OMG you have no reason to be embarrassed no matter how much you spent. I am 72 and I have been spending a lot of money on shoes, even custom made, since I was in my 20s. That was before I had neuropathy. But I’ve always had flat feet and until I was in my 30’s I was a AAAA width, so I’ve always had trouble finding shoes that I could stand in for a long periods of time with comfort. Later in my late 40’s I developed neuropathy from diabetes. The pain and the numbness drove me insane for a long time. I ended up starting to use a cane because I started to fall. I went to more than one foot doctor, at least three or four. I finally got orthotics which were covered by insurance. But otherwise they just gave me pain pills. Then somewhere in my 60’s a doctor prescribed Lyrica. They told me it was first and foremost used as a seizure medicine for epileptics. But they found out that it regenerated nerves, or something like that. It was a godsend. I was able to get rid of the cane. I could walk like a normal person, and I started wearing Brooks shoes. 10 years go by and I have developed osteoporosis from taking letrozole. The tech who did my bone density scan told me that Lyrica was very hard on the bones and so were statins. I did some research and I got my doctor to cut my statins in half. He had recently started me on 80 mg instead of 40 when I had a perfectly good lipid profile. Then I decided I was gonna stop taking the Lyrica. So I did. Within one weeks time the symptoms started to come back. I was telling my niece about it and she told me to go to her homeopathic chiropractor. He started me on B vitamins. In a week, my symptoms were gone, and that was, I don’t know how many years ago maybe four. I have never had any problems. This is not something he pulled out of the air. There is research studies on B vitamins and nerve regeneration. All I know is I could’ve been taking B vitamins all this time instead of Lyrica. My insurance covers three pair of orthotics and one pair of diabetic shoes each year. And I always get them. I sometimes do not wear diabetic shoes, but I always put my orthotics inside. They really help because they relieve the pressure in the right places.