Isn't your area also home to a fairly famous ice cream company?
I'm sorry to hear about your situation. Can you tell us--maybe over at the peripehral neuropathy forum--your hsitory, symptoms, testing, etc.? Do your physicians think your central as well as peripheral nervous system situations are blood-sugar related? (A lot of us over ther are "co-morbid"--and have had to deal with issues of disability--Social Security and otherwise.)
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum20.html