Fall Fashion: The Ugly Shoe

Remember the pain in my foot that could be tendonitis? I went to my GP last week and we ran through everything. Without doing any additional imaging tests she suspects that I have a tear in the connective tissue that wraps around the arch of the foot and holds things together.

Yes, it feels as wonderful as it sounds.

The treatment is to continue with RICE (Rest-Ice-Compression-Elevation), wear this stylish shoe for one to two weeks, and take a prescription strength anti-inflammatory. The medication really made my stomach hurt even though I took it with food so I switched to low doses of Advil. I didn’t like the shoe at first because it prevents me from flexing my foot and makes walking very awkward. Then I had the challenge of finding a shoe that’s the same height so I don’t walk like Igor from Young Frankenstein. My hiking boot is the only match. Very attractive.

I was cranky over the weekend but I’m better now. Today was the first morning I stepped out of bed and my foot didn’t hurt. Then I noticed that I could pull the Velcro tighter on my shoe so the swelling must be subsiding. What do you know? This ugly thing that made me so cranky a few days ago really works. Now I’m rockin’ the shoe/hiking boot combo and going slightly casual & edgy at work this week.

Oh, and the cause of this pain? We traced it back to the zumba class I did a few weeks ago. My parents laughed when I told them. They reminded me that I should stick to water sports because I’ll only get injured on dry land.