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I am so sorry for what you have encountered with your AFO and shoe

being made. While I am a fan of New Balance shoes and I do recommend

them, I realize they might not be suitable for your work. So, perhaps

Canfield shoes, Aarvon shoes (made by New Balance - but they are

professional type shoes) or even Hush Puppies might work. They all

have 'extra depth' and can accommodate AFOs.

As for spine injections - I had 3 first - a course of epidural

steroid injections into my spine for intense back pain I had several

years ago, due to a slipped disc. The first shot was great - no pain

at all for 15 hours! The next 2 shots did nothing.

Then I had 3 more injections in my back, but these were subcutaneous

(just under the skin in my back) These were experiemental - done at

UCLA - and these were injections of Embrel (a medication used in

Rheumatoid Arthritis) These injections did more than anything and

were so simple. The first one gave me 12 hours of relief, the second

one I had about 6 hours of relief, the 3rd, about 3 hours of relief.

So all things considered, really none of the injections in my back

for anything worked on the pain. What I needed was surgery, I had a

spinal fusion in my lower back May of 2002 and have been out of pain

ever since.

So that's my 2 cents worth on shoes and injections.

~ Gretchen