Mary Janes do not like me...

[neotoma]

I wore the Born flats yesterday, and they were tolerable, though my right heel was a bit sore and tender at the end of the day. Also, the *top* of my feet ached all evening after I got home and took them off.

I tried wearing the Camper flats today. This was a bad idea.A bad, BAD, idea.

I didn't get to the corner before they started to hurt -- neither heel was flexing properly, and the skin was rubbing badly. I couldn't go home since that would snowball into being *very* late for work. So when I got on the train, I noticed I was bleeding from both feet -- burst blisters from a walk that usually takes me eight minutes. Fortunately, I do carry bandages with me, so I was able to cover them up.

But this means I was hobbling for the rest of the day, even after I got to work and raided the First Aid boxes for better bandages.

And I had bled into the shoes, so I can't take them back.

I'm going to be wearing sandals or clogs tomorrow, and will try to find some heel pads to stick in the shoes. That's about all I can do now.

Comments

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Do you have largish feet? I ask because I always have problems with heels and I have huge feet, and one way I can make things a little more livable is to ram a tennis ball into the heel of each shoe and leave it that way for a couple of weeks to stretch the heel a bit.

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

Oh, ow. Poor you.

I have no advice; my Campers were so comfy right out of the box that I wore them for twelve hours straight the next day, in museums, and didn't get a single blister. But then Camper's last might well have been cast from my foot.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if I need to get a shoe tree for these particular shoes. They're cute, but the leather is awfully stiff; maybe stretching them would help. I definitely need to get heel cushions for them.

I'm that way with El Naturalista, and I'm thinking that the Pikolinos are almost as good (and I wanted to wear one pair to book group tomorrow, but the slingbacks are a no-go, and I doubt the strappy pumps would be better...)

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Any technique that will stretch the leather. And I think there are some softeners for leather too that may help the stretching out process.

I've only gotten bad blister from rollerskating with rented skates (wow, those were impressive), and from riding with long boots and short socks. Sweat+pressure+bare skin = a terrible rub sore like a second-degree burn. Take care of those blistered spots!

*sympathy pains*

[clara-swift.livejournal.com]

Have you ever seen these things?

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/first-aid/compeed-blister-plasters/1036886/

They are the best thing I've ever used for blisters on the back of my heels. Not sure they're available in the USbut I can always send you a couple of packs to use while the leather softens.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I'll look for them when I hit the pharmacy this morning. I'm lucky that there is one two blocks over, so I should be okay.

But thanks for suggesting them. I would have just gone with regular bandages.

[clara-swift.livejournal.com]

Do let me know if you can't find them. I'll happily send some over. They really are the best thing I've ever used for blisters.