Thank you all for your kind words, and for sharing your experience with me, it means a lot. Thank you Spike for your story, it made me smile.

I will look into the evenup. I did find the lift, which was surprising, I should have never stopped wearing it. I do need bigger shoes, wider shoes, we had been waiting, there is still some fluid on the top of my foot, I read "somewhere" that may always be there.

I do have a wheeled walker with a seat and will use it in the house for a while, it is so much better than the cane for balance. I got in a hurry to just walk. I need to learn how to walk all over again.

The pain in my hip is a little better today, taking it easy. I did go back up on the gabapentin, I will give that some more thought, now that I know how much it is helping. Thank you for sharing your experience with gabapentin with me. I think all that pain caught up with me and I feel crummy. This too shall pass. There are lessons to learn.
It really made me feel good to see all your responses. I appreciate all of you!
May we all feel better.
gratefully,
zinnia