Fingertip Titans UniteCure swollen feet-get a tattoo!
July 25th 2007 12:10
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The Cure for swollen feet-Get a tattoo!
When my son was born, 3 years ago, I suffered for weeks with feet that looked like sausages with toes poked into the ends. My ankles were so huge, with all the water, that I couldn't wear socks. This is no "poor me, look at how bad I had it" story, this is just what happens when a woman gives birth.
Anyway, when I had my daughter, I was prepared to be barefoot or in bedroom slippers for weeks, I thought I knew what to expect! She was born by C-Section, and so my Loving Mother, a Cosmetologist and Permanent Makeup Artist, Took 3 weeks off to come and help me out with Noah while I recovered.
Now, My wonderful Mother is the type who doesn't sit still for very long. Everybody knows that, including her, so she brought some of her "Toys" with her. A nice big vehicle for collecting Yard-Sale goodies, plenty of small change for flea markets and such, and her new-fangled Permanent Makeup set-up. I got the benefits.
Since we didn't have a chair or proper lighting, my creative and talented Mom fixed up the Next best thing. She had me lay upside down in a chair next to a window in the Morning Sunshine. It was perfect.
If you're not familiar with Permanent makeup, it's basically a tattoo. Well. Ok. It IS a tattoo. You can have eyeliner, eyebrows, lipstick, cheeks, shades and shadowing for problem areas, cover blemishes and scars, you name it. She decided to give me permanent Eye liner. I was thrilled, and willing to receive my very first tattoo for the sake of beauty.
It took about 2 hours, and it tickled more than it hurt. (she put a numbing agent on my eyelids) and I hummed just as loud as i could to keep from squirming. When things started to wrap up, she handed me the mirror, and I couldn't believe it. It was beautiful. I would wake up in the morning like the Movie Stars. Makeup already in place. But I was getting a little uncomfortable from being still so long, I really had to pee!
Once she gave the go-ahead to get up and go, I had to first have someone swing my legs off the back of the chair and onto the side. Since I couldn't use my stomach muscles, someone else had to lift my back up off the footrest, so I was sitting in a crunched up position, but I could just manage to get one leg off the armrest and onto the floor. The guy pushing up on my back helped me stand up, and I was off at a snails pace. Shuffling down the hall, taking those "Oh. Oh. Oh." so small steps toward the relief and respite of the restroom. I thought I would leave a streak down the hall. I have never had to pee so bad in all my life.
I made it to the bathroom (barely) and must have peed for an hour. But when I came out of the restroom, I looked at my feet, and they were no longer swollen! I expected the water had just drained temporarily, but I was wrong. They never swelled again. Gravity and time had worked a miracle, and I could once again tie my shoes.
So, next time you have swollen feet from water retention, get a tattoo! It's an amazing miracle cure!
Anyway, when I had my daughter, I was prepared to be barefoot or in bedroom slippers for weeks, I thought I knew what to expect! She was born by C-Section, and so my Loving Mother, a Cosmetologist and Permanent Makeup Artist, Took 3 weeks off to come and help me out with Noah while I recovered.
Now, My wonderful Mother is the type who doesn't sit still for very long. Everybody knows that, including her, so she brought some of her "Toys" with her. A nice big vehicle for collecting Yard-Sale goodies, plenty of small change for flea markets and such, and her new-fangled Permanent Makeup set-up. I got the benefits.
Since we didn't have a chair or proper lighting, my creative and talented Mom fixed up the Next best thing. She had me lay upside down in a chair next to a window in the Morning Sunshine. It was perfect.
If you're not familiar with Permanent makeup, it's basically a tattoo. Well. Ok. It IS a tattoo. You can have eyeliner, eyebrows, lipstick, cheeks, shades and shadowing for problem areas, cover blemishes and scars, you name it. She decided to give me permanent Eye liner. I was thrilled, and willing to receive my very first tattoo for the sake of beauty.
It took about 2 hours, and it tickled more than it hurt. (she put a numbing agent on my eyelids) and I hummed just as loud as i could to keep from squirming. When things started to wrap up, she handed me the mirror, and I couldn't believe it. It was beautiful. I would wake up in the morning like the Movie Stars. Makeup already in place. But I was getting a little uncomfortable from being still so long, I really had to pee!
Once she gave the go-ahead to get up and go, I had to first have someone swing my legs off the back of the chair and onto the side. Since I couldn't use my stomach muscles, someone else had to lift my back up off the footrest, so I was sitting in a crunched up position, but I could just manage to get one leg off the armrest and onto the floor. The guy pushing up on my back helped me stand up, and I was off at a snails pace. Shuffling down the hall, taking those "Oh. Oh. Oh." so small steps toward the relief and respite of the restroom. I thought I would leave a streak down the hall. I have never had to pee so bad in all my life.
I made it to the bathroom (barely) and must have peed for an hour. But when I came out of the restroom, I looked at my feet, and they were no longer swollen! I expected the water had just drained temporarily, but I was wrong. They never swelled again. Gravity and time had worked a miracle, and I could once again tie my shoes.
So, next time you have swollen feet from water retention, get a tattoo! It's an amazing miracle cure!
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