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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jo_the_boat" data-source="post: 2382317" data-attributes="member: 436209">You are Type one, I'm T2. Plus I'm NOT a medic but I have / had similar symptoms to you.I had calf pain (claudication) and hip pain. It came on over five years, getting gradually more uncomfortable.I was then diagnosed Type 2 and subsequently sent to a vascular man AFTER REFERAL FROM A PODIATRIST.Had an angiogram and was diagnosed with PAD. Incidentally, I could walk from the car park but it was after a couple of hundred yards that the discomfort started, usually uphill walking. (Your docs diagnosis seems based on scant information)The upshot is that my conditions were diagnosed by tests. I sympathize that you can't even get the tests, that just doesn't seem right. Maybe the chiropodist (or a podiatrist) is not as bad idea for you because they can refer you on.My vascular man said (in my case) that surgery was an option but he could see I was really making an effort through diet and exercise. As you are too (plus your T1 meds presumably).Crucially he said, maintain good blood sugar, don't smoke, eat well and exercise.Read up Dr Malcolm Kendrick and others on statins, cholesterol and LDL. Make your own mind up there.I think the crux for me was the blood sugar which I manage through diet and exercise. That has particularly helped my T2. I realize you're T1 but maybe ssomething here helps.Best of luck.(Message me if you want to)</blockquote>

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