I have the symptoms in right foot only...but beware your doctor's advice, it pays to experiment. What works for me is *narrower* not wider shoes. Wide flat flexible shoes seem to aggravate it by putting pressure on the mid-foot nerves. I avoid the problem with stiff narrow shoes, high arches, heels, and sometimes the use of a metatarsal arch insert. It is frustrating that I can go all day in italian dress heels without pain, but get pain in 10 minutes with loafers. Go figure.