Two Left Feet, Take 2

Two blogs with the same title may be stretching it. But this second one is about a more serious, more worrying issue.

It's about my grasping toes and how they’ve kept me in pain when walking for a year now. No doctor (neuro, ortho, rehab, and wellness) could solve it, so I have to solve it on my own or forever hold my peace.

“Have special shoes made,” suggested many friends.

What kind of special shoes? Are there shoes that can prevent toes from curling and grasping—and aching? 

Grace came in an unexpected way. One day last month, while I was resting in bed, the phone rang. I rushed to answer it as our phone is quite a distance from our bedroom. In my haste, my flip flops went on the wrong foot—the right for my left, and vice versa.

Surprise, surprise, my right toes did not hurt as much as they used used to. Upon investigation, I realized that wearing the left flip flop on my right foot deprived two of my toes from a grasping surface. Ergo, only two toes did the grasping. Ergo, I only felt 50% of the pain that immobilizes me. 

Immediately, I went to buy another pair of the same flip flops so I could wear the left on my right foot.

Getting confused yet? Here—two left flip flops for one relieved me.

The bad news is, these flip flops are only for places that don’t require shoes. Sometimes people notice, “Ma’am your slippers are on the wrong foot.”

What do they know?

But two left flip flops are not the ultimate solution for all occasions. I still need special shoes where my toes won’t have any surface to grasp.

Now, how things pan out is another story.