i used to have horrible ankle problems, and the orthopedist kept telling me to try heavier boots or shoes with more ankle support or try lacing my shoes more tightly, and i kept getting sturdier and sturdier boots and i kept rolling my ankles more and more often, and i thought it was just my body deciding to fuck with me until i made the connection: duh. i'm always, always barefoot at home, have been barefoot as much as possible my whole life, and in all that time i almost never rolled my ankles while i was barefoot. so on the theory that barefoot = better balance due to being able to use my toes properly = fewer ankle problems, i switched from using heavy sturdy boots to the exact opposite end: now when i'm out and about, i wear canvas ballet slippers that are as thin as possible and allow me to both grip the ground with my toes and feel the terrain beneath me. since i started doing that, i've only had an ankle go out on me once!

isn't life with ehlers-danlos fun? trying to figure out what works and what doesn't is so time-consuming.

anyway. we're really getting far afield from dw_suggestions now, lol, so i should stop. but if you want to keep talking about life-with-EDS, you can drop a comment on a recent entry in synecdochic!