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Does anyone find that a type of shoe helps your foot neuropathy?
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@lorirenee1 I desperately need shoes for my painful neuropathy. I looked at the Spencos, but I don't know what size to order. I have been wearing Birkenstocks for years because I have a hematoma on an ankle, so nothing will go over it. The Birks were recommended by a podiatrist and worked wonderfully until I got neuropathy. Some days they still are okay, but I still have foot pain. I wear a 7 in Birks, but looking at Spencos, I'm not sure a 7 will work. They look wider. I don't need wide; I need something to soothe my feet that feel as if I'm walking in shards of glass. Do you think I should stay with a 7? I appreciate your opinion.
Thanks,
Carol
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Hi Carol, All I wore before the neuropathy were Birkenstocks!!! I still wear them, but not as comfortably. I wore them for 20 years, at least. If you are a 7, then you are a 7 in a Spenco. A Spenco really is not a wide shoe, although it does come in a wide. It just has plenty of toe room. The shoe in general though, is not unusually wide, at all. If you are a size 7, get a 7. If you are a 7 and a half, also get a 7. I am a 9 and a half, and I wear a 9 in a Spenco. The Spenco makes my foot feel as close to normal as a shoe can make me feel. I too, have terrible sensations in shoes, but not so much in the Spenco. (usually, barely at all) In the wrong shoe, I feel like I have stones, cotton, socks bunched up, grittiness,....horrid....by the way, I was a teacher, too!!!! Good luck with the Spencos. I bought the First Nation Spenco mules from QVC.com Let me know how it goes!!! Lori Renee