The Wide Fit Shoe Survival Guide

The Wide Fit Shoe Survival Guide

Everything I’ve learned about footwear, arthritis and joint replacement recovery, in one place — not scattered across dozens of blog posts, but organised into a single practical guide.

I built this because I wish it had existed for me. Eleven undiagnosed years, four joint replacements, and more painful, expensive shoe mistakes than I’d like to admit — this guide brings together what I learned the hard way, so you don’t have to make all the same mistakes.

What’s inside:

• My story — eleven undiagnosed years, four joint replacements, and how all of that changed the way I thought about my feet and footwear
• How to measure your feet properly — including why width letters can be confusing and what to consider when swelling makes fit a moving target
• Why I trust certain German shoe brands — the brands that have repeatedly worked for me, plus one British exception I’ll never give up
• The mistakes I made — including the shoe choice my surgeon was visibly unimpressed by, and why I no longer buy painful shoes hoping they’ll eventually “break in”
• The practical side nobody talks about — getting shoes on and off when bending and reaching are difficult, and the little things that made recovery easier for me
• Where I’d actually start looking — an honest brand shortlist based on shoes I’ve actually worn, not sponsorship
• What I’d tell my younger self — the personal side of living with difficult feet, surgery and a wardrobe that sometimes has to start with the shoes
• Sue’s Shoe-Shop Checklist — a simple final check to use before spending money on another pair of shoes that seemed like a good idea in the shop

Who this is for: people dealing with arthritis, recovering from joint replacement, living with swelling, or simply finding that the shoes they used to wear no longer seem to work for their feet.

If buying shoes has become far more complicated than it ought to be, I wrote this with you in mind.

This isn’t theory. It’s what I learned from years of difficult feet, arthritis, surgery, recovery and finding out — usually the expensive way — which shoes actually worked for me.

Format: 11-page digital PDF, delivered instantly after purchase..