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

[Guest guest]

I find very few people who have it in their ankles and feet like we do. Not that

I am

glad that you have this horrible disease but I was relieved to find someone

else who complains about ankles. I were easy spirit 8ww and have good look

with them

but have thought about trying to go to a podiatrist or orthopedic man. My

rheumie

is against giving shots of cortisone and she said she was afraid if I went to

certain

foot doctors they would try that. Do you ever get shots?

Joy

Stitching Queen <stitchingqueen@...> wrote:

Hello ! I can't walk without my orthotics, custom made for me

by my podiatrist. My RA started in my feet & ankles and is the part of my body

most effected by the arthritis. I also have a double wide shoe size and wear New

Balance sneakers with the orthotics all day long in order to walk. You can get

them in extra wide sizes at http://www.brownsnewbalance.com/ - I bought my

sneakers there and couldn't be more pleased, especially because I have a hard to

find size (10.5 extra wide). If you haven't gone to a podiatrist yet, I really

recommend it because I was helped so much by his care. I still have the pain

when I walk - I don't believe a shoe will take the pain away, but without the

orthotics I'd be crawling or in a wheelchair.

Take care!

Lori

[ ] Ankle Pain/ swollen feet, need shoes

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.

[Guest guest]

I find very few people who have it in their ankles and feet like we do. Not that

I am

glad that you have this horrible disease but I was relieved to find someone

else who complains about ankles. I were easy spirit 8ww and have good look

with them

but have thought about trying to go to a podiatrist or orthopedic man. My

rheumie

is against giving shots of cortisone and she said she was afraid if I went to

certain

foot doctors they would try that. Do you ever get shots?

Joy

Stitching Queen <stitchingqueen@...> wrote:

Hello ! I can't walk without my orthotics, custom made for me

by my podiatrist. My RA started in my feet & ankles and is the part of my body

most effected by the arthritis. I also have a double wide shoe size and wear New

Balance sneakers with the orthotics all day long in order to walk. You can get

them in extra wide sizes at http://www.brownsnewbalance.com/ - I bought my

sneakers there and couldn't be more pleased, especially because I have a hard to

find size (10.5 extra wide). If you haven't gone to a podiatrist yet, I really

recommend it because I was helped so much by his care. I still have the pain

when I walk - I don't believe a shoe will take the pain away, but without the

orthotics I'd be crawling or in a wheelchair.

Take care!

Lori

[ ] Ankle Pain/ swollen feet, need shoes

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.

[Guest guest]

Hello Joy!

I did have one shot in each foot at the very beginning of everything, not for

the RA but because I had plantar fasciitis at the time. The shot didn't work,

unfortunately. My podiatrist was the doctor who suspected the RA because after

the plantar fasciitis went away, the pain didn't and by that point the pain had

migrated up my body into my knees hips and was just starting in my hands. My

podiatrist is very careful about using the shots and hates prescribing steroids,

so I never had any worries. I have a whole host of foot deformities (high

arches & bunions to name a few) that effect the way that weight is distributed

across my feet so the orthotics help to correct that so my bunions don't get

worse and the plantar fasciitis doesn't come back. My insurance paid for the

orthotics 100%, so maybe you can check into it to see if your insurance would

cover something like that for you.

HTH,

Lori

[ ] Ankle Pain/ swollen feet, need shoes

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.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Lori

I do need to check into that. I just feel so overwhelmed with doctors right

now.

I just found out I have asthma and so I am going to about 3 different docs

right now

and my dd also has asthma and is now having some teenage depression issues.

I feel like my part time pay goes for paying for drugs and copays but thank

goodness

for my dh's insurance.

I also have a heel spur. It doesn't really bother me now as I am not working

on my feet

like I used to but it looks pretty bad.

Joy

Stitching Queen <stitchingqueen@...> wrote:

Hello Joy!

I did have one shot in each foot at the very beginning of everything, not for

the RA but because I had plantar fasciitis at the time. The shot didn't work,

unfortunately. My podiatrist was the doctor who suspected the RA because after

the plantar fasciitis went away, the pain didn't and by that point the pain had

migrated up my body into my knees hips and was just starting in my hands. My

podiatrist is very careful about using the shots and hates prescribing steroids,

so I never had any worries. I have a whole host of foot deformities (high arches

& bunions to name a few) that effect the way that weight is distributed across

my feet so the orthotics help to correct that so my bunions don't get worse and

the plantar fasciitis doesn't come back. My insurance paid for the orthotics

100%, so maybe you can check into it to see if your insurance would cover

something like that for you.

HTH,

Lori

[ ] Ankle Pain/ swollen feet, need shoes

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.