@retiredteacher I have small fiber peripheral neuropathy but I don't have any pain. I just have numbness and have had it 20+ years. There are no drug related treatments for the numbness but they normally treat neuropathy pain with medications. There is a good description and information of diabetic neuropathy on Mayo's website here:

Diabetic neuropathy - Diagnosis & Treatment
-- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetic-neuropathy/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20371587

The American Diabetes Association also has some good information about diabetic neuropathy.
-- http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/neuropathy/

You might be interested in reading about Myofascial Release Therapy for pain that may be helpful. It's something I plan to do once I have my knee surgery done.

> Groups > Neuropathy > Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) for treating compression and pain
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myofascial-release-therapy-mfr-for-treating-compression-and-pain/
A year or so ago I was at a meeting of the Minnesota Neuropathy Association and we had a presentation by the research scientist and doctors who developed some special "shoes" for helping people with diabetic neuropathy walk -- aptly call Walkasins. It had not yet received FDA approval at the time but has now. The first video is of a test patient who had been home bound for several years due to diabetic neuropathy.
-- http://www.rxfunction.com/

John