That all sounds very positive - congratulations on the encouraging result.

I had the stress/echo as well, which was fine. As I mentioned in my last post, what is unsettling to me is that the statin is apparently raising my blood sugar and inducing diabetes in me. The cardio I see tells me this can happen but that even diabetics with atherosclerosis should be on statins too. But I asked: Is it worth inducing diabetes — yet another risk factor — as part of my treatment to lower the high risk I already have? He doesn’t have a great answer.

Everyone here is dealing with a difficult situation. Personally, what frustrates me is that every time I feel like I’m getting a grip on mine, I find out something new and alarming. To be 43 and in the 100th percentile of artery plaque and now potentially on my way to diabetes — it’s just been very hard to deal with the stats that I know are associated with this.