I’ve put off surgery for a meniscus tear. In the meantime, I’m having a crisis about what shoes to wear
I’ve had a torn meniscus in my right knee for eight years. My knee was OK for 47 years, and then I went on the easiest hike in recorded history and stepped up on a not-very-high ledge. That was it.
It’s not ideal. I can walk, but I can’t run or sit cross legged. But whenever I’m about to bite the bullet on surgery, it seems like the wrong time to be sitting around for six weeks or longer. Or someone says: “That surgery didn’t work for me.”
The time I got closest, I suddenly needed shoulder surgery, which seemed more pressing because reaching over your head is kind of important in day-to-day life. In middle age, it’s hard to know which physical problem to deal with first.
In the meantime, I’m having a massive style crisis about what shoes to wear. I’ve never been a serious heels person, but I do like wedges and I really love boots – especially the Frye harness boots I’ve had for 15 years. But every time I’ve asked a health professional which shoes are least hard on the knees, they say sneakers. I absolutely hate the way sneakers look on me. I feel instantly un-hot the moment I even look at a pair.
