Good luck! Please talk to your surgeon about the shoe idea for the other foot. While I loved my surgeon, he was an Orthopedic specialist, not a Neurologist, so they don’t always understand our gait issues and PN challenges and how the simplest changes can be a lot for our brains and muscles to adjust. I failed to mention that my surgeon required me to have a visit with a physical therapist in advance, which was to help make sure (or observe) that my legs and gait were strong enough going into the surgery. I think that was his way of having my PN reviewed by someone else. You’re absolutely right that it’s hard to not get consumed with “what ifs” for every single choice we make to help ourselves. What if I do? What if I don’t? That’s why this forum is so good - we get to collect experiences from others and weed through them to help make our decisions.