I too am a T2 diabetic for the last 7 years My A1c was 18 when i diagnosed it has been steady at between 5.7 and 7.5 since on metformin 2x500mg twice a day...My doctor told me off for doing daily blood tests because of the cost of strips so i don't know from day to day what is going on ...I have however had a lot off problems with my cholesterol meds..i was on statins for about 6 years and wondered why i was in so much pain until i found out it was the statins ....they tried 3/4 different ones but i had probs with all of them .....they did find a drug which didn't affect me but this year they changed it again ..because of the cost i am now trialing another one it is important to keep on something that works as between the messing about with different statins i had 2 strokes on my optic nerves...I don't want that to happen again as it will finish my driving career...I hope this new drug works ...still it is just another health problem i have to deal with ...so i just get on with it like yourself ....

UKMartian - I have no issues with cholesterol. My HDL is 38 & LDL is 59 without drugs. My BP is 116/68 with meds. I'm going to add a small dosage of injectable insulin to my Metformin & Glipizide.