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Damned76
#1 Posted : Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:05:26 PM Quote
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Hello all - I bet you are fed up of all my questions BigGrin

I picked up my new insoles from orthotics yesterday. They are really strange and have like a small heel on them. Problem is - I can't fit them and my feet into any of my shoes comfortably even though they are eee fit. Orthotisist says they will have to make me some if I can't find anything suitable. I would be grateful if anyone who has the mega insoles could let me know where you get your shoes from.

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Julie
dorat
#2 Posted : Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:40:03 PM Quote
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Hi Julie,

Gosh they must be mega insoles!
All I can think of are the Hotter shoes , I think they do a eeee width.
Try shoeshop.com, they have a sale on at the moment I think.

Doreen xx
Ailsa-H
#3 Posted : Thursday, April 22, 2010 5:56:34 PM Quote
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Me too Julie! My podiatrist made some for me last year but they make my shoes too shallow and cause new aches and pains.

I was going to post about shoes. Does anyone else have the dual problem of very painful, knobbly toes and giant feet!? I'm a size 43 (9) so don't have the option of going up a size. Most of teh time I wear Clarks Originals but I really struggle if an occasion calls for something other than my beloved Crocs collection or the Clarks!

I'd appreciate any advice on finding shoes that fit and look half decent! Thanks, Ailsa
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#4 Posted : Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:22:44 PM Quote
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I have insoles, and one of them has a raised bit underneath which means that in some of my shoes, I tend to fall out of them. The other thing is that I can't get them into any of my shoes with laces, so am limited as to when I wear them.

Sorry I can't help with makes of shoes, I'm still trying to find some myself. I feel that with my lace up shoes, they keep my feet contained well. It will be a different matter when summer comes, though.

Lyn
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#5 Posted : Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:38:41 PM Quote
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Hello, I was given insoles with instep section attached to them - I was told to break them in for an hour a day - To expect dis-comfort
but if it got excruiating pain I was to stop.

I have never been able to wear heels and due to the RA my feet appear to be wide/ I also buy expensive shoes and the OT said
she was pleased to see I have sensible shoes. I live in Somerset so go to Street for Clarkes shoes , I managed to get wide fitting in
patent pump type shoes (so fairly modern) and my insoles do fit. Also in Taunton there is a Shuropdy shop there and I got last week
lovely wide summer shoes which have an enclosed back so the insoles fit in them as well. Perhaps you can buy any of this on line.

Good luck Love
Kathleen_C
#6 Posted : Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:42:00 PM Quote
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I can get my very thick insoles into Clark`s shoes, and the orthotist made me a second pair, which he shaved slightly so that I can get them in my trainers.

Can`t remember when I last wore "dressy" shoes!

Kathleen x

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#7 Posted : Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:21:44 PM Quote
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#8 Posted : Friday, April 23, 2010 8:23:04 AM Quote
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Ailsa-H wrote:
Me too Julie! My podiatrist made some for me last year but they make my shoes too shallow and cause new aches and pains.

I was going to post about shoes. Does anyone else have the dual problem of very painful, knobbly toes and giant feet!? I'm a size 43 (9) so don't have the option of going up a size. Most of teh time I wear Clarks Originals but I really struggle if an occasion calls for something other than my beloved Crocs collection or the Clarks!

I'd appreciate any advice on finding shoes that fit and look half decent! Thanks, Ailsa



Hi Ailsa

I'd be interested too - I'm a size 9 and a wide fit and it drives me nuts! At the moment I'm in Hotter shoes as their insoles can be removed and replaced with the orthotics thingys but would like dressier shoes on occasion.....
Lylie
#9 Posted : Friday, April 23, 2010 9:22:53 AM Quote
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to Blackcat and Ailsa.......................not that we're starting a competition or anything, but my feet are even bigger than yours and I take a wide fitting too.!!!
I've just waited 13 months for orthotics to make me two pairs of shoes(complete with "proper" insoles), which sort of fit!!! You could do worse than to look at JDWILLAMS site, as they do very wide up to a 9 now, good luck, Lxx
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#10 Posted : Friday, April 23, 2010 3:20:58 PM Quote
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Hi
size 9 gee
Thought mine massive im size 8 standard shoes but if made to right width actaully 7 to 7 half depending on style E far to wide for me last time checked was D.
but as i been told lol RA had made me feet spread and go almost flat lol.
il be joining you in orderly fashion for orthcotics service.
causing me low back pain,ffot pain.
oh well chin up upwards onwards.
lv melly
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Damned76
#11 Posted : Friday, April 23, 2010 4:04:23 PM Quote
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Thanks for all the tips - I'll check out the websites this weekend. I'm beyond 3e fit now and the 4e fit ones I've seen really don't impress but seems like will have to find the best of a bad bunch. I know so many people have been through this but I bit the bullett and chucked out all my pre-RA shoes this week - gutted.

Julie
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#12 Posted : Friday, April 23, 2010 5:26:19 PM Quote
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Hi julie im sure you are gutted,sending you hug.
more adapting due to this discease,but still got be comfy havnt we to be active good fitting shoes essential.
take care
Melly
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Ailsa-H
#13 Posted : Saturday, April 24, 2010 8:06:00 AM Quote
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Hurray!!! I'm not the only one with giant feet! Julie, I think I was born with size 3s! Comiserations though on getting rid of the shoes that no longer fit. Some things get to us more than others Sad

I will tyr the JDWilliams site and see what's on offer. Thanks for the ideas XX Ailsa
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#14 Posted : Saturday, April 24, 2010 8:27:36 AM Quote
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Wow always thought it was just me with huge feet - I'm an 8! I completely struggle with shoes and love my crocs too. Thanks for the recommendations for websites, I will check them out. One thing though, Clarks in Wolverhampton refused to measure my feet and said they only do kiddies even after I explained why I wanted them measured :(.

Must admit, I can't bring myself to get rid of my shoes which no longer feel comfortable.


Nina xx
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#15 Posted : Saturday, April 24, 2010 8:18:23 PM Quote
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Clarks in Durham wouldn`t measure my feet either! I`d asked them to on the recommendation of the podiatrist, but they wouldn`t. Must be a Clarks policy.

Kathleen x

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#16 Posted : Saturday, April 24, 2010 10:05:33 PM Quote
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I'm also in the big feet club, around an 8-9. For years before RA, I struggled to find shoes narrow enough as I was a AA and sometimes bought a size too small in lenght just to get the right width, ha ha , no longer I now have wide feet that on a bad day grow even wider.
I also have the wretched orthotic things and they are just too high at the heal so that when you walk shoes don't stay on. The only shoes that I can walk in now are Hotter (without the orthotics) I bought two pairs the same but different sizes so that if my right foot is very swollen I can wear one size on one foot and the other size on the other and they still look like a pair (not a cheap option I know, also I bought the size 9's in a wide fit. However I'm seriously thinking I cutting the orthic innnersole from the hospital up by taking the heal part off and leaving the arch support to put in my shoe, has anyone else done this and did it work?
Best wishes
Sheila
Rebecca D
#17 Posted : Sunday, April 25, 2010 8:21:45 PM Quote
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I have had problems with orthotics for years! I actually gave up with them a couple of years ago as they were making my feet worse. I kept going back to have them altered but I just couldn't get on with them at all. I tried crocs for a while but then found the sole too hard and no ankle support.

I now wear "Melissa" sandals made by Earth. They have an anatomic arch support and a moulded Gel foot bed, which moulds to the shape of your foot like an orthotic sole. They are soooo comfortable and have not only helped me to walk better but improved my posture too.

Best wishes
Rebecca



Paula-C
#18 Posted : Sunday, April 25, 2010 11:30:28 PM Quote
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I had some insoles made at the hospital (long story) but they are useless. Far to big to get in my shoes and if I do manage to get them in a pair, there is no room for my feet. I always thought that you bought innersoles if your shoes were too big and they made them smaller.

I went to see a chiropodist because due to the RA making me flat footed I was told that I had a build up of hard skin on the balls of my feet, which was making it very painful to walk. I showed him the offending insoles and he was amazed when I told him how I was measured for them. Foot on an A4 piece of paper which was drawn around. He asked how they knew what the bone sturcture of each foot was, how they knew where to put the raised up bit to support/try to raise my fallen arch. Asked if I had to stand on a carbon piece of paper so they could see the structure of my bones. No, just the piece of A4 paper, only had one piece as well, foot drawings crossing over each other. NHS cut backs, they couldn't spare two pieces of paper for me.

He told me to get some innersoles for trainers from a sports shop, what people put in there trainers to support their feet when they are jogging. I didn't get any because having the hard skin removed helped such alot, making it bearable to walk (not in my killer heels though I must add).

Must be getting a build up again because it's starting to hurt alot again.

Paula
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#19 Posted : Monday, April 26, 2010 12:37:19 PM Quote
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Thanks Lylie

Will look at the JD Williams site. Am glad am not the only one with large feet!! There is a shop in Kingston that does shoes for people with big feet - 8 and a half to 11 but no good if you don't live in Surrey....

Have found Clarks really patchy with 9s - some stuff in 9 but not all and it depends how helpful the branch is when you go in.
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#20 Posted : Monday, April 26, 2010 12:47:45 PM Quote
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Hi Julie i have recently had some shoes from widerfitshoes.co.uk also known as DB or easy b shoes they go up to a 6E or more i think and give vat off for problem feet above a certain width. They are not the most fashionable shoes but the wide fit slim look ones are quite nice, i have a pair of those in burgundy and they are smart and comfy with insoles.

Bevxx

PS They got here really quickly as well and the refunds and exchanges are quick as well.
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