Foot complications in diabetes are preventable. Yet, some patients develop minor foot problems that eventually lead to amputation. Why? Part of the reason may be that the person's ability to feel pain in his foot has diminished or disappeared. This change in sensation may be the result of a change in innervation, a neuropathy. Neurologic disorders are probably the most common complication of diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy, the most common of the neurological disorders(1). Neuropathy, as a complication of diabetes mellitus, has been described for over 100 years, yet has remained one of the more neglected aspects of the disease(2). It is most commonly seen as a bilateral, predominantly sensory polyneuropathy of the lower extremities.