This may sound really stupid and off-topic, but I wanted to tell you how much strength I get from being privileged to read about the things that you go through. Every time I want to wimp out on something stupid because of my knees, I think of the things that you do that I won't because I'm scared, and I have to laugh at myself.
I loathe buying shoes (which is a shame, because I rather like shoes in the abstract). I have 9.5 AAA feet on wobbly ankles and knees that make me terrified of heels higher than about 1" (because what if I fall off them!?!?!?), and I completely empathize with the pain that is trying to find worthwhile shoes that aren't going to totally screw me up on some way.
I wish I had a useful recommendation for you... My dad has a little lifty-thing for his back, and he wears cowboy boots all the time because they have a bit of a heel that lets him wear a smaller lifty-thing than he otherwise might need to. Is that at all possible for you? Also, you might want to look into a specialty store that caters to odd widths of feet -- I've had to have a couple of pairs of shoes custom-fitted (because I have AAAA heels and AA toes), and the specialty shoe store guys were always really willing to help me put pads and other widgets in my shoes to make them fit, maybe they'd be able to help you find a pair of shoes that's relatively square in the back that would fit the orthotic and then pad it out so it doesn't slip?
Let me know if you want company going to shoe stores -- I like to shop, and I've done a lot of "shopping rehab" for my friends who were scared of various kinds of shopping, so I know what it's like to go shopping with someone for things they're worried about.
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Date: 2003-10-06 09:43 am (UTC)I loathe buying shoes (which is a shame, because I rather like shoes in the abstract). I have 9.5 AAA feet on wobbly ankles and knees that make me terrified of heels higher than about 1" (because what if I fall off them!?!?!?), and I completely empathize with the pain that is trying to find worthwhile shoes that aren't going to totally screw me up on some way.
I wish I had a useful recommendation for you... My dad has a little lifty-thing for his back, and he wears cowboy boots all the time because they have a bit of a heel that lets him wear a smaller lifty-thing than he otherwise might need to. Is that at all possible for you? Also, you might want to look into a specialty store that caters to odd widths of feet -- I've had to have a couple of pairs of shoes custom-fitted (because I have AAAA heels and AA toes), and the specialty shoe store guys were always really willing to help me put pads and other widgets in my shoes to make them fit, maybe they'd be able to help you find a pair of shoes that's relatively square in the back that would fit the orthotic and then pad it out so it doesn't slip?
Let me know if you want company going to shoe stores -- I like to shop, and I've done a lot of "shopping rehab" for my friends who were scared of various kinds of shopping, so I know what it's like to go shopping with someone for things they're worried about.