You know the shoe thing can get worse? I was content wearing flat shoes. But then neuropathy made me graduate from B widths to DD widths, with padding. Then I could hardly walk even with the padded clunkers. But then my neuropathy got better, so I now am walking well with the padded clunkers or with soft wool shoes which are like bedroom slippers. I haven't worn "hose" for years now, as it's too much to get the hosiery over my hurting feet.

Last spring I fell down my nephew's staircase because of foot numbness and clumsiness.
I broke my kneecap and was "incarcerated" in facilities for three months. Then was on a walker and a cane. Now am walking without those aids. But my back hurts, so it still
is a big push to get up in the morning on sore feet and sore back. But I am still doing it.

Thinking back 23 or so years to when I got my first Disability placard, I didn't need it
really in those days. Sometimes I WAS too tired to park far from the store entrance, though. So I guess I did need it even though my feet worked well then. However, now,
I just slide into the Disabled parking space and know I have earned it.

Don't waste any time feeling you don't deserve it. You do.