My sis is type 1, for 20 years now. She is beginning stages of slight complications in her eyes. She has been having itchy skin, immense joint pain too, muscle pain, twitches in muscles, foot pain AND pain in her hands :( She is nervous b/c my aunt just passed of a RARE autoimmune disorder, but I keep telling her It is not that. (dermatomyositis). Anyone here have rheumatoid arthritis or any other disorder like connective tissue disorder, that you got after diabetes? She had blood work done today but is nervous..