Hey Heidi,
That's great it all went well, you must be very pleased and relieved. Yes, I think it's the temperature of the body part, plus of course whether it actually succeeded in damping the feeling, ie the pain - sounds like it's worked just fine
Good for you getting back to work, yes I know that sock and shoe thing, difficult isn't it, specially when it's work and they actually care what you look like!
Well done, you braved it, it worked, that's a really positive result!
all the best