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<blockquote data-quote="res1492" data-source="post: 2002262" data-attributes="member: 501506"><p>He didn't mention my cholesterol at all...the appointment went like this..."Hi Jamie, right, normally id spend about an hour with a new dia but I can only spare 15 mins today...blah..blah..blah...here take these scripts and come back on the 25th</p><p></p><p>Doc said that being diabetic and overwieg...FAT!!...increases the risk of heart attacks to the same level as someone that has already had one and is waiting for the next... I told him I had reservations about them and asked if I really needed them and he said "yes if you don't want to die"...we get on quite well so he is always blunt...i want to trust that my doctor knows best but I'm holding off taking them while I do a little research....i dont understand why so many are prescribed statins if they are bad for you, like i said i need to do some more research</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the interest bud!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="res1492, post: 2002262, member: 501506"] He didn't mention my cholesterol at all...the appointment went like this..."Hi Jamie, right, normally id spend about an hour with a new dia but I can only spare 15 mins today...blah..blah..blah...here take these scripts and come back on the 25th Doc said that being diabetic and overwieg...FAT!!...increases the risk of heart attacks to the same level as someone that has already had one and is waiting for the next... I told him I had reservations about them and asked if I really needed them and he said "yes if you don't want to die"...we get on quite well so he is always blunt...i want to trust that my doctor knows best but I'm holding off taking them while I do a little research....i dont understand why so many are prescribed statins if they are bad for you, like i said i need to do some more research Thanks for the interest bud!! [/QUOTE]
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