Thank you for your response. I ask WHY too much, I know. Even though I'm fairly healthy, I've had lots of contact with things that cause me pain. My husband died at 68 after 47 years of marriage and he became a severe diabetic. He had heart problems - no heart attack, eventually lost his vision to force him to stop driving - loved bird hunting and had to give it up; he was a very good auctioneer along with he and I had a good life in the auction business, but gradually lost his voice and his breath and had to give up his ability to do what he loved.
I could go on and on since 2 brothers traveled the same paths of decline.
When I complained of my feet and legs hurting my PC sent me to a "foot" doctor - a specialist in our area - Steadman Hawkins; he clipped my toenails said they were too long and explained there was nothing he or anybody else could do for the pain except take meds. I resisted until I read in my records that he said my main complaint was I couldn't get to my toenails to clip so they would need to continue to do that for me. I was not happy. I never mentioned to him anything about my toenails except the "fungus" that I constantly have to treat.
I am very active, outside and inside "stuff" have two big yellow labs that keep me jumping, have 150 Angus cows on 300 acres, and except for "bad joints" in knees & hips, I'm reasonably healthy at 75. but my PC automatically began treating diabetes. My BS began a pattern of dropping numerous times a day to between 58-60. I requested to be taken off the meds but to continue using the sensor. That proved to them my BS was not causing my neuropathy. But it was getting worse...I can not wear any kind of shoe for any length of time with terrible pain and I can't get relief once that starts. I can feel my feet wanting to drag, Numbness coming on and off, and various areas of the bottoms of my feet. She began Gabapentin 100mg @ night and continue to add to that in the mornings & noon until the pain eased. It has eased slightly. I have a friend who is on it and she is very diabetic...that I understand, but I'm not and no one in my family was or is diabetic.
Here's where WHY comes in.
Hence my question about my arthritic knees and hips and replacements starting early and early in the set-in of replacing them.
I hope one day we'll know and can do something to prevent this from happening to us for apparently no reason. Keep looking and asking and posting for a solution....thank you! Debbie Martin