Ow.

[gothick]

So. Back from Wales. There will be pictures, but for the last couple of days I've just been coasting along in a not-doing-anything frame of mind, so I've not got around to Many Many Things I Should Have Done. I'm about to go to bed nice and early to see if maybe I can summon up some energy for Doing Stuff tomorrow.

In other news, I'll only be doing that if I'm capable of walking. Turns out my foot-ache is, in fact, plantar fasciitis. Ow.

Went to the doctor (turned out to be a locum, rather than the usual one) to talk about several things, including my hurting heel and problems walking around in the mornings, and he took one look, diagnosed plantar fasciitis, and started digging about in cupboards looking for steroids, local anaesthetics and syringes.

Here's the bit that's not for the squeamish: basically, the steroid injection procedure appears to be to stick the needle into the bit of your heel that hurts most, and then gradually inject the lot, all the time stirring the needle around inside to spread the steroid all round the general area. It's a good job I don't mind needles, and am generally quite relaxed about stuff. "You're taking this very stoically," he said. Meh.

Anyway. So, that didn't leave much time for the other stuff I wanted to talk about. I'm going to go back in a couple of weeks, assuming nothing's improved. But who knows, maybe my hurty foot is contributing to my poor sleep, and other things...

Comments

[ruthj.livejournal.com]

Since my mum was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis, I have been much more careful to buy shoes and sandals with good arch support. I tend to wear Mephisto shoes for work and even have some strappy sandals from them. Mephisto are expensive but once I'd tried them I was hooked.

I also put some green superfeet footbeds in my Brasher boots.

R

[kaveypie.livejournal.com]

One of the things I adore about my Brasher supalites is that they offer such good support both to the soles of my feet and also my ankles. I started wearing them pretty much daily when the hip pain first flared up and, apart from when it's hot, wear them almost exclusively.

But they aren't really suitable for hot weather so I really need to get some supportive shoes for those days. I'll check out mephistos. I have a nice pair of ecco shoes that I got recently and they are pretty darn comfy but with a slight heel which I don't always feel like wearing.

I have been ummming about the MBT sandals which a friend swears by but I'm not sure and they are an expensive mistake to buy if I don't get on with them.

[ruthj.livejournal.com]

I like the Denman Street shop best - the owners are really helpful
http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1199/25963.php
http://www.mephistoshoes.co.uk/index_net.html

There is also a Mephisto shop on New Bond Street
http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1199/25981.php

I can't wear Brasher boots for work, even in the winter, so Mephisto shoes and sandals are great because they do styles which don't look like walking shoes but are

[kaveypie.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Ruth, much appreciated.

The Brasher supalites, although still clearly walking boots, are all brown leather so they don't look quite as odd to wear to work (given that I wear trousers not skirts and that it's a smart casual environment) as some of their other boot designs. But I know that most people wouldn't choose them as work footwear!

[fatal-logic.livejournal.com]

I got a pair of MBTs (runners, not sandals) a year or so ago and they are simply the most comfortable shoes I've ever had for walking... so long as you have a flat and even surface. Any camber and you're fighting to stay upright. Cobblestones are a nightmare as well!

[kaveypie.livejournal.com]

Aah, that's good to know... So best for use in urban environments... THANKS