I am male, 57 and was diagnosed with Type 2 in November 2025. I was prescribed 500mg slow release Metformin, 10mg Dapagliflozin and 20mg Atorvastatin, which I take daily without any apparent side effects. Up until this I have never been on medication in my life, I was reasonably fit and active sometimes walking up to 5 miles a day in my job but I took redundancy in April for various reasons including my health, after 30 years with the same company. I now try to control my diet as much as possible by cutting down on carbs and sugar and eating things that I never ate before such as organic oats, avocado, ricotta etc as breakfast options and I have also started taking Kefir daily and chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, Ceylon cinnamon, turmeric, cumin, organic ginger, coriander as I read all these spices can lower blood sugar levels etc. I have no idea what my current levels are but I have just purchased a AgaMatrix WaveSense Jazz to try and monitor my blood sugar and try to get a better handle on things. Just recently I have been suffering from a sharp pain in the groin area on my right side, in the crease at the top of the thigh and also in my hip. The pain is so bad I can’t put a sock on my right foot by myself, I’m in constant pain especially when I move my right leg whether in bed or standing and I’m now walking with a limp. I haven’t been to my GP regarding this pain but will have to as it just won’t quit. Has anyone experienced this? Could this pain which I’ve never had before be somehow linked to my type 2?
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Recently diagnosed but now suffering from constant joint and hip pain
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Hi, sometimes the medications you’re on can cause this unfortunately. I’m 59 and was told I have T2D and it’s non reversible but can be controlled via medications, they prescribed metformin, avrostatin and ramapril(misspelled). I took these for 4 weeks, but then found out you can reverse T2D absolutely with the right food alone. So I’m now 8weeks down the line and I’ve gone from 61HbA1c to 35 HbA1c. There are many scientists out there who will give you the correct advice. If I had followed the advice from my dr and ate the diet advised for diabetes I’d still be on tablets and still have T2D. So in my experience, follow the science and avoid influencers. Each case is individual so you may be worse than I was but if it’s T2D you’ve got it’s definitely reversible.
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You should go to the gp to get checked out
Yes definitely visit your go but also check the science so you know your stuff, then you can positively chat with your go. In my case my go was incorrect ref non reversible, but other gps are on the ball these days. That’s my experience. But no harm being prepared. I had severe cramps in my case. Also your go may change your medication it is the current medication causing this. Mean gp predictive text lol
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I went from normal to walking with two sticks in a few weeks after diagnosis when taking Metformin and Atorvastatin. I was in a terrible state, incontinent and losing my mind. It took 18 months to be free of the pain in my legs but it was a couple more years before my memory started to recover. I used to walk to the folk club and sing from memory before diagnosis. I binned the tablets after 5 weeks as I was becoming suicidal. My reaction to the medication was - probably one of the most severe I have come across, but there is no mention of it in my notes so it didn't happen as far as the NHS is concerned.
In a few weeks from diagnosis I was no longer diabetic, as I went low carb, and in 6 months I was back to normal HbA1c, so I did not need the tablets in the first place.
In a few weeks from diagnosis I was no longer diabetic, as I went low carb, and in 6 months I was back to normal HbA1c, so I did not need the tablets in the first place.
Thank you for that information, will certainly look into that.
Thank you for the information. A trip to the GP is on the cards.
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Hi and welcome to the forums. I can confirm from my own experience that it's certainly possible to lower BGs very quickly without medication through (in my case) a very low carb approach. Substantial weight loss came along later. Plenty of accounts on the forum to back that up - try the "Success Stories" section.
Just a note of caution though. If you read around on the forums you'll find accounts from people who have done low carb "properly" and it hasn't done the BG trick. I strongly suspect that what we currently call "Type 2 diabetes" is actually a number of similar problems which share the high blood glucose symptom. It follows that what works for one person won't necessarily work for everyone. Just as you have three cars all with poor mpg - but you drive everywhere in second gear, I have six bags of cement in the boot, and he has never changed his plugs or oil. The problem looks the same, but the solutions are very different.
So while I fully agree that some/many of us can lower BGs to normal levels and achieve reversal and remission, I wouldn't go so far as to say that the condition is "definitely" reversible. Low carb/keto is well worth a try and I'd recommend it, but unfortunately there's nothing definite about it.
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You haven't torn or pulled a hip flexor by any chance? I did mine for the third time in June and got the classic sharp pain in the right side groin radiating down the inner thigh, pain in the hip socket, lack of mobility in the whole leg, and the same sock problem. There's a toenail issue further down the line.
Taking pressure off the flexor meant the muscles on the outside of the leg shortened and tensed, my knee turned out, and gave me further pain in glutes, knee and shin. Naproxen worked well on the inflammation.
Three months on it's much better but it needed some physio, and will need more before I play again. Nothing to do with Type 2, all to do with playing rough games when old enough to know better.
Thank you very much for that information! I will try anything to get this under control.
Thank you for the information but I haven’t exerted myself or done anything too physical in a while. I just woke up one morning last week to this pain.
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T2 is not definitely reversible. Reversible for me means I could go back to eating anything & everything I like and I would retain non diabetic numbers
Remission is possible but not guaranteed. This kind of statement can be demoralising to those of us who do everything in our power to keep our BG as low as possible but don’t attain the “holy grail” of remission. I’ve been low carb since diagnosis in 2009, started out on insulin, then max Gliclizide. I started low carbing when I found this forum a few weeks after diagnosis. I’m now med free & have been for a good number of years & I’ve done keto for at least 7 years. But I’ve never managed to “reverse” or get into remission. The best I can get is the very top end of pre diabetic range. There are members here who are in remission but I don’t recall any that have reversed their diabetes and can eat what they like.
I’ve always been lucky in the GP practices I’ve been in to have full support on my dietary choices & had their help to reduce my meds. But it’s the influencers that I listened to (the great people who are on this forum) where I gained my knowledge
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Side effects of dapagliflozin
NHS medicines information on side effects of dapagliflozin and what you can do to cope.
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In your position I'd contact a doctor or pharmacist urgently just to make sure that you aren't suffering from one of the (luckily incredibly rare) side effects of dapagliflozin....
I agree with you regards if it’s not just T2D that a person has and there are underlying connected issues, or it’s been misdiagnosed as T2D under the umbrella of other connected issues then it’s not that simple. But if it’s T2D diagnosed correctly then it’s reversible. But and I thoroughly agree with you that it still needs to be individually managed. For me cutting out the sugars and going low carb, avoiding processed foods worked for me with moderate exercise quite quickly, but for some it may take longer depending on individual factors such as mobility, weight etc. some may need to tweak their type of foods worked intake more or less. If on medication it’s good to get your Gp on board the journey so you can work together to eventually come off the meds. In my case I changed GP. It’s like you said there is no size fits all. Thanks for the welcome, I suppose commented on this case as similar age to me and was annoyed at the path my previous GP sent me down before I understood more, also what chance do vulnerable people have in the same situation. It’s a wealth of information this site, thank you.
Thank you for warning, be speaking to GP as soon as I can get an appointment.Side effects of dapagliflozin
NHS medicines information on side effects of dapagliflozin and what you can do to cope.
In your position I'd contact a doctor or pharmacist urgently just to make sure that you aren't suffering from one of the (luckily incredibly rare) side effects of dapagliflozin....
Many thanks for all the advice, it will be a great help. To be honest, since diagnosis I have been pretty much left alone with it. Diagnosis was last November, I had to contact them in January for blood tests to see if there were any improvements, which there were. I have had no contact with GP or Diabetic Nurse since. My friend who lives a few miles away and who also has recently been diagnosed T2D is requested to visit his surgery every 3 months for bloods etc. It would seem services are different from surgery to surgery.
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Unfortunately at advanced ages hip flexors don't seem to need an excuse. Best of luck.
Agreed, but then I’d hardly call 57 an advanced age.
