There might be other options. At one point, I was at a Church Retreat which was so inspirational that I loosened the laces on my shoe in case my foot suddenly grew back.Better? I don't think the foot has grown back 100% yet. If only we could get stem cells from newts.
But seriously, I have become so accustomed to this that I have occasionally untied the wrong shoe at night because I forgot which foot was gone.
And there are other benefits, besides 50% less chance of snake bite. I got paid for that water heater job yesterday because I did it for the prosthetist!