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Bit of a rant really. After doing some extensive research on the subject I've discovered that high cholesterol is a risk factor for many diabetic complicatoins, including retinopathy which i am having some trouble with at the moment.
I have high ish cholesterol. Now that I've made a fuss, I've been put on a statin.
WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME TO GO ON A STATIN BEFORE?
I now have macula exudate on my good eye, apparantly this can be prevented with the use of statins and /or fibrates.
I have had proliferative retinopathy 18 months and only just realised/found out for myself that it's blood pressure AND cholesterol AND blood sugar, not just blood sugar, which causes this disease to progress. But no one in the diabetes centre or at my GPs has thought to look at anything apart from the blood sugar. Luckily, my blood pressure is not high, but things like exercise help to get it even lower, the lower the better as far as I'm concerned.
I've discovered the hard way that you have to be your own specialist, you are the only one with your interests truly at heart and unless you learn about what is happening you may miss out on treatments or medications.
I have high ish cholesterol. Now that I've made a fuss, I've been put on a statin.
WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME TO GO ON A STATIN BEFORE?
I now have macula exudate on my good eye, apparantly this can be prevented with the use of statins and /or fibrates.
I have had proliferative retinopathy 18 months and only just realised/found out for myself that it's blood pressure AND cholesterol AND blood sugar, not just blood sugar, which causes this disease to progress. But no one in the diabetes centre or at my GPs has thought to look at anything apart from the blood sugar. Luckily, my blood pressure is not high, but things like exercise help to get it even lower, the lower the better as far as I'm concerned.
I've discovered the hard way that you have to be your own specialist, you are the only one with your interests truly at heart and unless you learn about what is happening you may miss out on treatments or medications.