Clearance shoes on the internet and wide shoes -- Re, need shoes

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First, I blame my love of expensive shoes on my grandmother.

If you know that a certain shoe brand and size fits, do internet

searches for clearance sales of that shoe. Most of the sites also

let you search their stock my size and brand. If a store near you

carries the shoe, go there and try the shoe on first. Also, you

will want to check the companies return policy, email them first and

ask if it isn't clearly written on the internet site. Some of them

will accept returns of clearance shoes.

I know that someone already mentioned buying mens shoes, with a size

7.5 I go to the boys shoes dept. I've been doing that for years,

even before RA.

If you are looking for a shoe with a wide toe box and narrow-ish

heel, try on a pair of Keens. They only have one width of shoe, but

it is pretty boxy with LOTS of toe room. Comes with a removable

cushion insert so you can remove the insert and put in your orthidic

(sp?). I love mine, but the tops of my feet too swollen and painful

to wear much of anything right now. And the skin on my feet was

thin even before the prednisone, so I get blisters easily. Right

now I have blisters from shoe's laces.

> Those shoes are too expensive for me. I'd have to go barefoot if

they were all I could find.

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> Dennis in Eastexas

> " It's not Rocket Surgery "