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Thanks for the replies - a great antidote to the depression that the diabetic nurse always leaves me with. I was fairly confident in my decision not to take statins until this afternoon when I read that some doctors now consider the Non-HDL figure more accurate indicator than the Ratio...

OK, I have the results now. Diagnosed Sep 17 Total:5.8 Trig:1.2 HDL:1.9 LDL:3.4 Ratio:3.05 Non-HDL:3.9 (last two calculated by me)............HbA1C:37 Annual Review May 18 Total: 8.3 Trig:0.9 HDL:2.8 LDL:5.1 Ratio:3 Non-HDL:5.5.............HbA1C:42 From Sept to Jan, I was on...

Will get back to you tomorrow. I can't find the results sheet; I must have dropped it at the docs.

I seem to be managing my T2 well with a low carb diet but my cholesterol levels have gone up to the point when the specialist nurse has 'strongly advised' me to take statins. I am very reluctant but have been told to go away, think about it, and we are to have a dedicated session in a couple of...

Thanks for your replies. I've only just started confronting the issue properly. I'll add 'investigate meters' to my job list.

Newbie question: do most of you own meters and test yourselves?

Thanks for this thread. It was a question I was going to ask you all myself. At a routine checkup in Sept '17, my HbA1c was 37mmol and the nurse suggested, no insisted, on a glucose tolerance test. The 2 hour reading was 12.1. Consequently, I was diagnosed as T2D. According to my diabetic...