Originally Posted by MelodyL

He has had numerous glucose tolerance tests. He gets a blood test every 3 months (for years). His sugar has NEVER gone over 80. And I just checked the test and his a1c is 5.7.

How could this man be a diabetic? And we truly believe his neuropathy stems from his back. Even his neurologist is sending his mri results to a back specialist. She saw something on the mri and someone once told him "your back is really screwed up and if you have an operation it's going to be a big one"

They could never in the past associate his neuropathy with his back, but now that he is 63, his back is so bad I have to massage him 2 times a day (especially if his neuropathy is going nuts), and when I pound on his back and massage his spine, the pain in his feet goes away).

To me, this smells of a back issue. He has another appointment with his neurologist soon. He couldn't make the last one because of the snow around the end of December.

He can't walk long distances because of his back. To me, that tells the tale.

They might not have seen anything on previous MRIs but this last one (so they say) was a doozy.

He has degeneration and spinal this and spinal that. Too many things on that paper. He will go over everything at the next appointment and I'll post here and tell you what his neuro says.

Yesterday he was taking a nap on the bed and he was moaning, Oh my feet are killing me". I went over, starting massaging his spine and doing what I do and he immediately fell asleep.

It that is not a back connection, I dont' know what is.

Melody