No need for apologies, Rose!
We all have our soapboxes and I'm no exception to the rule.

It really bothers me that the pharmaceutical companies seem to be trying to make patients and lifetime users of their wonder drugs out of healthy people by taking advandage of the unreasonable (IMHO) fear that most people seem to have of their serum cholesterol levels. (not saying that your concerns are unreasonable; given your family history...I'd be concerned, too!).
Ultimately, we all have to make our own choices based on the advice of our physicians and our own personal research about what the best course for each of us is.