My Feet are killing me.

Greece
November 17, 2015 8:52am CST
How is it that something as insignificant as a corn can cause such pain that it is disrupting my life? Corn plasters used to relieve the problem by protecting the area with a small hole in a circle of fabric but the chemists here no longer stock the traditional corn plasters. They have been replaced by a finger like length of fabric lined with silicon which must be cut to size and then placed on the toe to cover the corn. In effect this is like a glove that encircles and enlarges the width of the toe. Thus increasing the pressure against my shoe. The irony of the situation is that having successfully acquired a new hip I am now limping because of a corn. Help I want to start walking with pleasure again.
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
17 Nov 15
Sometimes a little problem makes you more miserable than a big one. Hope it gets better soon, so you can enjoy walking again.
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• Greece
18 Nov 15
It is rather like walking with a stone in the shoe, except that it is easy to remove the stone.
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@Auntylou (4262)
• Oxford, England
18 Nov 15
If your feet hurt it affects everything you do!
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
17 Nov 15
What a shame. I'm not entirely sure I really know what a corn is.
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• Greece
18 Nov 15
Boingbing I smiled! My daughter said exactly the same thing when I asked her to find some for me in England. I told her to find someone with grey hair and ask them what a corn is.
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@LadyDuck (502343)
• Italy
18 Nov 15
I know that pharmacy sell a gel to remove the corn. My mother had one and it worked.
@Auntylou (4262)
• Oxford, England
18 Nov 15
I haven't had a corn for years, but my husband gets them often as he has very wide feet and a high instep which make finding shoes hard
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• Greece
18 Nov 15
I didn't think my feet were that wide but I do only get wide shoes these days because I am prone to problems if my shoes fit too well.
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