 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Health: Bring on the Manolos; After years of yearning for glamorous high heels, Markie Robson- Scott opted to remove her bunion. But was all the pain really worth it?(Features)
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The Independent (London, England)
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October 19, 2004| Author:
Robson-Scott, Markie
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Byline: Markie Robson-Scott
12 May 2004
I take the plunge and schedule bunion surgery for 29 July. I've been meaning to do this since I was about 12, when someone at school asked me what was wrong with my feet. They've deteriorated over the past 35 years, partly thanks to high-heeled, pointy shoes. We bunion sufferers are often a glamorous lot, apart from our feet, and we spot each other by the lumps on the sides of our shoes. What we crave are gorgeous flip-...