thanks for remember my history mrs D. thanks to all for the valued info. I am going to present to my doc for further testing. when I was on the South Beach Diet for almost a year, I had dropped close to 30 pounds. I never felt better. It is a difficult diet to maintain due to all the prep work required and the 5 meals a day. But...it did work. I will be discussing with my wife...again...that we should get serious about our diet again. It's not that we don't eat fairly nutritious, but I can't afford to continue like this. I'm 6'5 and weigh 250. I'm also fairly fit. I was a runner in my day, and I have a resting heartbeat of 56. Due to a bad knee and back...my running days are long over...and unfortunately, with my foot pain...it does make it difficult to even use my elliptical trainer. That is why I really want to get to the bottom of the on again off again pain in my toes.