How would smoking affect your feet? Did you already have circulation issues due to diabetes?
Yep. On both counts. In the last few years, I developed a little diabetic neuropathy in my feet, then I actually got gout(!) in my left ankle, of all places. Then I noticed that there was a lot of mottling on the front of both lower legs. Turns out my capillaries were collapsing. One disorder was exacerbating the other. To top it off, I ended up with edema in both lower legs. That's cleared up to a degree thanks to the Lasix I'm on, but I shovel a fistful of pills in my mouth every morning with all the creaks and groans I've developed. I'm a mess. LOL