of more mightiness, and an unsuccessful shopping trip

[elisem]

So. Went out of the house again today, and not for PT. Went to the bank and the shoe store next to it. Such mightiness! Daniel drove, and we brought the walker and the quad-cane both.

Note to self: all your favorite long skirts get caught in the wheels of the walker. Wear other things.

Query to self: do I have other things?

(I like long skirts, because they are practical for work: if I drop a bead, it falls into the lap of the skirt and I don't have to scramble around looking for it. My skirt is my default bench pan.)

Went to shoe store. Much stuff on sale. Alas, the thing we needed was not there. I need a shoe that has soles the orthotist can build up on one of them, either by gluing onto the bottom, or by splitting the sole and putting a rise in there and then gluing the split part back on. The orthotist, whom I saw yesterday, told me Doc Martens don't work, what with the oil-based sole. Otherwise they'd be fine choices. What we found today is that there are very few leather-soled shoes around, and also that most shoes are silly or ugly or just plain dangerous, and not in a good way. Or boring.

However, I am not defeated. I plan to do a little net research to find the message boards where leg length discrepancy folks discuss which brands of shoes do indeed work for building up, and then I will find out who in town carries those shoes. So there. Mighty, I tell you.

And now I am going to collapse for a while, because ow. Serious ow. But with any luck I will revive in a while and try to upload the photographs for New Shinies. Yep, I've been working.

Comments

[jenett]

Does this mean that - assuming you can find suitable shoes - you have (slightly?) more range in choice of shoes than pure orthotic shoes?

And if you did not go to the once and future shoe store on Lake (whose name I am blanking on, but the one that's been there for 50+ years), I understand they're still very competent (and I seem to remember hearing that from someone who had specific fit and other physical-limitation issues, but I can't remember who.)

[elisem]

Yep, that's exactly the first place I thought of. Roberts Shoes. "Hardly a foot we can't fit."

I've shopped there before. They have Red Wing and a lot of work stuff, and they also carry S.A.S.

[(Anonymous)]

Wondering if it's feasible (financially and otherwise) to get shoes made to fit your specifications. (If it's otherwise feasible but not financially, I would contribute to a barnraising effort.)

-- Lisa

[elisem]

Well, that's a very good point, given how expensive this whole deal is started to get. I will be looking into that, because I'd rather pay an artisan directly if I can.

[janetmiles]

"You are the Lioness
The mighty, mighty Lioness.
Everywhere you go,
People want to know,
Who you are,
So you tell them,
You are the Lioness,
The mighty, might Lioness...." (repeat ad libitum)

This is meant to be chanted, of course. (I first learned it as a cheer for the grade school sports teams; I've heard it for other teams since then, and recently spent a couple of hours chanting it at an Informational Picket my union supported.)

[(Anonymous)]

Yay for mightiness and for comforting work! I hope the next shopping attempt goes better, and that the eventual built-up shoe will be Very Helpful.

BTW, I made a word-thing for you, but posted it over on LJ--am not sure you saw it. If not, it's in the comments here: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/hip_hooray_rss/7375.html

Good wishes!
Karensu

[(Anonymous)]

Are you familiar with http://www.zappos.com ? They have extremely fast delivery, and no-hassle returns (well, no hassle if you can deputize someone else to go to the post office for you to send them back).

You'd first want to find out which brands to get, since I'm not sure Zappos tells you what their soles are made from.

--Naomi Kritzer

[onyxlynx]

If you happen to have a set or two of clip-on suspenders around, you can probably jury-rig something to hold your skirts out of the way of the walker's wheels.

I'm sorry that you continue to experience owiness, and pray that your healing well will lessen the pains.

Meanwhile, kudos to you for going out, and best of luck with the Great Shoe Hunt (since you now know that "most shoes are silly or ugly or just plain dangerous, and not in a good way. Or boring.").