Abnormal proteins thicken the blood. And so does eating high carb, high sugar, high fat foods. These foods raise triglyceride levels which in turn make blood more sluggish. When blood cannot circulate in tiny vessels (most of them in hands and feet) then metabolic byproducts cannot be carried away from cells, and oxygen and nutrients cannot get in. So the nerve cells, react first, because they are there as a warning system to tell us something is wrong.

This site for men (but also valid for women) often evaluates foods served in restaurants, and reveals the nutritional content of the meals.
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slide/...sharetagsfocus
The whole site is very informative and I'd recommend it to you to help you choose foods that will not impact, strain or impair your health.

Some blood proteins are mostly benign....MGUS is one that only in small numbers of people progress to multiple myeloma. But you will have to see a specialist for further evaluation as your doctor recommended.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclo...d_significance

We've had several people here over the years with MGUS.

25 is rather young for this, but if it is something you inherited, then perhaps, this is your time.

I'd try and not eat at restaurants so much. The sodium, fat and carbs can really be high there.
Also, MSG is almost always added to commercial foods to make them taste better. And MSG is very bad for nerves... it can make pain worse. The pain receptors, NMDA receptors run on glutamate and calcium. Magnesium blocks them to some extent.
So if you are low in magnesium (eating all those processed foods) as well, then pain will be increased.
This is why I post so much about magnesium. Besides working in hundreds of important enzymes in the body, having low levels, will impact the nerves and PAIN.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread1138.html

Another factor? Easy to deal with? The socks you wear. My son had a terrible time with some socks, that compressed his lower legs alot. They left deep impressions in his lower leg when he took them off at night. Sitting alot either in school or work, will make this worse. When he showed me his legs.... I was astounded! So now he wears special socks with wider tops, and it is END of the PROBLEM! (and BTW he is not overweight and does not have large legs). And I'd also suggest wearing relaxed fit jeans. Really tight jeans compress nerves at the groin.

And you need to know the B12 numbers exactly...not just "normal". This is because the lab ranges for B12 in US are outdated and very low.
You should be at 400 or higher. Anything lower than that is NOT normal any longer. This continues to be a significant problem with people here.
Some people have gone to many many doctors until they find ONE who knows of the new therapeutic guidelines. So don't let yourself be another casualty of outdated lab ranges:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0301/p979.html