I'm glad to see you've gotten directions over to the other forums, where you can find more specialized information.

One thing I will say--if the diabetes center tells you it takes years of out-of-control diabetes to experience neuropathy, especially the small-fiber varieties, they're rather out of date. There's increasing evidence that impaired glucose tolerance at a pre-diabetic level can result in neuropathy symptoms.

Take a look at this thread from the peripheral neuropathy section here at Neurotalk (lots of references):

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...027#post185027