubies too much or 2. My bunions are actually "stronger" than the Loubies and so the Loubies had to make space for them?
Anywho... the shoe stretchers come with bunion pads which can be used at the necessary areas (then again I never need to use this). This is probably your best option, or if you mind the shoes looking abit weird with the space for your bunion, maybe go up half a size??
I am sorry I can't be more helpful
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PS: Thanks girls for the camel toe education. I didn't even know what it was before this thread. It is just tooo funny!
Anywho... the shoe stretchers come with bunion pads which can be used at the necessary areas (then again I never need to use this). This is probably your best option, or if you mind the shoes looking abit weird with the space for your bunion, maybe go up half a size??
I am sorry I can't be more helpful
.PS: Thanks girls for the camel toe education. I didn't even know what it was before this thread. It is just tooo funny!
My older sister just had bunion surgery after steroid injections did not work and it was probably the best thing she has ever done. After she healed, she even started wanting to borrow MY shoes! LoL The same ones she was giving me a hard time about wearing!!!
I was thinking about this too! How long is the recovery period? was it very painful?
Wow! That is so cool.
I always heard to avoid foot surgery at all costs.
It's good to know it can pay off!
Most of the foot surgery depends on the doctor. Make sure you invesstigate the doctor and ask to talk to former patients. Sometimes they will get you some references if they have willing clients / patients. Bunion surgery is an outpatient procedure. You are knocked completely out. They clean up the extra bone mass and realign the toes. You are bandaged up. They give you some basic pain meds. You are off your feet for a day or so, but need to take it easy for a while. My sister had a special "boot" with an "appliance" to help keep her toes aligned while she was healing, but she was in no discomfort and like I said, she is now borrowing my CLs. The same ones she said I was insane to wear because of the heel height!
Caroline
Caroline
