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My personal observations have been that if you had a cardiac event and your cardiologist puts you on a list of meds, including statins, know that the statins will do at least 2 things for you: 1) increase your apparent A1C and 2) destroy your muscle mass, especially your legs. Of course the plan is to reduce your cholesterol(s), but if you can get that down then discuss reducing the statins or getting them off your list all together. The PCP might declare you certainly diabetic if your A1C is 6.4 or higher, but one of the other things to look at is having your eyes checked for diabetic nerve damage, and don't be surprised if an optometrist isn't worried about that and finds nothing unless your A1C is above 7. That leads me to believe that IF you are taking meds that can skew your A1C and you are in the range of 6.4-7.0, that's the "wiggle room".
Those are just my observations. Take it for what it's worth.
Last edited by SCadaddle; 08-03-2022 at 12:37 PM..
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