First of all, I need a pedicure. I can't do it myself because I can't get to all my damn toes. I can't see them all because I can't bend my ankle, but the parts I can see are icky.
Dry, cracked feet.
Ickiness number one: My skin is drying out and starting to peel. It's super disgusting, and it reminds me of picking at a scab. You know it's a bad idea, you know it will hurt, delay healing, increase scarring, etc. And yet, you do it anyway. That's what dry skin is like. I put lotion on it constantly, but it doesn't help.
Skin peeling off.
Michael Jackson's big toe.
Ickiness number two: My foot is turning Michael Jackson. For some reason the skin at the top of my big toe is a strange mix of super tan and super pale. At first I thought they missed a spot with the orange sterilizing stuff, but I've cleaned that foot so many times with alcohol pads, baby wipes, etc. and no orange ever comes off. It's possible that when they take my cast off I'll find they actually cut off my lower leg and sewed Michael Jackson's leg on. That will really complicate shoe buying ...
Speaking of shoe buying, wearing one shoe makes me sad. I bought nice new slippery things (yes, Rachel, they are the same shoes as yours) to make my right foot happy. It's working twice as hard, after all, and I can't wear a sandal in the winter. But the left shoe is just staying in the box, waiting for its turn. And my stupid toes stick out of the other side so I have to shove a sock over the cast when I go out so people aren't looking at my dry, cracked, Michael Jackson toes. If I wear a sock that matches my shoe, maybe nobody will notice.
At least they match, right? (Please note the wearing of jeans. Awesome.)
How did you get into jeans!!!!! My feet are starting to peel....way freaky. I call my ankle frankenankle too hee hee....boots and stritches to match. Have till january to take the cast off.
ReplyDeleteHey! I'm glad you found the blog. So sorry you're going through this though. It totally sucks. To be honest, I think the jeans were a little stretchy and it helped that I had lost so much muscle in the leg. I folded the bottom before I squeezed it over the cast. Good luck!
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