For as long as I can remember I have had an ugly bunion on each foot. I used to hate my feet with a passion. There was nothing worse that living with my horrible toes.
I couldn’t wear those lovely shoes that you see on Sex and the City. I wanted to wear heels, slingbacks and the latest fashions. Not with my feet.
They were ugly, ugly, ugly.
Then something happened. My ugly feet didn’t bother me anymore…nope…I didn’t care about the horrendous shape or the wonky toes or the horrible collection of shoes I was reduced to wearing. No. Something else became my obession.
Pain.
Oh my Lord…the pain.
No longer did my bunions stare at me like a bad Picasso painting. I was no longer obsessed by shape, form and fit. The pain took my mind off aesthetics all together.
The simplest of trips to the mall or to the store just tore into my feet. Even at night the pain and the throbbing distracted my sleep.
Bunion surgery was not the answer. The rehabilitation from surgery is time I can’t afford.
This is my search for comfort and a little pain relief. I’ll go through some of the bunion braces and bunion splints I’ve tried and whether they have helped or not.
I’m going to walk the walk….hopefully.