burning sensation

Hi, just joined diabetes .co.uk, I am a 63 yr old nana i live with my husband brian who is 71 this year (doesnt look it though more like 50) he is never ill good luck to him! I have had diabetes 2 now for ten years it was very good last year my diabetic nurse said its that good i could not call you a diabetic I had lost a total of 2 stone I must say I have never felt better, then unfortunately put all the weight back on, I just love cakes! I have knocked them in the head now. When I go to bed I suffer with terrible cramps and a burning sensation from my ankle to the back of my knee, the pain is excruciating. I am incontinent so when the pain is there I struggle to get to the toilet with my walking stick I use the walking stick because I have a series of falls and feel safer with it!. we live in a bungalow so there is no stairs we have only lived here for 2 years now I had a lot of falls relating to diabetes the doctor said after a series of tests that it could be the nerve endings, he gave me some duloxetine I still fall, but I do not have the burning sensation at the back of my legs.