WHEN THE shoe FITS

t’s estimated up to 50 per cent of people with diabetes have peripheral neuropathy, a type of nerve damage that affects your ability to sense pain and hot or cold temperatures. And, as many as half may have no symptoms. “Normally, if you have a blister, you feel it and stop wearing a certain shoe. But if you don’t have sensation in your feet, you may keep wearing the shoe and walking on the area that’s sore,” says Monara Dini, a podiatrist in the Center for Limb Preservation at UCSF Medical Center. Those points can turn into foot ulcers and cause problems. The right shoes can go a long way towards keeping foot