Healthy Life: The cholesterol drugs

When it comes to medical care, IMO it's not in anyone's best interests to operate in the dark from a position of ignorance, no matter what condition or treatment is being considered.

The medical community have so far failed to establish a clear 100% link between elevated cholesterol and heart disease. We all know that sugars damage every cell in our body so we diet, exercise, take orals medications, even though some of these anti-diabetic drugs add to our risk of cardiac problems. We cannot afford to walk around with high sugars because our life is at risk. But with cholesterol and the conflicting reports that we read we have to pause and think. This is what I am doing. Will this drug make me feel better, or more sick? What are the side effects? What are the risks? Are there any benefits? I am not recommending others to follow in my path. Just sharing my thoughts. My Oct 08 lipid results showed slightly elevated LDL and my endo wanted to prescribe one of the cholesterol drugs. I told him politely that I do not intend to take any of these drugs so it is better we stop the lipids test to save the argument of "You should" versus "I won't". Clearly I am totally responsible for this decision and I am ready to bear the consequences. I even told him that I will sign a paper saying that, if the need arises.