Okay so there were a few times I’ve worn shoes over the last 10 years. But I did stop wearing shoes with any kind of regularity after an operation I had after high school, so that was 11 years ago. There was the odd occasion where I was made to wear shoes in order to appear “professional”.

But I haven’t willingly or consistently worn shoes, for longer than I’ve had Bella, who is 11 thus years. And that’s all about to change if these shoes are able to keep my feet on my footplates tomorrow.

My footplates were recently quite dramatically highered, becauae apparently they were in a very wrong position for me for a few years. However no one decided to tell me or my body that. To avoid going straight to straps I’m starting with just adding some grip in the form of shoes, or shoe like slippers, and seeing if that solves the problem.

Technically I’m starting with slippers because you’ve got to start somewhere, right? And they won’t change the position of my feet, this is particularly scary for me on my right foot an ankle which was wrongly placed in the cast after that surgery and so is now no longer straight.

This feels like a dramatic change to my life, and the way I relate to my disability. But hopefully it works and ends up being good. And at least I won’t go through shoes, or slippers, that quickly, as they won’t touch the floor.

Wish me luck.

Sometimes you’ve got to try different, right?

Check out my brief Tiktok about it here – if you like.