…do I go back on Statins. I have my three month doctor’s appointment tomorrow. There is a seemingly overwhelming body of evidence that basically all type 2 diabetics should be taking statins. The problem is that I was on them for about 2 months and I had unbelievable pain issues. I’ve never had pain as bad as when I was taking them. This is a known side effect for the drug with a small percentage of users. It’s possible that other factors were contributing to the pain issues with me – I was on a collection of drugs at the time – but man, the risk of returning to those pains is making me very leery of going back on them. On the other hand, my continued existence ultimately seems to depend on my use of them. Do I take the pain now so I can dodder about an old folks home in my late 70’s? Or do I live a less painful existence now and have my heart pop on me in my 60’s? What would you do?