Footwear Post TKR

hey lynn. i have just been wearing flat soft shoes. i only go to physio & back, otherwise i don't go out. no1 to come with me. as of saturday gone, i can have a shower, i get a good wash down everyday, but i am scared to get a shower in case i fall, as i am not to steady on my feet at the best of times with my back & the added pain of my leg. i know from before having my knee done, if their is a way to fall, i will. had a few before my surgery on my knee & by god, i hurt myself. its a pain xx

I am back to my faithful old Birkenstocks, come rain or shine, had to make a new hole to accommodate the swelling and some styles definitely more suitable than others. My friends turned up with a pair of Skechers yesterday that had like a trainer sole but weighed nothing and looked a bit like a deck shoe, not overly smart but whoah soooo comfy

Debx

Trainers as usual.

 

Hi Lynn

Like most everyone else, as I've gotten older ( I'm 67) shoes have become a real discomfort to me. Heels? Forget about it! That would be torture for me, unless they are low and for a short while.

I live in my Ryka walking shoes. I have several pair in different colors. If I want to dress it up a bit, I have some nice dress sandals.

As for me, at this stage in my life those are my only choices. I dread it if I have to go someplace really fancy, where no other type of shoe will do except a heel! Worry about that when the time comes, but for me my everyday shoe are my Ryka walking shoes. Good support for running around all day.

Sketchers Go-Walk are amazingly light and ergonomicly designed to make you walk properly, in leather or canvas, they feel like slippers. They are reasonably wide, I have bunions and ok. At 5' 10" I have never been able to wear heels sadly.

now thats some thing i didnt really think about , i did get insoles from the hospital over a year ago , i do wear them all the time and dont really think about them . i work in a kitchen and have to wear some very nice flat ,black ,lace ups with steel toe caps ( yak ) so when i finish work my trainers go on ,when im home slippers ,never really been into shoes so if im seen out in heels its a shock .in fact we got married 33 years ago ,my husband had been ill for some months before hand , so out wedding was cheap ,cheap cheap , we didnt care ,so after we were married at 10 .15 in a morning and having our wedding breakfast with family and friends ,and a party later that night , we went to a local pub for the afternoon . i remember my mum shouting to me to get those b****y monkey boots off please look like a lady for once ,im a typical one the fashion look for lol, if my feet are happy then so am i and so is my husband as he doesnt have to spend lots of money on my shoes in fact he has more than me , im so sad x