...at all. I'll be damned if these doctors are'nt absolutely obsessed with numbers..the lower the better. Until all your numbers are zero and you are taking a dirt nap. Because everyone should have a BP of 110/70. -an a1c of 5.0- and cholesterol of 100! A year ago I felt fine . I built a backyard deck ,put up a fence with post hole diggers ,planted a rose garden for the wife...well..you get the idea. Now I cant do crap, my wrists hurt ,my ankles hurt, hell, my whole body hurts! But boy am I healthy ..just look at my labs ,thanks to statins, bp meds,metformin etc I will probably be miserable all the way till 90 ! Last March I was sitting in the doc's office holding a ziplock bag of ice cubes in my hands because of pn and all the doc and RNP could do was pat themselves on the back about my LDL of 50 ! I haven't had a LDL of 50 since I was a teenager! And my glucose was down from an a1c 0f 9 to a 6 ! Now, I'm not nearly as smart as some on this site and damn sure no doctor but lowering lipids that fast ( 1 month ) has to radically change the environment of your periphial nervous system. Oh well..dont mind me doc, I'm just a patient. My apologies for the ramble and I will get off my soapbox now....Tom..ps;I stopped the damn statins!