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So, in our last episode, an incomplete cholesterol panel was ordered for me (tacked on to the diabetes type testing I'd originally asked for), along with much entreaty to start Simvastatin.
Those diabetes tests slowly trickled in. They finally arrived sometime this evening. I can see the results online, which is seriously cool.
So I go a-clicking. Every blessed result -- including the older ones, and the diabetes results -- has a comment attached, starting with "Your cholesterol is way too high ...," along with an urgent request for me to pick up the Simvastatin NOW, and report for blood tests every few weeks.
About my non-cholesterol-related testing? Not. One. Word.
There's a kicker. Right on my HMO's home page sits an article. Its title? FDA recommends limiting use of simvastatin (Zocor, Vytorin, Simcor) due to risk of muscle injury.
Oh, yeah ... according to my independent interpretation of the diabetes type test results, I'm definitely a Type 2. Nice to know that. At least, I think that's what I know.

Those diabetes tests slowly trickled in. They finally arrived sometime this evening. I can see the results online, which is seriously cool.
So I go a-clicking. Every blessed result -- including the older ones, and the diabetes results -- has a comment attached, starting with "Your cholesterol is way too high ...," along with an urgent request for me to pick up the Simvastatin NOW, and report for blood tests every few weeks.
About my non-cholesterol-related testing? Not. One. Word.
There's a kicker. Right on my HMO's home page sits an article. Its title? FDA recommends limiting use of simvastatin (Zocor, Vytorin, Simcor) due to risk of muscle injury.
Oh, yeah ... according to my independent interpretation of the diabetes type test results, I'm definitely a Type 2. Nice to know that. At least, I think that's what I know.