Embarrassing feet

They don't embarrass me, but I have a bunion and have difficulty with shoes, even 'sensible' ones. I have wondered about having an op.

I am quite proud of my feet - for their age and useage they are bearing up particularly well

They have stood me in good stead for 73 years! Serviceable but not pretty, but I don't think feet are designed to be pretty. I attribute their generally good condition to wearing sandals in Africa for a period in the '60s when most of my contemporaries back home were in winkle-picker stilettos.

My husband fell in love with my lovely feet and they are still good 59 years on.As I have several 'health issues'' ( as they say) I like to count up the things that are still OK and my feet come into that category. Does anyone else count up the things that still work well or look good? It can be very encouraging and is much better than keep moaning about what is wrong.

as a trained reflexologist I see all shapes and sizes of feet and im surprised to see that when people say they are embarrassed by their feet, they have no need to be. The only feet I find distasteful are the really smelly ones, there is no excuse for washing when one is going to have a treatment. I love painting and drawing feet, some paint portraits, I do feet.

Never had pretty feet- short stubby toes and mostly these days a tendency to swell. Plus discolouration from veins in the ankle so alas while not embarrassed ( there's much worse elsewhere on the soutra body sadly prefer to keep them under wraps- boots/opaque tights/ trousers depending on the season

One of my feet is reasonably attractive considering it's age but the other one is appalling. I have a road map of the world as far as veins are concerned and where there are no veins there are awful bits of blue lumpiness. They are dreadful - and as for my legs - nuff said!

My feet are bearing up well for 65yrs old feet, I have worn flat sensible shoes for my working life and wear good sandals as the weather allows and with a bit of nail polish and moisturiser they look fine.

If you have bunions get them sorted. The operation is much better these days and the comfort afterwards is worth it. I've had both my feet done as I could not find shoes wide enough or comfortable because of the bunions. Now I can wear slim and elegant shoes. Not heals but I have never worn high heals so not bothered by that.

No bunions, one repaired Hammer toe which was caused by stubbing it on the leg of a stool, has a tender patch on the scar tissue and I need to cover that with felt I am walking very much.

My feet are inclined to roll inwards though so I need instep supports, I never really wore high heels or pointed toes. Probably because my feet roll over and I would have toppled off them.

The idea of one's own feet independently embarrassing you is interesting though. Do they walk off in the wrong direction without consulting you first?

Thanks for the advice Brenda. how long is the recovery time ?

My feet are deeply embarassing, - far too bad to tell you about and put you off your lunch!

When mine were done, some 14 years ago. They were bandaged for four weeks, no plaster and then physio. Went on a holiday with a reasonable amount of walking six weeks after operation with no problems. I am sure that recovery time is even better now.

Thanks. Need to pluck up courage then while I'm still fit enough!

I should have posted this in pedants corner. It was the idea of my feet having a life of their own and behaving badly - sorry its just me picking up on a badly worded questionnaire.

As to the bunion op mine was not straightforward as it was very advanced as I kept putting of getting a consultation because of a heavy workload and Lupus (which had gone undiagnosed for years) had had affected the soft tissues as well as the overlay of osteo arthritis so I needed screws and pins and all sorts. Also what people don't tell you but of course this may not apply to you, you have to stop HRT 6 weeks before op and can't start again until 4-6 weeks after. This was hell for me as my night hot flushes are cataclysmic and kept me awake all night. after 12 weeks of sleepless nights I was going nuts.
ALSO I was not allowed to put a foot to the floor for three weeks after op (5 mins in every hour for the loo only) and no shower or bath as I had a K wire which is removed at 4 weeks post op. DH washed my hair in the washbasin and a 'strip wash' was all I could have so I felt pretty grubby.
AND DH is a wonderful man but he cannot cook. The food was dreadful, we resorted to ready meals from Sainsbury and I put on a stone.

Does my foot look and feel better Yes and No- apparently it will be a year before its 'normal' and I will need orthotics in my shoes.

Hope they warned you of these complications Sue

suebailey1 I did not to intend to sound rudely pedantic there. It was my very silly sense of humour kicking in there as I thought about feet with a life of their own.

My feet were always a size 4, but after I started work in a warehouse, on my feet all day on stone floors, they became a rather wide fitting 6, not pretty at all!

Oh nelli I thought that was good and exactly what I meant it was the wording of the questionnaire that made me laugh - I thought my feet might be having surreptitious affairs of their own!
No Atqui they didn't tell me all of that I'm not sure they could have known as Lupus is such a mystery. they did say about not walking an showering/bathing but I underestimated how uncomfortable that would be. Anyway at least I can be more prepared next time when apparently I have t have a general anaethestic as the local didn't work well for me but I am sparing you the details of that part.

Thank you!!!! I'm a terrible wimp and would rather not know what is going on. The sound effects would freak me out!sorry you had such a bad time

I have had bunions for as long as I can remember, they look normal to me. My right foot is the worst and lately I notice my big toe is now pushing into my second toe. I really haven't given a lot of thought to having them operated on and I think my feet look just fine.

Hallo Faye I thought the same until I saw the x rays and the amount of deterioration let alone the pain! The surgeon said this would affect mobility later on ' you don't want to be an old lady who cant walk about do you?' he charmingly said. So it was a clinical decision for me rather than just aesthetics and the pain is much less now in that foot.