This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> How far into your foot does the swelling go? My guess is, all the way into the instep? I sympathize! I have naturally wide feet and a high instep, and only in the last few years have I actually been able to buy shoes that fit. "Sadly" my mother owned a prescription children's shoe business, so I was never allowed to become accustomed to cramming my feet into too-narrow shoes. I cannot wear riding boots at all....live in my Blundstones (and even they are a bit small) and have no idea what I will do if I ever have to wear "respectable" riding boots.
Hmmm....just had a thought for something that would be a little unconventional, but might at least be comfy. I have felt shoes for my mother that are designed for people with severe foot edema. They velcro across the top. I think she has to wear the men's sizes, but at least they are not so big and clunky that she trips over her feet. Adding "half-chaps" in a large size over that might give you something comfy and akin to riding boot. Downside....though..now that I say it...is no heel to prevent a foot going thru the stirrup. You would have to add peacock stirrups or some other kind of safety stirrup, most of which are not designed for western saddles. The other problems are that the felt would absorb manure odors, and they would not be the best protection from foot crushing. Not perfect...but comfy. If you want sources for the felt shoes, let me know. I have a vague recollection of seeing some gadget online, or somewhere, that was designed to promote return circulation from the leg. Probably quakery...and probably not designed for the deep vein thrombosis problem. It was some kind of wrap thing. Anyway...not much help....but I hope you at least know we are thinking of you! Gail 09:38 AM 5/3/2002 -0700, you wrote: >This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Poor Sue, I know the usual, keep your leg elevated (how can you ride with >one leg up in the air?), take diuretics and dismount every twenty minutes, >have the leg tattooed so attention is drawn to the drawings and not the >size, or slit the cowboy boot open down the back seam and add elastic (this >one is too reasonable but I did this to my English boots as I "matured"), >and of course, break the other ankle so the legs match. Just trying to be >helpful!!!!! Jean > > > > > > > >Jean Walters Gayle >[Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" >Occupied Germany 1946 To 1949 ] >http://users.techline.com/jgayle >Send $20 >Three Horses Press >PO Box 104 >Montesano, WA 98563 > > > Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]