I completely understand! I miss high heels! They have a way of adding confidence and making you feel sexy. I've always loved the boots with the pointed toe and thin heels. Now, there's no way in the world i could wear those. (Sigh) Ah, the good old days.....

Same here but not going to happen. RA is now in my toes, both feet. I am wearing fracture shoe on one foot and very low sole on other foot. I have just discovered also that my arch (which was once a high arch) is now quite a bit lower so lots of my shoes (even my favorite SAS sandals) do not fit now. My toes need a lot of room to wiggle since they have spread due to RA and now all my heels are too tight in the toes.

On the positive note, I have found Aravon Maya heels by New Balance to look okay and not too old lady and extremely comfortable with the roomy toe box.

I would just like to be able to go for my walks again. So hoping fracture shoe will work. Going to try New Balance Walking Athletic shoes after orthopedic appointment. I think I injured my toes more because my Nike running shoes put too much pressure on toes.

I am looking for flatter shoes. Funny I could not wear them before because of high arch. I am still trying to wear my Merrells.

What have you found in the way of lower heel shoe that you like? I really think the answer might be getting shoe that takes the weight off the toes. Have you ever tried Alegria shoes?

Ask your doctor for an anti-nausea med. Ondasteron (generic for Zofran) works really well for me. Although, I haven't had to use it for MTX yet.

I just wanted to add I love that title, "I used to wear high heels." Sounds like a book title or a country song.

Thanks for the comments. I am a writer so I am glad you liked the title, Wendy. Right now I am in Fitflops in the summer and Mephisto shoes in the winter. I need winter boots but cannot seem to find any that feel good on my ankles or can accomodate my wide duck feet.

I suppose my high heel collection will become museum pieces as I stare at them longingly in my closet.

I have tried antiemetics before, but not Zofran so I will mention this to the rheumatologist next month. Thanks!

I hear you Girl. My closet in my last home was fitted with shoe racks for 62 pairs of shoes and I still had shoes in boxes on the regular closet shelves (almost all of them high heels). I wore high heels to work every day. I had a job where I had to dress nicely. Those were the good old days. I miss my high heels. They always made me feel "girly."

Now I wear my Traveltimes or my Dearfoams (inside only of course). I do have some Easy Spirits with "kitten heels" that I wear to church sometimes.

Oh for the good old days.

redpoppy...you have a great sense of humor! I like "granola crunching Grandma!" HA! I too used to love heels but now it's flats and tennis shoes! Oh, days gone by! I'm starting to hurt in my feet pretty bad. It has just been everything else, not my toes but now.....Anyway, thanks for the post!

Red Poppy,

Love the title - wish it wasn't so true.

AND I am a grandma and I so loved my high heels.

I am in the club too. Now all I wear are my danskos, keens, and flipflops. I still have all my high heels too...just collecting dust...but still unwilling to part with them.

I also have duck fit. You've have got to check out New Balance Aravon Maya. They are low heels but fit my duck feet. The heel is not loose like so many wide shoes I get. That is why I am going to look at New Balance for walking shoes because they will accommodate my duck feet and RA toes that like a lot of room.

I don't know how Kelly Ripa and those other celebrities endure those high, high heels.

I found my feet hurt whether I wore flats or heels so I choose my pretty high heels. My job requires more sitting then standing so I'm fine. I keep a pair of fast flats with me for when I have to go to the grocery store after work because 8 hrs. is all I can stand.

I think we are all in the same boat...All of my high heels have been bannished to the basement shelves in ther original boxes, some that have never been worn... They are just so prett I hate to get rid of them..But those days are long gone and I see a big garage sale coming on...

Cassie

I alternate between my heels and my "ortho" shoes, but am almost to the point of giving up the heels. My toes and ankles insist they must go, but I just can't bear the reality of giving up my shoes...

I can't wear my high heels anymore, either. Even if I could, my swollen ankles would ruin the look. I am going to keep my shoes, and HOPE I can wear them again sometime! Too pretty to get rid of.

I never wore heels ever. I'm 5 foot 10, with size 9 1/2 feet. LOL

I had a hard time walking in flats, heels would have killed me.

I did love boots though *sigh*