This is the most fanatic podiatrist I ever met regarding shoes. I suffer hand and foot syndrome from chemotherapy, yet he berated me about the shoes I was wearing, blaming them for the way my toenails were irritating my skin. I assured him I was wearing the same shoes I'd worn long before chemo, explaining the skin was sensitive due to the hand and foot syndrome. I suggested he verify this with my oncologist, but he just said, "Look, I've been doing this for 25 years". He repeatedly attacked me and the shoes sitting beside me until I was sobbing. He showed me some expensive, ugly shoes on the internet saying if I didn't want problems with my feet, I should be ordering them and "not be so stubborn." I replied that with terminal cancer, ugly and bald from the chemotherapy, choosing to wear pretty shoes over practical ones should be allowed. He responded that my shoes looked no better than the ugly ones. If you MUST go to this guy, hide your shoes in the bushes and enter barefoot! read more