Diabetes: The huge cardiac risk just having diabetes is

I'm type 2 diabetes on Actos-plusmet( 15/500mg twice a day), I was diagnosed last September. My bloodwork results were told to me today and it says that my cholesterol is up (still) my doctor wants to put me on a cholesterol medication. Today was the first time I have ever felt like the doctor doesn't understand me and she just wants to put me on more meds. There's some pressure on doctors these days to treat any evidence of wonky blood lipid levels in their diabetic patients because of the huge cardiac risk just having diabetes is. The thinking is to counteract some of that risk with cholesterol meds, even in those whose numbers are within normal limits.

I myself was put on Lipitor with a total cholesterol of 160ish. With the small dose I was put on, my number came down to 110ish, which thrilled my doctors no end. I recently went off the Lipitor because of severe chronic body pain (which is now at least 50% better), so time will tell what my blood lipid levels will do. *sigh* It's like being caught between the proverbial rock and the equally proverbial hard place.
Ultimately it's up to you to decide what meds you'll take and what meds you won't. But if you refuse your doctor's medical advice, you'll be labeled a difficult patient at best and possibly even tossed out of the practice at worst. Once you get a reputation for being a pain in the keister, your doctor might feel as though she's no longer able to give you her best care, unfortunately. *another sigh* I don't think I did anything but muddy the waters for you here, unfortunately, but there ya go.

The office manager at my doctor's office hates my guts, so maybe this is a ploy to be rid of me after all...a little conspiracy theory this early in the morning never hurt anyone LOL No worries. I've never ever gone against her advice and have been with her for over 5 years now. I think maybe sometimes we "out grow" our doctors. I was told yesterday that most GP(general practitioners) are very much behind the times. It is possible a new doctor is in my horizons. p.s. I am 28yrs old. I'm not ready for more drugs this early on.