Friday, September 14, 2007



Hmm.

Clearly my body has assessed the effort it took to do 500metres last year, decided that 5k as I am now is nowhere near tricky enough, so has decided to inflate my feet to amusing clown-like proportions.

I got home yesterday evening from meeting some friends at the pub and my feet felt a bit strange...when I looked down they were quite distinctly, well, large. I went off to bed hopeful that they would have gone down by this morning but no such luck.

Being the responsible adult that I am I phoned Harefield first thing to explain scientifically that “my feet have gone all puffed!” My lung function has not dropped and I am not breathless which is somewhat reassuring. They asked me to go and see my GP and amazingly within 20 minutes of ringing I was down at the local surgery for an appointment.

My GP is a lovely lady; she had a look, listened to my lungs and heart and prodded my feet for a bit. So now we know that it is fluid, that my heart and lungs sound fine, but that she would like me to now feed back to Harefield and take it from there. Oh and to put my feet up.

At this point I thought it may be wise to just drop into the conversation that I will be walking 5k on Sunday (note, not should, will.) She paled slightly and stated again that I really need to confirm with Harefield that such adventures are ok with chubbytoes.

Rang Harefield again, told the nurse what the GP had said, also dropped in about the whole 5k thing to which she started laughing and said “I knew you had something going on!” and passed me on to a doctor.

I think the doctor was busy as she was rather brisk, merely said to put my feet up and rest. When mentioning that I am going to walk round Hyde Park she said “oh, well 5k is quite a long way. Hmm. Just do what you feel you can do.”

The latter sentence was her biggest mistake. Bring on Sunday. Although at this rate I will have to do it in flip-flops as I cannot currently get any shoes onto my large clown feet...

10 comments:

Sandylizz said...

Hope the clown feet come down some what by Sunday.... Sounds like you have a nice gp to! x x

Anonymous said...

Take it 'steady and pace yourself' dont want to be 2 steps forward and few back.......

(((hugz))) xx

Anonymous said...

Feet up lots - good excuse to avoid cooking etc. Could it have been the short flight?
Looking forward to seeing you Sunday even if we do have to take it in turns to give you piggy backs!
Love Julia

Anonymous said...

Emily, if it helps, I could carry you for a bit.

Anonymous said...

i hope the feet go down,but you could always dress up as a clown, and then u could wear really big shoes that would fit.......... (just a thought)
good luck 4 sunday
hugs
jennie

Anonymous said...

Em, i know exactly how you are feeling with the swollen, man mine feel like i've got lead weights on them, but at least i know what is causing mine, dam "LIVER". I've got my trainers as wide as they will go and believe me i still can't get them on.
Anyway,make sure you rest them feet ready for sunday and i hope you all have fun :-)!

Love Shirley aka jellyeels to some!

misdee said...

keep those legs up young lady. rest easy before sunday.

Sarah Milne said...

Hope all is well and the feet are just a strange little feature and not anything serious.
Can't wait until Sunday.
lots of love
Sarah x x x

Anonymous said...

Emily, GO EMILY GO.

you can do it.

Love, Randall

Rebecca said...

Just a thought, can't steroids cause puffy feet?

I might be wrong, but anyway, hope that it doesn't get in the way of your enjoyment of tomorrow. Take care!!

Becky, Seren & Dylan xxx