Reply #2: Hello yy4me, I do remember our conversation.

[OnionPatch]

It seems to me that you suffer from the MN worse than I do. I had a bad pain in the ball of my foot but sometimes only every few steps.

For years before I ever had MN, I had a problem with my toe pressing in under the way you're describing on that same foot. But it was my second toe shoving into my third toe rather than the little toe, like you describe. I think it was happening mostly because I was not wearing wide enough shoes. The messed up thing is that I had my feet measured and they never indicated I needed wide shoes. I finally figured out that this is because they measure the foot for width just below the little toe. My foot is not wide there. It's my little toe that protrudes beyond the norm, sort of like a duck foot, I guess. :)

I'm glad you have found comfortable shoes and pads that work. I started to recover when I flat out refused to ever wear anything that didn't baby my feet to the max. But it took a long time to notice improvement, so hang in there. You're probably on the right track. I'm not really sure what it is exactly that's helping me, but I'm keeping on doing it all. I hope that you'll eventually get some relief as well.

I hope your foot begins to heal soon and all the other health problems, too. I'm sending out good wishes for you. I was so sorry to read your post about the passing of your husband awhile back and I hope you're hanging in there ok. Sounds like you've been through way too much lately. Wish there was something I could do. :hug: