Sorry to hear of your plight. Hope you can find some relief. No one, including foot doc, seems to know what's plaguing me. I have so many issues, I can barely keep track of them. The foor thing may not even be foot related. Had x-rays done a year and a half ago. Nothing abnormal. I visited a place back in PA called The Good Feet Store. They were supposed to be able to taylor-fit special shoes to your feet in order to help relieve neuropathy, and other issues. TV ads looked good. At my consultation (just relatively young sales reps, no actual foot specialist). They had me try on a number of different shoes with various inserts. After walking for a while, I awarded the gold star to one particular setup. Not really amazing like in the ads, but OK. Then the rep went into the back room and came out with a "specialized" orthotic that would be placed into their shoe. Then the kicker: all this could be mine for only the low, low price of around $3200 (as well as I can remember. It was breath-taking). Well, needless to say, I left mucho pronto. Another scam.