Hi everyone,
So after speaking to the nurse today my hba1c has gone from 85 to 64 currently on 500mg metfomin twice a day. My cholesterol is 5.4 and she has told me I need to start statins because I'm diabetic and my cholesterol is high. Is anyone else on statins with that sort of level? I'm a bit scared to take them, she has also upped my metformin to 1g twice a day. Diagnosed with diabetes last November and this is the first time I have spoken to her. Feeling very anxious and down
Hi Amy,
Firstly, well done on getting your blood sugar moving in the right direction! You are obviously doing something right.
Let me start by saying that your nurse, GP, or anyone else on your ‘diabetic team’, are not bad people, out to make your condition worse. They are only doing what they have been trained to do: assess and diagnose your condition in less than 10 minutes. The next step in the process is to look at the list of symptoms – again, all in the space of 10 minutes – before finally going to the list of symptom masking medications. As a diabetic, that usually means blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol management medications – and that’s just for starters.
I was diagnosed T2D just over three years ago. Honestly, I was relieved. I’d been losing weight – my trousers were literally falling off – for quite some time with no obvious explanation. My father died of cancer within a couple of weeks of being diagnosed.
My A1c, back then was 113 and my blood sugar – taken by my diabetic nurse with my new toy – was 13. I have friends and relatives who are diabetic, so, once the relief at being told it wasn’t cancer faded, I, too, felt very anxious.
Fortunately, I had an excellent practice nurse. As I had lost 20kg by the time I went to the doctor, she immediately offered me metformin, statins, and insulin. When I told her I would take the metformin, but not the insulin or statins, I did get a bit of push back, but she agreed to let me try for a month to see how it went. Just over three weeks later my A1c was down to 70 from 113 and my blood sugars – with the occasional morning high of 7 or 8 – was consistently normal. Naturally, there was no mention of statins or insulin after that. The following month, my A1c was down to 43 and my most recent reading was below 40. And I have kept a consistent weight of 76kg for almost 3 years by
not following the nutritional advice given to me at my local heath centre.
Frankly, I was left speechless, by how ridiculous it was! Basically, eat plenty of bread, pasta, rice and potatoes with low fat spreads, skimmed milk and cut down on sugary treats. Really? All the while, keeping your blood sugar under control with a ‘balanced diet – whatever that is – and, of course, exercising more. Well, I’ve been a member of the local health club, where I was taking daily spin, attack, pump and insanity classes. I also enjoy hiking, cycling and yoga. Yet, there I was, being told I was diabetic – reading between the lines – because I’m lazy and greedy.
There is an absolute plethora of information
and evidence out there proving that diabetes – type two at any rate – is
not an irreversible condition that can only be managed with an ever increasing list potentially dangerous drugs. And I’m not just talking about YouTube, anti-esrablishment ranters from across the pond. Here in the UK, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, Dr David Unwin, Aseem Malhotra and many more, who will put you on the right path to a long, healthy life without the need for statins – a drug, incidentally, that, along with it’s other 300 or so ‘adverse reactions’, can cause diabetes and is attributed with actually raising blood sugar.
Long story short: don’t do the statins; do your homework! The only person who is truly interested in your health and well being, is you! My diabetes is in remission because I omitted the food that my body cannot process. If all you do is cut out bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, cereals and sugar, you’ll be more than half way there.
I wish you the very best of health! Just remember: you’re not alone!