Thanks for the info! I bookmarked that specific ALA amazon page for when I go to buy it.

My doctor is proactive with diabetes. pre-diabetes IS diabetes. It's just the early stages of diabetes. It's like you can't be a little bit pregnant. You are or you aren't. My doctor put me on metformin initially which is the first line treatment for type 2 diabetes generally. It didn't do anything for me which is weird. My blood sugar stayed the same and my spikes were the same. Plus I gained 40 pounds on it which is apparently unheard of. So I went off of that about a year and a half after I was put on it. I went through a period of about 6 months that I tried diet after diet to reduce my blood sugar. I did great (blood sugar-wise) on atkins but couldn't stick to the severe restriction in types of food i could eat.

My blood sugar is now sort of controlled on Victoza. I still have high spikes if I'm not careful about eating carbs or the amount of carbs but that's a choice I have to start making to lower my blood sugar. I've had a handful of readings that (for fasting morning readings) have been above 125 and I've had a handful of readings above 200 (when NOT on steroids) so I am fully diabetic now. So we assume my neuropathy is caused by my diabetes. It's not unheard of for diabetes of only 2 years to cause neuropathy. I've had this pain for at least a year though. So I guess my nerves are extra sensitive to above normal blood sugar.

I suggest you visit *edit*and learn more about diabetes, It has really helped me to find my way. The people there are great! Their mantra is "eat to your meter" meaning if you test 2 hours after a meal and your blood sugar was above 140 do not eat that meal again or reduce the amount of carbs you eat in that meal. Another good site is *edit*. It's ahuge in depth diabetes site that is full of no nonsense clinical trial information about diabetes. I'd definitely check it out.

Part of my problem is 'compressed nerves' due to my overhanging belly which causes severe leg pain when sitting up for more than about an hour. But that isn't diabetes related. I do have slow nerves in my legs though (and perhaps feet?) but I'll talk to my doctor more about it when I see him on the 3rd. I want him to explain to me exactly what the specialist found who did my EMG. She skirted the subject on what exactly I have but seemed to be very bold in writing it down for my GP to read... So perhaps she didn't want to scare me with the N word. I take gabapentin twice per day now. It helps the compressed nerve pain due to my belly.

I asked her if my obesity would cause slow nerves and she said no not at all. So the only other thing that could cause it that we know of is the diabetes.