Once upon a time there were two legs that were used equally. Then one day, a fluke accident with a plastic snail put one out of commission for 8 weeks. The other one took on more than its fair share of the work and caught some sunshine. The other one stayed in a boot in solidarity with its broken foot and got pale and skinny. After new x-rays revealed the foot was healing and the doctor gave permission, the neglected leg eagerly spent this weekend doing some practice standing. It was so exciting to take a shower standing on two feet! But oh, so painful to places on the sole of the foot where callouses used to be. This morning, the leg was even able to assist in some brief bouts of walking from chair to couch. The foot is aching again, so both the injured foot and atrophied leg will get a little break for the afternoon.
One of these things is not like the other. Looks even more pathetic in person.
And apparently 8 weeks of disuse causes swelling and extreme dryness. (I spent over five minutes in the shower just scrubbing off dead skin on the left foot!)
Time for a pedicure! 🙂
Oh so familiar. A year later, I’m 100% functional, but my calf muscle is still smaller. Not so anyone would notice, but it’s just a bit different. Good luck!