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| I have a friend who has an advanced state of lupus. She has difficulty
walking because of tumours in her feet. Unless she exercises her legs, she
will loose them and ends up in a wheel chair. Are you aware of any shoes
that provide sufficient cushioning of the feet to facilitate walking as a
form of 'exercise'.
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| Cynthia Ward 2006-02-25, 9:44 pm |
| I wish I could find some shoes myself . I have not had much luck there.
Oddly enough the best I have found lately are some canvas slip on (
kinda like clog shoes ) only sneakers. And I went back to same store
and found a pair in leather. So I am stock piling I have 2 pair canvas
and one leather lol They feel better than any I have had in long time
and as I developed Raynauds they also keep my feet warm. If I swell they
do not hurt my feet. I know there are better shoes out there for me but
these at least do not hurt as much as other's. It is very painful for me
to walk especially on cold days. One place she may look is a medical
outlet or where nurses buy their shoes.
Cindy W.
ray wrote:
>I have a friend who has an advanced state of lupus. She has difficulty
>walking because of tumours in her feet. Unless she exercises her legs, she
>will loose them and ends up in a wheel chair. Are you aware of any shoes
>that provide sufficient cushioning of the feet to facilitate walking as a
>form of 'exercise'.
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| ray wrote:
> I have a friend who has an advanced state of lupus. She has difficulty
> walking because of tumours in her feet. Unless she exercises her legs, she
> will loose them and ends up in a wheel chair. Are you aware of any shoes
> that provide sufficient cushioning of the feet to facilitate walking as a
> form of 'exercise'.
one or two layers of memory foam insoles?
I see some online but don't know where to buy them
She'd probably need a larger size shoe
Try cindy's ideas first
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| Beverley 2006-02-25, 9:45 pm |
| Here in the USA there are stores called Foot Solutions and they have ways of
measuring the feet other than just length. Yes, we all have feet with toes
on the end of them but the shape of our feet do vary. They match the
foot-bed with the manufacturer and for many folks this has been heaven for
them. She might want to try a pair of Birkenstocks with the cork foot-beds.
They shape exactly to your feet.
Why doesn't she look into having the tumours removed. I would think that
would be foremost in importance. Tumour tend to grow and get worse. Even if
she found the perfect shoe in six months I would think the tumours would
change her feet again making anything she purchased uncomfortable again.
Swimming is great exercise and she doesn't have to touch the bottom of the
pool with her feet.
Bev
"ray" <raymondabela@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> I have a friend who has an advanced state of lupus. She has difficulty
> walking because of tumours in her feet. Unless she exercises her legs,
she
> will loose them and ends up in a wheel chair. Are you aware of any shoes
> that provide sufficient cushioning of the feet to facilitate walking as a
> form of 'exercise'.
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| Cynthia Ward 2006-02-25, 9:45 pm |
| That sounds good my feet are wide even when I weighed 105 ls. was hard
to find shoes always likes Nike they have wide. I have never been the
high heal type
Beverley wrote:
>Here in the USA there are stores called Foot Solutions and they have ways of
>measuring the feet other than just length. Yes, we all have feet with toes
>on the end of them but the shape of our feet do vary. They match the
>foot-bed with the manufacturer and for many folks this has been heaven for
>them. She might want to try a pair of Birkenstocks with the cork foot-beds.
>They shape exactly to your feet.
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>Why doesn't she look into having the tumours removed. I would think that
>would be foremost in importance. Tumour tend to grow and get worse. Even if
>she found the perfect shoe in six months I would think the tumours would
>change her feet again making anything she purchased uncomfortable again.
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>Swimming is great exercise and she doesn't have to touch the bottom of the
>pool with her feet.
>Bev
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| thanks for your comments,
Not sure reason about not having the tumors removed. It was the first thought that crossed my mind, but broaching some of these thoughts is a delicate situation. I believe that life expectancy is less than 15 months. It's a catch 22 situation. I'll follow up on the leads provided ... many thanks
"Cynthia Ward" <jcward84@verizon.net> wrote in message news:43E55E55.5020408@verizon.net...
That sounds good my feet are wide even when I weighed 105 ls. was hard to find shoes always likes Nike they have wide. I have never been the high heal type
Beverley wrote:
Here in the USA there are stores called Foot Solutions and they have ways of
measuring the feet other than just length. Yes, we all have feet with toes
on the end of them but the shape of our feet do vary. They match the
foot-bed with the manufacturer and for many folks this has been heaven for
them. She might want to try a pair of Birkenstocks with the cork foot-beds.
They shape exactly to your feet.
Why doesn't she look into having the tumours removed. I would think that
would be foremost in importance. Tumour tend to grow and get worse. Even if
she found the perfect shoe in six months I would think the tumours would
change her feet again making anything she purchased uncomfortable again.
Swimming is great exercise and she doesn't have to touch the bottom of the
pool with her feet.
Bev
"ray" <raymondabela@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:43e0804a_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
I have a friend who has an advanced state of lupus. She has difficulty
walking because of tumours in her feet. Unless she exercises her legs,
she
will loose them and ends up in a wheel chair. Are you aware of any shoes
that provide sufficient cushioning of the feet to facilitate walking as a
form of 'exercise'.
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| Beverley 2006-02-25, 9:45 pm |
| In the USA we have a company called Dr Scholl's and they have some nifty
inserts that could be added to existing shoes. Some of theses are now made
with gel - I would think it should help cushion the feet. If you don't have
them there you might try through the internet. http://www.drscholls.com/
Bev
"ray" <raymondabela@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:43e591df_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
thanks for your comments,
Not sure reason about not having the tumors removed. It was the first
thought that crossed my mind, but broaching some of these thoughts is a
delicate situation. I believe that life expectancy is less than 15 months.
It's a catch 22 situation. I'll follow up on the leads provided ... many
thanks
"Cynthia Ward" <jcward84@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:43E55E55.5020408@verizon.net...
That sounds good my feet are wide even when I weighed 105 ls. was hard to
find shoes always likes Nike they have wide. I have never been the high heal
type
Beverley wrote:
Here in the USA there are stores called Foot Solutions and they have ways of
measuring the feet other than just length. Yes, we all have feet with toes
on the end of them but the shape of our feet do vary. They match the
foot-bed with the manufacturer and for many folks this has been heaven for
them. She might want to try a pair of Birkenstocks with the cork foot-beds.
They shape exactly to your feet.
Why doesn't she look into having the tumours removed. I would think that
would be foremost in importance. Tumour tend to grow and get worse. Even if
she found the perfect shoe in six months I would think the tumours would
change her feet again making anything she purchased uncomfortable again.
Swimming is great exercise and she doesn't have to touch the bottom of the
pool with her feet.
Bev
"ray" <raymondabela@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:43e0804a_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
I have a friend who has an advanced state of lupus. She has difficulty
walking because of tumours in her feet. Unless she exercises her legs,
she
will loose them and ends up in a wheel chair. Are you aware of any shoes
that provide sufficient cushioning of the feet to facilitate walking as a
form of 'exercise'.
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