Does anyone find that a type of shoe helps your foot neuropathy?

Laura, I order the Spencos, (specifically the Spencos, One Nation Mules) on QVC.com), and the Wolkys I buy on eBay. Wolkys are very expensive, excellent shoes, and sometimes I hit it lucky, and find brand new ones for between 20 and 35 bucks, which is insane, because they are 150 to about 300 dollar shoes. Do not be afraid of eBay. It is excellent and utterly reputable. If you buy a Wolky and are between sizes, go up a size. Wolkys run small. If you are between sizes in a Spenco, go down. Spenco has a custom orthotic inside them, and are fabulous. With both shoes, I feel close to having feet!!!!! I also have terrible balls of feet. They throb, burn, and contort. Fun, fun. Oy. Good luck. Lori Renee

Laura, Also, There is a wolky.com but you will pay a fortune for shoes there. Their shoes are European sizes, I am a size 41.which correlates to a size 10 to a 10 and a half. If you need any help with sizing, let me know. Lori

Sounds good to me!!!! Lori Renee

Lori -Thanks SO much for all the shoe tips!!! I ordered the Spenco First Nation Mules. They look like the Merrell mules I used to love but they just don’t make the toe bed wide enough. You are a gem. -Laura

Laura, I hope you just love the Spencos. I find the orthotics in them very good, and you can take them out, and put them in other shoes. The big area for the toes is a God send when you have neuropathy. The shoe is made the way the human foot really is. I have them in many different colors. They were even cheaper on Amazon, but not any more. I always check there, though. QVC is slow in shipping, so if you have never shopped there, do not worry. The shoes will come. Wolky is a higher end shoe, in gorgeous leather, and very comfy on the foot, so if ever you feel inclined, get one. Very supportive shoes. Everyone is so different with shoes, and neuropathy is so darn hard, so who really knows how you will feel. But I hope you love them. No shoe is perfect for me any longer. But at least I can get through the day in a Spenco without wanting to shoot myself....OY!!!!!! Lori Renee

@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

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

I have looked up Spence shoes on Amazon and noticed they also sell shoe inserts. Do they work as well? I have lots of shoes that I hate to give up (PN). Hoping th insets work as well as the shoes. Anyone?

@lorirenee1 Thanks so much. You and I sound as if we have a lot in common---from Birks to teaching! I took your advice and ordered 2 pair of Spencos. I ordered from QVC a black pair and a brown pair of First Nation. If those work, then I'll get lighter colors for summer.
Thanks so much for the recommendation. I love my Birks, but I need something different to try to soothe my feet so that I can walk. Right now, I can't even walk and shop the grocery store! I have to send my husband, and that's always a shot in the dark for what he'll buy even though he has a list. 🙂
I'll let you know how the Spencos work when I get them. The Q is not fast to deliver, so it may be a couple of weeks before I can try them out.
Thanks again, and they were on sale!
Carol

Carol, Best of luck with the Spencos. I know QVC has slow delivery, but they will be there. A few things; do you take PEA? (Palmitoylethanolamide) It is a natural fatty acid for nerve pain. I just started it about a week ago, and it is supposed to take a month before you feel results. People have great results from it. I buy it on Amazon. I buy Ergomax, because there are no fillers in it. Research PEA. It was first used in the Netherlands for neuropathic pain. I learned things about the dosage, and you must always take it with a fat, so it will absorb. Also, do you do foot exercises? I think they are important. I do specific ones, regularly. Sometimes, not always, when I am in pain, I do my foot exercises, and the pain vanishes. The neuropathy is such a BITCH!!! Anyway, bye for now, and we will talk! Lori R.