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<blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 2005281" data-attributes="member: 150927"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I was lucky that the doctor who had the statin conversation with me, as a newly T2 diabetes patient, as in wanting me, strongly to take them, was a doll. It did not feel like I was being attacked like in your experience [USER=473650]@gemma_T1[/USER] - and my LDL cholesterol is way high. Bad form by this doctor of yours and I am very sorry you had that experience. I accepted the prescription, back in the day, read up on them, and put them in my bottom drawer where they stayed until I moved house and I disposed of them altogether. A team of endocrinologists later on was harder to deal with! And yes, the same thing where they ignore the results around HBA1c, and focus on dyslipidemia. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">That still happens to me today, even with new nurses. I say, as a woman who has not had a CVD event, I choose not to treat my dyslipidemia with statins. They get measured on prescribing statins to folks with certain readings, so as long as you take full responsibility in the event of a CVD/event, they tend to leave you alone on the medications front, is my experience. (For me - in two countries.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I say to medical professionals - I particularly take note of the trig/HDL ratio, and focus on having a fasting triglycerides test. This is accepted, as the fasting trig part is measuring how your body is dealing with dietary fats overnight. Also - being clearly physically fit with OK blood pressure goes a very long way in these medical conversations. (I bought my own BP meter.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A particular shocking facet of the statin and cholesterol focus, even for those of us presenting with diabetes - both types, is the lack of focus on physical fitness - you know - heart health! - for preventing CVDs and strokes, for those of us with a much increased risk. I never cease to be shocked, when I ask friends and family what was said in the doc's office, how few times - "move more" is said in this regard, and the prescription pad got out instead. But as Herr Svea says, the pharmaceutical companies can't make money off prescribing a low carb diet, and plain old exercise. Too sad and very bad that this is the current situation.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AloeSvea, post: 2005281, member: 150927"] [FONT=Arial]I was lucky that the doctor who had the statin conversation with me, as a newly T2 diabetes patient, as in wanting me, strongly to take them, was a doll. It did not feel like I was being attacked like in your experience [USER=473650]@gemma_T1[/USER] - and my LDL cholesterol is way high. Bad form by this doctor of yours and I am very sorry you had that experience. I accepted the prescription, back in the day, read up on them, and put them in my bottom drawer where they stayed until I moved house and I disposed of them altogether. A team of endocrinologists later on was harder to deal with! And yes, the same thing where they ignore the results around HBA1c, and focus on dyslipidemia. That still happens to me today, even with new nurses. I say, as a woman who has not had a CVD event, I choose not to treat my dyslipidemia with statins. They get measured on prescribing statins to folks with certain readings, so as long as you take full responsibility in the event of a CVD/event, they tend to leave you alone on the medications front, is my experience. (For me - in two countries.) I say to medical professionals - I particularly take note of the trig/HDL ratio, and focus on having a fasting triglycerides test. This is accepted, as the fasting trig part is measuring how your body is dealing with dietary fats overnight. Also - being clearly physically fit with OK blood pressure goes a very long way in these medical conversations. (I bought my own BP meter.) A particular shocking facet of the statin and cholesterol focus, even for those of us presenting with diabetes - both types, is the lack of focus on physical fitness - you know - heart health! - for preventing CVDs and strokes, for those of us with a much increased risk. I never cease to be shocked, when I ask friends and family what was said in the doc's office, how few times - "move more" is said in this regard, and the prescription pad got out instead. But as Herr Svea says, the pharmaceutical companies can't make money off prescribing a low carb diet, and plain old exercise. Too sad and very bad that this is the current situation.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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