i would certainly get my low back checked out, if i were you.....and f/u on the diabetes angle.....fasting blood work is NOT the gold standard...you want either fasting insulin or at minimum POST prandial blood glucose levels...there is at least one poster here, that never made it to being dx a diabetic, but that indeed was his problem.....also, you may never see much improvement, but only a cessation of progession or slowing of progression... good luck