The only shoes I can stand to wear are Merrill clogs. I have several pairs of them. I have them on from the time I get up until I go to bed and the older shoes feel better than the new ones. It takes about a year for them to break in for me. They are rather heavy, but I have tried lighter shoes and I fell like I am going to fall. Shoes that tie or have velcro feel so tight on my left foot even though I know they are not. Sandals do not feel like they give me enough support and closed heel shoes are always slipping on my heel.

These are the only shoes that I have been able to wear long term since 2007, when I had my first major MS flare.

I dumped my AFO brace last week, and feel so much better at the moment for it. That thing was causing a lot of the problems that I'd been having, and not all of the problems were with my walking. My mood feels so much better now.

Actually feel like I can exercise/walk without it causing pain, and stress now. Hoping that my legs are getting stronger, or will get stronger soon.

When I dumped the brace, I'd found a pair of sneakers in my closet that were practically brand new. I think that I'd bought the sneakers at either Costco or Sam's about four or five years ago. Think the reason they were in my closet was that they were uncomfortable to wear at the time.

Since they were the only pair of shoes that I have that didn't have three pounds of aluminum sticking out the sides and up above the shoe. I tried them on. Wore them for the day. I've been wearing them every day since, and my new physiatrist said he was ok with me wearing the sneakers as long as I'm using my walker when walking with them. I can accept that. More comfortable than wearing that brace on my leg.

As soon as I get my car converted over for the hand controls (waiting on parts still), I'm going shoe shopping. Both my parents need shoes, and so do I. I can't wait. No idea what kind of shoes I'll be getting, hopefully just some new sneakers. Saw that Crocs makes sneakers now. Leather shoes, with the soles and inserts made out of the material that Crocs are made out of. I want to at least try on a pair if I can find any.

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probably should mention that I still have to use the walker, and my knees have been hurting like crazy. But, I think the knee pain is from the brace. The knees were starting to hurt a lot before I ditched the brace. But, the brace wasn't supporting my knees. I think it was ripping my knees apart tho.

Since I have to stand all day, I have to be very careful in shoe selection. I wear Brooks padded sneakers or higher quality Asics. For summer flip flops I like Reef brand in the thicker padded soles. Slippers are Acorn with memory foam insoles, those I get from Amazon, the others I get from Zappos. I never get a good price either because I wear either a 9 or 9.5 C and apparently it's a common size and sells out before they go on sale.

I have some low heels in sensitive sturdy styles that I can't wear anymore because it gives me so much pain, same with some low heeled leather boots for winter.

It always needs to be something that feels like a padded sneaker or slipper.

I wish someone would make a slipper that looks like a shoe. I think that would sell like hotcakes!

A Shlipper.

If anyone makes this.......we thought of it first!!!

Like the frog! I am making a small one all out of beads right now. I too am a froggie person. ginnie

Oooo, shlippers, I might have to see about making some prototypes I do have an ancient sewing machine that still needs it's power cord replaced or a treadle attached to it, but it can do cobbling.

Soft suede soles like the ballerina shoes, fair amount of fluffy feet loving padding, maybe using some memory foam... Padding to about the depth of a sneaker's sole, coming up to wrap the foot in additional padding before building the body of the shoe... A nice patent leather loafer/saddle shoe style, or even a converse-like canvas... A bit of rubber to 'hide' the padding and give a mock 'sole'. So no one would know you're sporting shlippers

Ahhh, better still making sure there's a way to also replace the sueded sole, so they can last longer, and an attachable acrylic plate for the bottom so they can be worn outside even if the ground is damp....

Though if you didn't use rubber but a lightweight plastic instead just as the sole surround its feasible that they could be made interchangeable, snap on a patent leather Mary Jane style for going out on the town, snap on a bootie for those chilly northern morning, off to the grocers? Well just snap on the sneaker skin slip them on and shlip your way down frozen foods.

Who here watches tv? What's that show about money for ideas? Shark tale or something? When are they do casting calls again? Lol

The knitters already invented schlippers.

http://www.kriskrafter.com/shfeslsueapa.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBqRDRCCKQc


As for slippers that you can wear like shoes. I gave my mom a pair of Uggs slippers that she wears out into the world like shoes. (mostly because she forgets to change shoes). I got her the ones that have soles to hopefully reduce the chance that she'd slip while wearing them.

My grandmother made me a pair of these knitted shlippers. They were nice but really hard to walk in. This was years ago before I had MS.

I need something with a more substantial sole to it but not as thick or hard as a regular shoe.

I think my problem is just the off balance feeling I get when I have pretty much anything on my feet except socks. Well, that and the unfamiliar feel of walking outside and not on the flat wood floors inside my house.

I looked at the Ugg shoes and I would probably break my silly neck if I tried to walk in those!