--that when you're diabetic, physicians are likely to attribute any symptoms to that.

But--don't believe it when (some) doctors say that neuropathy cannot result from anything other than long-term diabetes. There is increasing evidence that one can have neuropathy, especially the small-fiber, painful type, from "merely" impaired glucose tolerance:


http://intl.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/1/108

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...TRY=1&SRETRY=0

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q..._uids=16448668

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...07929/ABSTRACT

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...d_AbstractPlus


Many newer neurologists and endocrinologists are familiar with the research in this area, but not all, unfortunately.