Re: Re: Ankle Pain/ swollen feet, need shoes

[Guest guest]

What are MBT Sandals.? I always have swollen feet and ankles.

Joy

lendermelissa <lendermelissa@...> wrote:

--- In , " cynthiadew1 " <cynthiadew1@...>

wrote:

>I use the MBT sandals when my feet are swollen. I can put socks on

and still wear them, and they are adjustable in 3 different places,

so custom fit moment to moment. My toes are starting to spread like

Vulcan hi sign...hahaha.

> As long as someone mentioned shoes...

>

> I am in search of a pair of shoes that will not further complicate

the

> pain issues I am having with my feet and ankles. Will be trying

to

> find a place that has those MBT shoes, soon. I have a pair of

Keens

> that up until my feet started to swell were great. Now I can't

even

> put them on and sit, without pain in the joints in my feet. I

bought

> a pair of Crocs the other day, a couple of sizes too big. I can

at

> least put my swollen feet in them and walk. At least when I have

> enough pain meds to be able to stand up since my ankles are

flaring in

> a major way, complete with nodules forming. I could wear my Uggs,

but

> my hands and fingers hurt too bad to pull them on. Odd, my feet

are

> swollen, but my ankles aren't really all that swollen, just where

the

> ankle joint is. I take a water pill every day, without it I swell

up

> like a balloon. So does anyone have any suggestions for someone

with

> Size 7.5, extra wide foot, narrow heel, high arches, and some

intense

> foot and ankle pain? Thanks for any help.

>

>

>

Joy

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[Guest guest]

well, at least we're getting some laughs in on here. cynthia, you cracked me up

with the 'vulcan hi sign', i'm still laughing. my feet KILL me. improved a

tiny bit since on mtx but i am going to have to get that changed, the nausea is

also killin' me. anyway. glad to hear about some shoes that help because i

sure need to look into that.

[ ] Re: Ankle Pain/ swollen feet, need shoes

--- In @gro ups.com, " cynthiadew1 " <cynthiadew1@ ...>

wrote:

>I use the MBT sandals when my feet are swollen. I can put socks on

and still wear them, and they are adjustable in 3 different places,

so custom fit moment to moment. My toes are starting to spread like

Vulcan hi sign...hahaha.

> As long as someone mentioned shoes...

>

> I am in search of a pair of shoes that will not further complicate

the

> pain issues I am having with my feet and ankles. Will be trying

to

> find a place that has those MBT shoes, soon. I have a pair of

Keens

> that up until my feet started to swell were great. Now I can't

even

> put them on and sit, without pain in the joints in my feet. I

bought

> a pair of Crocs the other day, a couple of sizes too big. I can

at

> least put my swollen feet in them and walk. At least when I have

> enough pain meds to be able to stand up since my ankles are

flaring in

> a major way, complete with nodules forming. I could wear my Uggs,

but

> my hands and fingers hurt too bad to pull them on. Odd, my feet

are

> swollen, but my ankles aren't really all that swollen, just where

the

> ankle joint is. I take a water pill every day, without it I swell

up

> like a balloon. So does anyone have any suggestions for someone

with

> Size 7.5, extra wide foot, narrow heel, high arches, and some

intense

> foot and ankle pain? Thanks for any help.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Now I know. Vulcan here too.

Betty

Thank you for making me laugh. The toes in my right foot are

permanently in the Vulcan hi sign. Now, I have something funny to

show my trekkie friends.

[Guest guest]

HI ALL,

I figured I would add my two cents since feet, toes and ankles are the

worst part of my RA,

I can only wear NIKE AIRLINER SIZE 9.5 WIDE. That's it. If they stop making

them, I am in

big trouble. So I should order more pair NOW....I actually have six pair in my

closet and threw

out all the rest of my shoes after developing RA (boo hoo). They are $40.00

each.

[ ] Re: Ankle Pain/ swollen feet, need shoes

--- In , " cynthiadew1 " <cynthiadew1@...>

wrote:

>

> As long as someone mentioned shoes...

>

> I am in search of a pair of shoes that will not further complicate

the

> pain issues I am having with my feet and ankles. Will be trying

to

> find a place that has those MBT shoes, soon.

I looked at them on several internet sites last night. They are

$$$expensive$$$! Particuarly when the only one that would fit me (I

wear an 11 1/2 women's) would be mens, and other than the sneakers,

they are butt ugly.

My problem isn't so much swelling, (although that happens too,

sometimes) but the fact that my feet are already pretty badly

deformed (which is alarming, considering that I've only had this for

a little more than a year!!!) I need shoes that are really wide

through the ball of the foot, because that's where my feet stick

out, but I basically have a pretty narrow foot, so a wide size shoe

falls off my heel. The bed of the shoe also has to be well

cushioned, or it feels like I'm walking on hot rocks. I can't walk

barefoot or even in socks for this reason.

I'd love to hear if people have found brands that have large sizes

that fit this sort of problem. I've ordered a couple of pairs of

shoes from Footsmart, but they haven't fit at all. Again, they seem

to assume that if you need width in the ball of the foot, you must

either have fat or swollen feet and need it all over. The wides

fell right off my feet, and the medium widths didn't give me enough

room.

I did get a shoe stretcher from them though, which has helped make a

couple of pairs of men's sneakers from " Famous Footwear " tolerable.

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