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Skriven 2007-11-19 15:56:11 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22995 av Carol Shenkenberger (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: Soupy weather                                            [1]
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Hi Carol,

 RH> No fun. I found that I can wear heels (and you probably saw my
 RH> description of how much of a heel I do wear) for a little bit but not

 CS> I am almost never in heels now.  Those pumps arent bad, but a little
 CS> higher than I desire now.  I have to find me some bates lites with the
 CS> 1 inch heel.

Clothing sales? On line? I guess most of mine would be classified as
pumps.  Because my foot was hurting yesterday, I wore the Rockport
"dressy" walking shoes all day instead of heels.  Steve wore his cowboy
boots in the morning, fussed about "don't see how you can stand the
heels"when we came home and his MBTs (walking shoes) for evening
service.


 CS> I have appointments now to start the specialist series the ESSEX wasnt
 CS> able to setup before I left.  Tuesday, I get the PRT review (will
 CS> fail, told them so and it's a formality to list me officially for now)
 CS> then the Doctor who can look me over and setup the followups.

 RH> Hopefully all goes well. Tuesday I've got the follow up mammogram and
 RH> a meeting with the surgeon afterward to set in motion plans for the
 RH> (hopefully) final bit of work that needs doing.  I would like to have

 CS> Looks like we both gotta post Tuesday on what we find eh?  In my case,
 CS> sure to be a referral.

Depends; I may wait until Wed. if I canget Fido done before we head out
tomorrow.  I won't get a referral; I should get some dates set up for
pre op, then surgery. Hope your appointment goes smoothly.

 RH> things on my cook and stock up list to do before surgery; it will give
 RH> us a choice of about 6 different sets of meals that will be basically
 RH> heat and eat. By the time we work thru all of them (they're in 3-4 meal
 RH> quantities) plus the occaisional cook from scratch, eating out, etc, I
 RH> should be feeling more like cooking again--and restocking the freezer.

 CS> Ok, best of our wishes to you there.  Might want to split the rest to
 CS> 2 meal amounts so you dont have to have the same thing as many times
 CS> in a row.

No, they won't be in a row. We will eat one meal's worth for supper,
then freeze the rest in meal size quantities.  I'll have enough that I
can rotate what I pull out over several weeks.  Should have close to 2
weeks with no repeats for a couple of cycles, then oddiments for another
week or so and then a few things that the original made 4 meals and we
didn't eat one when originally made for a bit more.

 CS> Hey, I have heard there is a medical pill form of THC for chemo folks
 CS> to help with the drop in appetite?  It does NOT get you high, just
 CS> helps the appetite and totally legal by prescription.  Keep it in mind
 CS> if that becomes a problem ok?

Good part about all this is that I don't need chemo.  Don't know if
there will ever be a reccurance and I'd need chemo then but we caught
this one at a very localised stage.

 CS> After today, I think I will just be unstylish and wear the flats with
 CS> my skirt.

 RH> I don't like totally flat shoes with skirts, just a bit of a heel.
 RH> shoes only. When I reach that point, I will. But now, spending a bit
 RH> more money than I used to (getting top quality vs Payless or Wal-Mart
 RH> shoes), I can still wear a small heel.

 CS> Same view here on heels vs flats but my minimal wedge types (1 inch
 CS> max) still work for payless.

I've got some sandals that I'll wear for a couple of hours (or less)
still from them.

 CS> I'm in a slight pickle now.  My very high arches make heels (1-1.5
 CS> inch) more comfortable for the feet but can cause the back to object
 CS> if walking too far. Those little arch support thingies have never
 CS> really helped me.

I've got high arches too but never had back problems with any shoes.
Never tried the arch support things; the orthotics are the closest to
that.

 CS> Except for one exceptionally well fitting pair, i generally do not
 CS> like the look of wedge heels nor the look of 'stiletos', preferring
 CS> the look of the larger fatter but definate heel.  Classic looking
 CS> pumps are my style.

Sounds like the shoes I wear for dress. I usually call it a chunky heel.

 CS> Grin, got that one wedge heel not too long ago.  I was walking with
 CS> Charlotte to the base and it rained a little and the shoes I had on
 CS> made horrible blisters once wet.  I had a choice of a cab back right
 CS> shopping trip.  I hobbled to the exchange with her and found a strappy
 CS> looking black wedge with no back and for the rare time, one that my

 CS> Cork wedge, somewhat wide but not unstylishly so and enough 'strap' to
 CS> got the toenail yucks that make'em not look so hot <g>.  These
 CS> minimize how much you can see of them without (IMHO) being obvious.

Sounds good to me. Last year my big toe nail started looking bad,
especially on the left foot after it got out of the cast.  It's looking
better now but most of my shoes are closed toe.


 CS> They were on a major markdown too.  I forget now how much, but less
 CS> than 10$.\

Less than you would spend at BK for a meal for the family. (G)  Good
deal.

 CS> Oh, my shoes are now officially safe from Charlotte.  She's a size 8
 CS> <g>.  I range depending on the fit from 6 to 7.5 but usually a 7 for
 CS> pumps, 6.5 for sneaks, and the above sandals were a 6.  I found sizing

So the boots you got in Korea are now all yours?  My footwear is safe
from the girls as both of them have bigger feet than I do.

 CS> in Asia was much more accurate and if i recall right, I'm pretty much
 CS> a 170.

According to the German size charts, I was supposed to be a 40.  Found
38 or 39 a better fit.  Here most of my shoes are 7.5 with some 7 and
one 6.5 (the brand runs large). I may have a few pair of 8s in less
expensive footwear as well.

 CS> Part of my foot problem is a childhood injury so that foot is wider at
 CS> the 'knuckles' due to joint injury of the big toe and growth made that
 CS> eye, just the fit of shoes.  Happened when I was 5 so feets were still
 CS> growing.  Probably some of the slightly twisted foot is related to
 CS> wearing so many casts over the following 3 years.

No fun.


 CS> I can relate to the special shoe fittings though.  Thomm Mccans rings
 CS> a major bell as the only place that could fit me as a kid.  They carry
 CS> orthopedic kids shoes and back in the 60's, you could even get 1 shoe

I remember getting that brand a number of times. (G)


 CS> in one size, then the other in another with minimal price difference.
 CS> Get this, if one foot changed and the other didnt, you could buy just
 CS> one shoe <g>.  As surgical swellings changed, Mom would have to do
 CS> that.

Good customer relations on their behalf.

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Ruth
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