Compression socks..

 

So I had an appointment to fetch the compression socks.

Had to wait a couple of minutesin the only chair that was there.
I could hear the people inside the room talk...word by word.
That's not how it should be!

Then the woman came.
She showed me the socks.. They looked great. I like the berry red colour.

She put them on.. which was a strange experience.
The last time someone put socks on my feet was when I was small.
It took her quite some effort.
Then she told me that after washing them I should stretch them.
We looked at the next pair: will be lavender/purple.

And she told me that under normal circumstances I would get an appointment for over two weeks, but that she would be on vacation...until august 5.

Walking through town to the bus I felt the left one causing pain at the top.
The leg started feeling like it was loosing strength...
But I got on the bus, and it was crowded.
As I had to go a long way, I and a few talks with women who sat beside me.
That was nice.

Fetching the socks meant more than three hours of time!
Someone else could have collected them for me, but the woman insisted I came. Why?

At home I wanted to get them off.... but even though I never have problems removing socks, not even the very elastic travel ones, I couldn't manage to do it.
My daughter pulled them off.

Later I tried to get them on...
I couldn't.

She should have made me do it in her presence.
Make me take them off and put them on.
I know there are things available to make it easier to do it.
She should have discussed them with me.

Reading on internet I found out that the GP shouldn't have prescribed them:
diabetes, neuropathy and heartissues are a contra-indication, each in itself. I have all.

I wrote a mail to the manufacturer to pose my questions...
And tomorrow I write to the local company here that distributes thm.

I feeI haven't had the right treatment.
a complete lack of information.....

So I have superexpensive custom socks, with my name on them, and I can't use them!!

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Syl: "Life is a chain of challenges. Sometimes the largest challenges are we ourselves. Facing life, facing others and facing yourself requires either a worryless attitude or plain courage. Most of the time it is dealing with judgement. Maybe life is about getting rid of it."