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<blockquote data-quote="CearaRed1073" data-source="post: 2195759" data-attributes="member: 507542"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/members/sleepster.482479/" target="_blank">sleepster</a></strong></span></p><p>Apparently so <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>yes, i was thinking something similar, as i'm 49 and was diagnosed in October 1978. but while the medical community in the US is recommending statins for us Type-1s, personally my endocrinologist never mentioned them to me, although it is in every after-visit report i received for the past two years. he also took me off ACE inhibitors more than two years ago, because my blood pressure was too low and he had no idea what my reading actually were.</p><p></p><p>in 2020, i have to go to a NEW endocrinologist, because new insurance and all the chaos that goes along with it (new pharmacy, new rules, and new headaches...i hate this silly country and its stupidity when it comes to ZERO national healthcare plan, save greed, graft, and not considering the needs of all people. but it is what we have, such as it is, stupid and useless though it may be.) so i may get the recommendation next month, and i will refuse it, as i already have enough aches and pains already and don't need any more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CearaRed1073, post: 2195759, member: 507542"] [SIZE=4][B][URL='https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/members/sleepster.482479/']sleepster[/URL][/B][/SIZE] Apparently so ;) yes, i was thinking something similar, as i'm 49 and was diagnosed in October 1978. but while the medical community in the US is recommending statins for us Type-1s, personally my endocrinologist never mentioned them to me, although it is in every after-visit report i received for the past two years. he also took me off ACE inhibitors more than two years ago, because my blood pressure was too low and he had no idea what my reading actually were. in 2020, i have to go to a NEW endocrinologist, because new insurance and all the chaos that goes along with it (new pharmacy, new rules, and new headaches...i hate this silly country and its stupidity when it comes to ZERO national healthcare plan, save greed, graft, and not considering the needs of all people. but it is what we have, such as it is, stupid and useless though it may be.) so i may get the recommendation next month, and i will refuse it, as i already have enough aches and pains already and don't need any more. [/QUOTE]
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