statins

Edited to addNovember results to these as my HDL has gone up an therefore my total but ldl has come down a smidge! Three months ago at my annual Diabetic Review - in May 2018 - the majority of it was spent on what I was made to feel was my major failure - my total cholesterol score of 13.7...

Hello, i am a 35 year old type 1 diabetic who was diagnosed at 11 years old. Hba1C's have been poor in the past but over the last 3 years have been much better, today's review saw a 42, best yet but would like to just dip into the 38/39 range for my next one so the hard work continues :)...

Hi, After being unsatisfied with my previous GP I changed (due to lack of preventative care, 3 weeks or more to get an appointment, missing prescriptions etc) . Part of registration, with a new Doctor, is a blood test that showed a diabetic sugar level. I have always watched my sugar intake so...

I was diagnosed T2 last year and have been controlling my blood sugar with a low carb diet and exercise. I have fluctuated between 6.3 and 6.8 HBA1C, and my total cholesterol is 5.7. My HDL and LDL are within range - triglycerides are too high. GP is insistent on me taking Simvastatin 20mg. I am...

Hi, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three years ago, I am not on Metformin, yet, and control my diabetes with diet and exercise, I have been looking at the low carb high fat diet and would like to go down this route if possible, but I am confused, because I am on statins to lower my...

JANUARY 2018 Serum cholesterol level 9.8 mmol/L Serum HDL cholesterol level 3.7 mmol/L Serum triglyceride levels 0.9 mmol/L [< 2.3] Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 2.6 Serum LDL cholesterol level 5.7 mmol/L JULY 2017 Serum cholesterol level 5.5 mmol/L Serum HDL cholesterol level 2.6 mmol/L Serum...

Hi, I am currently being seen by the diabetic consultant at my local hospital in an attempt to prevent me having to take insulin. All is going well, however, she has just written to my GP saying I should be taking statins if I am not already on them. Why would this be as my chloresterol levels...

I recently reported the shock news that my total cholesterol (TC) had shot up from 5.8 to 10.6 in the 4 months since I stopped taking statins. I retested and came up with the same score a week later. My research showed that a small percentage of T2Ds on LCHF diets develop high cholesterol. I...

anybody have any experience of the above? I was given 4 different types of statins over 3 years and I was intolerant to each one , muscles cramps , unexplained aches in feet legs and thighs so I stopped taking them. Last month I was summoned to the doctors and prescribed bezafibrate. So far no...

I have just come back from the doctor's feeling very happy. He says I no longer have any diabetic symptoms, so I am off medication altogether and under diet control only! I am also off statins altogether as well, he said with my latest lipids there is no longer any reason I need to take them. I...

Hi guys, It's been a few years since I've posted. I'm Type 1 aged 37, 38 in a few weeks. I've been nailing my HBa1c since diagnosis (40-43/44 each time). However my cholestrol is high and when the doc tried to put me on statins a few years ago my liver reacted super badly to it - so I had to...

I hear a lot about the side effects of statins - chiefly digestive and muscle issues. Of course there is also the main issue of interfering in a beneficial body system. However, I see increasing references to other side effects, like decreased platelets, decreased B12, raised blood sugar, which...

I went to see my diabetic nurse this morning for a check-up and my blood test results. Her first comment was "your results are excellent, how did you do it?". I said LCHF, which she had never heard of. My HbA1c was down from 41 in April to 31 in December, which earned an excellent on the...

Hello. I have had type 2 for over 2 years but haven't posted before. When I was diagnosed my number was 62. I was on metformin slow release for the first year but then it started to give me heart palpitations and very dodgy stomach. I then went diet controlled using LCHF and have so far got it...

(Loc: Los Angeles, CA, USA) The other day, I got a call from Ralphs pharmacy; the tech said his name is John and he recommended I start taking statins for the high cholesterol he doesn't even know I have! The call went something like this: "Hi, this is John from Ralphs pharmacy. I see you're...

Hi friends, I took a venous blood test about a month ago, I guess it was the HbA1c I've seen mentioned here: my fasting bg was 13.2 (so a shock diagnosis of diabetes) and triglycerides 32.2 (sic). I went back two weeks later and had a finger-prick which said my fasting bg was 5.8; the doctor put...

Recently diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes. I have been obese for most of my life and never had a pre-diabetic diagnosis even at my top weight. 2 years ago, I had a heart attack and a stent was fitted into my main artery. Since then, I have been on 80mg of statins. In the first year of taking...

I have been on 40mg Atorvastatin for over 5 years, originally because of high total cholesterol and a poor family history of heart disease. However, now I am on a LCHF diet and having read an awful lot on cholesterol, I am not convinced that I should be on statins at all. Unfortunately, I can...