jennifer's Story

i have club feet
Hi, Im a 22 yr old female that was born with a right club feet. I prayed everyday that one day one of those miracles would happen on me and i would amazingly have a normal foot. That HASNT happened yet, so i guess you can say im trying to just think of this the way ill be for the rest of my life. This sure does make you a more humble person, to know that people have worst problems than not having a normal foot. I can still walk, run, dance, so i know im blessed. The biggest problem i have is not being able to wear what i want. I think i am a very pretty girl but it makes you feel less of it when you cannot where a dress/skirt like all the girls do. I used to wear skirts and shorts, until about the 5 grade when i was asked why one of my calfs was bigger than the other one. That was the first time anyone had said anything to me about it. Thats when i realized it wasn't Ok to me. I never wore shorts to school again. It sucks seeing the pretty outfits i could wear and just think , Damn if only my foot wasnt like this. WHY. You get over it and it becomes normal again and others peoples bigger problems seem to make mine dissapear. My friend and coworkers have no idea ,they can probley think something because i have slight of a limp, but no idea how my foot actually looks if i take my shoe off. This has made me a very self concious person, I make every attemp to make sure noone looks at my feet. I can still wear sandles and some heels , but no one can really see my foot under jeans. I really dread the day my (secret) is out. I know i shouldnt feel like this but hey, who can blame me.I never talked to my parents about it, but my mom did tell me all the time not to wear heels only high tops, because i was going to mess my foot up more. I had surgery when was little so my foot was straight, just my ankle was bigger than the other and was not normal looking. As time went I tried to be as normal and wear cute clothes with heels but it really did mess my foot up more than it would have been if I listened. Now I feel like i need to go get a check up again. If you have a daughter and her foot is somewhat fixed let her know heels are ok if she can walk in them, But dont push it, you cant wear all heels. Oh yeah i have that skinnier right calf problem too, that the other girls on this site have. I feel every sadness ya'll do. Maybe one day we can wear shorts and atleast our legs will look normal. Keep your heads up

Added on 23 Jul 2008

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