Accessible Gardening: "Crocs" not just trendy...help for sore feet and legs, 1 by corgimom

corgimom wrote:
I have peripherial neuropathy in my feet. Walking had become almost impossible for more than a few minutes in ANY shoe. I had to retire from teaching. I went to a nursery and one of the workers was wearing Crocs . At that time I had never heard of them. I asked about them and she told me pretty much what everyone on here is saying - that she walked many a mile each day at work and walking in the crocs was wonderful. I told her I would never be able to wear anything like them, that all I could wear anymore was good jogging shoes. She begged me to go try a pair so I did. I finally bought a pair and wore them , thinking I might be able to stand them for an hour the first day. I ended up being able to keep them on the whole day !!! Unbelievable for me! The pain in my feet is 24/7 but in the crocs it was lessened. My mom has neuropathy,too, so I bought her a pair. She also did not believe she would be able to wear shoes like this. She now has about 4 pair and I have about 7 ! I don't go for the loud colors, but there are plenty of other colors to choose from.