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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / October 2004Evil Stiletto Heels
Hello again First up I'm a straight guy! (m.69.au). I always have liked seeing elegant Ladies in Stiletto Heels and I guess they like the attention they get too. In the late '50s-early '60s, my wife (f.67.au) used to run in 4" Stilettos daily from the Train Station to her work in the CBD in Melbourne. She even had some pairs with 5" heels for clubbing, etc. etc. As times and fashion changed, she went with the styles, but about 10 yrs ago, she had to have 2 separate ops on each of her big toes and have a plastic joint inserted. Now she wears nothing higher than 2" heels and they are fairly wide. I'd like to hear stories from the women in the group who have suffered from Evil Stiletto Heels. -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow > Hello again > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I'd like to hear stories from the women in the group who have suffered > from Evil Stiletto Heels. I was given some advice by a physician back in the 1960. He told be to stop wearing a girdle and to stop wearing spike heels. That one would ruin your abdominal muscles and the other would ruin your back and feet. Still think both "inventions" were as silly as corsets. (And neck ties) Jo ><snip> >I was given some advice by a physician back in the 1960. He told be to stop [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Jo Yeah neck ties suck! I gave them up after my Yuppie years, and now people have to accept me as I am, still neat, but open collar, and still getting paid LOL. PS: the Stilettos are BACK!! -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow >><snip> >>I was given some advice by a physician back in the 1960. He told be to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > PS: the Stilettos are BACK!! I wore DAILY, 'heels' that were probably between 3-4 inches. I walked to my school every day, and never once put on regular flat shoes. I now have bunions named Paul and Paulette. I was lucky, I have no permanent damage and require no surgery. Stiletto's are EVILE!! Linda's Mike has it written into his employment contract that he does not ever have to wear a tie. Now THAT's determination! ROFL!! DeeTee ________________________________ DeeTee and Bob Taggart http://www.marykay.com/dtaggart3 http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8fwov/ ________________________________ >><snip> >>I was given some advice by a physician back in the 1960. He told be to [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > -- Clarence Crow And some of them are backless and worse are so pointy you would need to have several toes amputated to wear them. big old stupid duh I am resigned to my Birkinstocks. :) But I like them. Still am able to wear my dance heels. but they are 2" and wide toe box. Duckie >><snip> >>I was given some advice by a physician back in the 1960. He told be to stop [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > -- Clarence Crow  Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) It seems to me I heard somewhere that Jo Firey wrote in article <2tlbcaF21rs10U1@uni-berlin.de>: >> Hello again >> First up I'm a straight guy! (m.69.au). >> I always have liked seeing elegant Ladies in Stiletto Heels and I >> guess they like the attention they get too. >> In the late '50s-early '60s, my wife (f.67.au) used to run in 4" >> Stilettos daily from the Train Station to her work in the CBD in >> Melbourne. She even had some pairs with 5" heels for clubbing, etc. >> etc. >> As times and fashion changed, she went with the styles, but about 10 >> yrs ago, she had to have 2 separate ops on each of her big toes and >> have a plastic joint inserted. Now she wears nothing higher than 2" >> heels and they are fairly wide. >> I'd like to hear stories from the women in the group who have suffered >> from Evil Stiletto Heels. >I was given some advice by a physician back in the 1960. He told be to stop >wearing a girdle and to stop wearing spike heels. That one would ruin your >abdominal muscles and the other would ruin your back and feet. >Still think both "inventions" were as silly as corsets. (And neck ties) I understand stilettos were invented by a woman who was tired of being kissed on the forehead. True? SignatureDon Old age is when you start saying "I wish I knew now what I knew then." >I understand stilettos were invented by a woman who was tired of being >kissed on the forehead. True? Of course, dear. <kiss, kiss> :-) --- Joan >>I understand stilettos were invented by a woman who was tired of being >>kissed on the forehead. True? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >--- >Joan 1533 Short-statured Italian bride Catherine d'Medici, married at 14 to the Duke of Orleans, wears shoes with two-inch heels to exaggerate her height. The high heel may have been invented by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Before this the Male Courtiers, Fops and Poppinje's wore them LOL. -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow No evil stoies for you. I used to dance and run in them without a problem. I have tiny feet, (5 1/2), and tiny short toes the guys at work called Jimmy Dean sausages LOL!!! I sustained no damage from them. -g- Kitty >No evil stoies for you. I used to dance and run in them without a >problem. I have tiny feet, (5 1/2), and tiny short toes the guys at [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Kitty Were you a saucy little cheerleader too...the one they threw in the air? -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow Clarence wrote - ~~~Were you a saucy little cheerleader too...the one they threw in the air?~~~~ Nope. I was the quarterback! -vbg- Kitty > Clarence wrote - > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Kitty LOLOLOLOLOL uuupppsss made the wife stick her head in to see what was going on. LOL Harv > Clarence wrote - > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Kitty > Eeeuuuwww, was it the Hormones? -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow ~~~~Eeeuuuwww, was it the Hormones? ~~~~Clarence Crow Nah, I was just giving you a chuckle. I was on the drill team. Our skirts were shorter than the cheerleaders and we wore fluffy gold panties under them. -bg- Kitty > ~~~~Eeeuuuwww, was it the Hormones? > ~~~~Clarence Crow [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Kitty drill what? ~~~~drill what? ~~~~~Uv ...hehehehe... Try this Uv. It can be the dance squad or a group that marches with banners to the football team. And football does not mean soccer in this case. The cheerleaders only cheer and don't dance. is this perfectly clear yet. lol http://www.danceadts.com/ Duckie >>~~~~Eeeuuuwww, was it the Hormones? >>~~~~Clarence Crow [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > drill what? Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) > No evil stoies for you. I used to dance and run in them without a > problem. I have tiny feet, (5 1/2), and tiny short toes the guys at [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Kitty OKkkk, but why did you have your shoes off at work that made your toes the topic of discussion around the water cooler. LOLOL Harv ~~~~OKkkk, but why did you have your shoes off at work that made your toes the topic of discussion around the water cooler. LOLOL ~~~~~Harv i'm one of those people that kicks their shoes off as soon as they hit the office and runs around in pantyhose until time to go home. I've never owned a pair of bedroom slippers because I was always barefoot at home, too. -g- Kitty ><snip> >i'm one of those people that kicks their shoes off as soon as they hit [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Kitty Seeing I'm from outer Monrovia (d/under), I had to visit the Jimmy Dean website to get a handle on them, and I have a question for you. Exactly what are the dimensions of one of those (length x diameter) and which flavour were you and were you 98% fat-free? -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow Clarence wrote - ~~~~Seeing I'm from outer Monrovia (d/under), I had to visit the Jimmy Dean website to get a handle on them, and I have a question for you. Exactly what are the dimensions of one of those (length x diameter) and which flavour were you and were you 98% fat-free?~~~~ Very short and round. Maple. 90% - gotta have a little to grab hold of! ROFL!!! Dang it you guys - if I wind up having to post a picture of my feet, my husband is going to think I finally lost it! BTW, he thinks I have cute feet. Just imagine the feet of an 8 year old. With really cute feet. -g- Kitty Could we PLEASE stop talking about feet??? Ewwwwwww!!!! ~KJ Akron, Ohio http://arthritisinsight.com Knowledge is power...support is essential. Tina's Togs Quality Plus Size and Vintage Fashions http://www.stores.ebay.com/tinastogs >Could we PLEASE stop talking about feet??? Ewwwwwww!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Tina's Togs Quality Plus Size and Vintage Fashions >http://www.stores.ebay.com/tinastogs Tina I'll move you to the top of my Dance-Card right after I get out the other side of my current Prostate situ in abt 6 mths time and who knows, we may even Cha Cha with my TKR lol. -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow KJ wrote - ~~~~Could we PLEASE stop talking about feet??? Ewwwwwww!!!!~~~~ Hey, we were talking about cute feet, not smelly ones! -bg- Kitty But Kitty she has this phobia thing... we can actually make her puke if we show her arthritis feet. bwwhhhhaaaaaa Duckie > KJ wrote - > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Kitty Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) ~~~~~But Kitty she has this phobia thing... we can actually make her puke if we show her arthritis feet. bwwhhhhaaaaaa ~~~~~Duckie Mine wouldn't bother her. RA is eating the bones, tendons and ligaments so fast they don't have time to deform LOL!!! 4 months ago I was transferring from the car into my wheelchair and I ripped tendons off in my right ankle and foot. I use a transfer board because my feet can't touch the ground without the passing out type of pain. But that day, in the middle of the transfer, I felt like I was sliding forward so I put the big toe of my right foot out to balance myself. I didn't put any weight on it at all, and only my big toe touched the ground. All of a sudden it felt like a giant rubber band snapped and flew from the dead center back of my ankle and ended up wrapped around the outside ankle bone. In 2 hours I had ten bruises down the calf and ankle, the entire surface of the bottom of my heel was dark purple, and a large crescent shaped bruise was over the ball joints. I think it was the domino effect - One let go and several others were too damaged to hang on and decided to go with it. -g- Kitty > ~~~~~But Kitty she has this phobia thing... we can actually make her > puke if we show her arthritis feet. bwwhhhhaaaaaa [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > I think it was the domino effect - One let go and several others were > too damaged to hang on and decided to go with it. major OWIES! and i thought my tiny achilles tendon tear and bursa inflamation was an owie. geesh. now i feel like a wuss. kate > -g- > > Kitty I've had a friend with dissolving tendons. Spent 8 years in various kinds of casts and now has two fused ankles. But after 10 years is back dancing. Just ask DonnaG. She got to meet Dolly while at the Boston Gimpfest. Danced myself tonight at the preview party wearing my knee brace to keep from falling on the ground. People say I look so graceful when the music comes on. I guess if God decides to take my feet too, I will live. He started with my hands and is branching out. But I so love to dance I am hoping he leaves me those even if everything else is bionic. Duckie > Mine wouldn't bother her. RA is eating the bones, tendons and ligaments > so fast they don't have time to deform LOL!!! [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Kitty Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) > I've had a friend with dissolving tendons. Spent 8 years in various kinds > of casts and now has two fused ankles. But after 10 years is back dancing. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > else is bionic. > Duckie Please do not blame God for what we have. I no more could do that than if I lived in Florida with this years hurricanes. It will be man that finds the cures or not for the problems we face and we should feel good about all the upbeat things we have read about in the changes in medicine this year also. It is your will and heart that keeps you dancing and if just a small part of that rubs off on people like me,,,,, I will try to get something done today and enjoy it. Quack... Harv Hi Harv, <SNIPPED> :) > Please do not blame God for what we have. I no more could do that than if I > lived in Florida with this years hurricanes. It will be man that finds > the cures or not for the problems we face Speaking about finding the why & how of 'what we have', where are you on the Folding list? http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=7 My computer is folding 24/7/365 to find a new biologic to cure the diseases that plague all of the human race. > and we should feel good about all the upbeat things we have read about in > the changes in medicine this year also. It is your will and heart that > keeps you dancing and if just a small part of that rubs off on people like > me,,,,, I will try to get something done today and enjoy it. Dito, ^_^ > Quack... > Harv SignatureGramPaHugs, Alex, -- Any information is included for informational or entertainment purposes only, is based on my personal experiences & is an expression of my opinion. **************************************************** * Love radiating from 45.10n x 93.30w M/SP Mn * <a href="http://home.mn.rr.com/apbiii">AOL Click</a> * <a href="http://grampahugs.is-a-geek.org/">AOL Click</a> **************************************************** rofl quack > Could we PLEASE stop talking about feet??? Ewwwwwww!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Tina's Togs Quality Plus Size and Vintage Fashions > http://www.stores.ebay.com/tinastogs Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) ><snip> >Very short and round. Maple. 90% - gotta have a little to grab hold [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Kitty Not allowed to think that stuff. but I've also been called ARCH villain *wink* -veg- -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow ~~~~Just imagine the feet of an 8 year old. With really cute feet. ~~~~~Kitty ~~~~Not allowed to think that stuff. but I've also been called ARCH villain *wink* ~~~~ Clarence Crow You're supposed to imagine the feet on ME, Clarence, not an 8 year old LOL!!! Just watch my lips - I'll keep you straight! -vbg- Kitty >~~~~Just imagine the feet of an 8 year old. With really cute feet. >~~~~~Kitty [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Kitty I'm ALL over YOU Kit!...Just Lip Synch where you want this to go *S*. PS: Hubby could be a tad worrisome :-( -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow > I'd like to hear stories from the women in the group who have suffered > from Evil Stiletto Heels. Not me! never stillettos and never more than 3 inch heels, and those were jsut for fancy occasions. i used to work with someone who always wore heels. I mean ALWAYS. She had heels to match every outfit, but usually no more than 2-2.5 inch heels. Then she blew out her knee. Had to have surgery. Started PT and was in absolute torture! Not because of the knee, but because the ligaments were so shortened up from wearing heels that her calves and ankles were in agony without them - and she couldn't wear heels yet because of the knee. Finally they let her go back into low heels early to ease that pain. Ran into her a few years later. She was then looking at a TKR and was in athletic shoes. had to give up the heels altogther. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > > I'd like to hear stories from the women in the group who have suffered > > from Evil Stiletto Heels. Sigh... I miss my stilettos. The higher the better. I could run in them, dance, jump... no problem. I actually preferred them to flats. When I wore flats I was clumsy and awkward. Not so with the heels. I like to think that they played no role at all in my back problems. um... yeah... that's it. none at all. Janet N. >> > I'd like to hear stories from the women in the group who have suffered >> > from Evil Stiletto Heels. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Janet N. No pleasure without PAIN! (in another dimension who knows?) -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow I wore 2 inch heels most of my life. But for about 6 monthes, I wore 3.25 inch heels to work. They were gorgeous and I loved them! My feet hurt and wound up at the podiatrist. Since then I've only worn 1-2 inch heels. There's been no bunion surgery but I have had two others on my right foot. (and 3.25 is not really stillettos!) Vickie B. > Hello again > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > -- Clarence Crow i once got turned down in an interview for a grocery clerk job, because i was too short, by two inches. you guessed it---borrowed stilettos got me the job on the second go round.LOL and i never wore them on the job--what checker does?! kate ><snip> >i once got turned down in an interview for a grocery clerk job, because i [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >kate Was it really your height or the Boss? -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons in a circle" -- Please reply to this ng as: -- my email adress is 100% faked to prevent proliferation of SPAM!! -- Regards -- Clarence Crow >><snip> >>i once got turned down in an interview for a grocery clerk job, because i [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Was it really your height or the Boss? actually, the grocery chain had a 5'4" height requirement and i was 5'2", but i didn't know it before my first interview. when i finished first in my checker school class (whoopie ding), they never said a word about my diminutive 5'4". musta thought the class shrunk me or something.LOL kate > -- "if you can see it coming, head it off at the pass, else put the wagons > in a circle" [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -- Clarence Crow ~~~~i once got turned down in an interview for a grocery clerk job, because i was too short, by two inches. you guessed it---borrowed stilettos got me the job on the second go round.LOL and i never wore them on the job--what checker does?! ~~~~kate LOL!!! I applied at the police academy and was told I was too short by 5 inches and I only weighed 107. They actually had a weight requirement, too!. I thought my size was an asset. What bad guy would look at me as a threat before I whooped his a.s? A friend tried to be a stewardess and was told she was too short. Why you have to be tall on an airplane makes no sense to me. -g- Kitty > ~~~~i once got turned down in an interview for a grocery clerk job, > because i was too short, by two inches. you guessed it---borrowed [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > requirement, too!. I thought my size was an asset. What bad guy would > look at me as a threat before I whooped his a.s? ***ROTFLMAO! shudda told them that you ARE taller, when you are standing on top of the bad guy you've just cut down to size; and that you weight a lot more, when you're carrying your concealed arsenal.<g> kate > A friend tried to be a stewardess and was told she was too short. Why > you have to be tall on an airplane makes no sense to me. ***i agree. that's goofy, because being short is an advantage on an airplane, in many ways. did you know that jet fighter pilots and astronauts, at one time, had a height limitation of 5'5"? > -g- > > Kitty |
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