Two-shoes! (Ow!)
October 11, 2012
Well I’ve been in 2-shoes since Monday. Surgeon asked me if I wanted to get out of the boot and into shoes. Does anyone say no to that? Anyways, he took one of the layers of my heel wedge and told me to wear it for about a month then wean out. He said there’s no evidence to support that, it just makes him feel better.
So this wedge is a huge pain in the butt. It is not soft at all, and my heel is absolutely killing me. I layered a gel heel insert on top of the wedge, but it didn’t really help at all. It’s not helping that I’ve been on my feet for up to 16 hours a day this week. Today I wore Dansko’s without the wedge and felt a little more comfortable, but my heel definitely still hurts. Should be a long 4 weeks.
On to the good stuff! I have very little limp. I limped out of the office because I was nervous walking normal. I headed straight to PT, where she made me walk like a normal person. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had very little tightness in the tendon. I also had only a slight limp. She made me do some heel-toe walking and told me to focus on pushing off my toes when I walk, so I wouldn’t shift all my weight to the left side. I’ve found that this is pretty easy to do, except in the morning or when I’ve been sitting a while - the tendon really tightens up.
PT this week has been biking, walking, and mostly working on my balance. I am very bad standing on only the bad leg. Doesn’t help that I’ve never had good balance. Anyways, who here has experienced this terrible heel pain? Have you found anything to fight it?
Pic of my legs - hello swelling (bad leg is on the right)
