Telling the drug pusher NO

[missdiane]

I was going to post yesterday with guarded happiness about the improvement in my blood test numbers. Happy because my total cholesterol went from 212 and is now 196, my good HDL cholesterol went up from 46 to 52 and my bad LDL cholesterol went down from 138 to 114. Also, my A1c went down from 6.6 to 6.4 which is back in the safer range. It was guarded because the triglycerides went up from 154 to 173 but they always seem to ping pong all over the place which seems weird. But I figured my GP who convinced me to go on the statin alternative several months ago would be satisfied enough with the results.

Evidently not enough. She had one of her minions call me to ask if I'd be "willing to consider also starting Crestor since my LDL didn't go down as much as the doctor was hoping" of which I interrupted her with the quickness and said NO. Good freaking grief. I am JUST going back to work this week after having major surgery two months ago. Hell, I'm still going to the wound care clinic and still randomly having inflammation.

Woman, cut me some damned slack. The numbers are FINE and once I start to be able to get things more back to normal, they may improve even more.

I shouldn't be surprised. When I was in her office, I mentioned about how Cipro gave me panic attacks but that I'm working with a therapist to get over the worst of things and am stabilizing. Her response "Oh, that's good. If we need, we can start talking about starting (brain meds)" Yeah, again NO. Not everything needs drugs immediately thrown at it, especially if you have someone that you KNOW has adverse effects to many meds.

Way to burst my bubble, lady. Hell, I'm more pissy about this than not getting the upgrade. Zen....ZENNNNNNNNNN

Comments

[spiffikins]

Man, that sucks.

Meanwhile my doctor is all "do you REALLY need to be on that? What if we just...stopped it? Let's try!"

[missdiane]

My last doctor was in support of meds if I was in support of them but I felt like I had more control. Unfortunately their practice is so inconsistent.

[nursesparky]

You just keep on expressing your health care wishes. It’s your body.

[missdiane]

Thanks for the support. It bums me out that my GP is so knee jerk with meds. Considering statins can raise blood sugar, I don't want to be in a cycle of having to do more meds to combat the effects of other meds. I saw what bad effects that they had on my mom.

I was hoping that the surgery recovery time would've been an opportunity to get healthier but the wound recovery put a damper on that.