I may have lost my doctor today. He basically said I should get with the program or find another doctor. The program is a statin (lipitor) to lower cholesterol and an ace inhibitor (Monopril) to protect my kidneys.

I was hoping that if I could achieve normal blood sugars, my risk of heart disease and kidney damage would also become normal. I wish I knew my exact cholesterol numbers, they are apparently only a bit high - - and are coming down.

Right about the same time my diabetes was diagnosed, I was also diagnosed with a small amount of kidney damage, and had an angioplasty to clear out an artery in my belly. As bad as that might seem at my age of 46 - I wonder if my future looks brighter because I've both Bernstein and research from Harvard that kidney damage can be reversed if bg stays low enough, and at the time of my angioplasty, the vascular surgeon said the rest of my arteries looked 'pristine'.

I'm afraid of these drugs. Lipitor especially.

What do you all think? Besides the fact that my doc is an arrogant poopoohead...