I have thrown out all of my heels YAY! There are comfortable shoes that are quite attractive.

Any thoughts?

With the prescription stuff, my doctor had me shift to a faster acting insulin. Based on reputable "real science" studies (many of which my agency ARS has done), I've added the following supplements to my diet: 3X 1,000 cinnamon; 1X 1,000 turmeric capsules and drinking 3-5 cups of green tea (mostly Bigalow peach green tea with caffeine replacing my coffee intake). But the one that actually showed a tracked blood sugar drop of about 30 points with no other changes was adding 6,000 units of D3, taken 2000 units at a time in three doses during the day.

I have been discussing all of the vitamin D research with our national program leader for human nutrition. I can tell you that our data about vitamin D requirements is all over the place. Some will tell you that 6,000 units per day is in the toxic range. But the only data about toxic ranges is anecdotal; no one really has repeatable data.

My doctor ordered a vitamin D blood test last month for me (60 days after I started taking this dose) and I still came up low normal (35).

The next time you do a A1C test, ask your doctor to add a Vitamin D test. You may be surprised at how low you are, even if you drink a lot of milk because tests show that although milk is supposed to be enhanced with vitamin D, actually levels really vary. By the way, it has to be D3, not D2.

I'm not a doctor or a nutritionist, but I have looked at a lot of the primary research and talked to some of the leading scientists in this field. But do your own research to see if you want to try some of this. One of the real frontiers in vitamins and minerals is that they are beginning to look at some small difference in genetic make up (like 2 or 3 genes) making a huge difference in the amount of a vitamin or mineral requirement.

But FDA policy is one number for a requirement, so they are really unhappy with the growth of research saying you have gene a & b, you need 5X the amount of something than other people need.

As DNA testing becomes cheaper, expect a lot more research inthis area of individual nutrition requirements.

The other aspect of diabetes that may be contributing to more tingly and pain is inflammation levels. I even read a couple of references that some doctors want to consider reclassifying diabetes as an inflammation based disease rather than primarily endocrine--that the endocrine issues are a result of inflammation. Get your doctor to do a C reactive protein test to see if that is a problem in your case.

KimKa