Toe heeling news, by the foot

[unixronin]

Specifically, the left foot.  I saw the podiatrist about my painful little toe today.  The result for today is a hefty cortisone shot in the toe to reduce swelling and inflammation, and I'm to wait three to four weeks and see how it goes.  Hopefully this will solve the problem without any further surgey, and I'll be able to get my motorcycle boots on again.  The podiatrists I've been going to have a shoe-stretching device, but my boots (Frey-Daytona Security Evos) are dual-boot construction with an inner armored boot made of Kevlar and carbon-fiber.  (See photo at right.)  Somehow I don't think the shoe-stretcher is very likely to work on them.

I'll probably have to replace the boots with a larger size sometime, but not right now -- we don't have $800 to spare, which is what they cost in the first place.

(By the way:  Frey-Daytona boots rock massive amounts of ass.  Made in Germany, they are available in the US from Helimot in San Jose, the sole US Frey-Daytona importer, and in the UK from Tony's of Prestatyn and GLF Accessories.  Check them out.  And if you buy from Helimot, say hi to Helmut for me.)

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Mine have additional dual-density foam on the shins, added at my request by Helimot. No, they're not knee-tall, and putting stainless steel plates on the shins might pose a problem with the outer boot zipper, which runs diagonally down and around from the inner calf, across the bottom of the shin, to the outside of the foot.

Extendint the outer boot probably wouldn't be that difficult, though. And I guess you could always fabricate a set of knee-tall greaves to wear over the top of them. :)