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jennlk ([personal profile] jennlk) wrote2005-02-19 10:02 pm

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Things I've discovered after 72 hours:

-going up stairs is much easier than down stairs

-I'd really been walking weird -- the aircast is making me walk (more or less) normally, and it's really bugging my heel. I'm adjusting to that now, so it's better. Shouldn't be a problem in a couple more days.

-I need to wear a shoe on the other foot, or my left leg gets unhappy because of the 2" difference (and I hate wearing shoes in the house)

-I can really feel the difference when I walk without the boot

-jeans are annoying to wear with the boot -- even boot cuts don't fit over it

-putting the boot on in the van sucks, but I can't drive with it on, and I'm not supposed to walk without it on (I will not be driving the car until I don't need the boot anymore)

[identity profile] kevinnickerson.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
My father had one bad foot. The podietrist gave him a little saying for the stairs: The good foot goes to heaven, the bad foot goes to hell. When you're going upstairs, lead with the good foot. When going down, lead with the bad one.