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Get in the habit of checking your feet closely when you remove your shoes for signs of irritation. I tell my neuropathic diabetics to wear white socks, easier to spot drainage from a blister or ulceration. Neuropathy comes on slow. You don't notice it a lot of the time until you see something that looks like it ought to hurt but doesn't. Buy your shoes late in the day. Your feet tend to swell over the course of the day, and you want shoes that are not too tight.
Wear good leather shoes, not flip flops or crappy canvas shoes.
Watch your cholesterol. Something about diabetes makes you prone to atherosclerosis. I have a few theories on that one.
If you smoke and are diabetic, you would be better off shooting yourself in the head. Diabetic smokers get pieces cut off and die a little bit at a time. Cigarettes kill diabetics, but it often takes a few horrible years for it to happen.
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