text: Shoes were comfortable, but I wrote a review before I got a horrible foot infection from these shoes.  As a diabetic, I cannot feel my feet very well and did not feel a plastic piece attached to these shoes that was sticking through the bottom of the shoe.  It made a strange scraping noise and I asked my husband what it was, who replied it was part of the shoe.  Well, it wasn't and I ended up in the hospital with an infection that almost killed me.  I bought them to protect my feet and instead they caused a nightmare that has not ended in the past nine months.  My foot never healed and I have another massive infection.  The hole it caused in my foot has never closed completely and though I was always careful, nothing I did helped.  I am at the end of my rope and it has cost me God knows how much money even with insurance. This has been an unending nightmare that may yet kill me.  If you are diabetic, be damn careful to remove that thing  since we do not feel our feet properly.  It is dangerous.  Damn these swim shoes.  I wish I had never, ever purchased them.