I haven’t had a frozen shoulder in 25 yrs + yrs. I have always figured it is because I lowered my A1c even more. It would take a lot of medical articles to make me change my mind.
I have had low thyroid issues for years but I don’t have hashimotos. My mom had hypothyroid issues, as does my husband, and my dog.
Only my sister doesn’t, nor does she, at 74, have anything wrong with her. She has outstandingly good health. She had a severely frozen shoulder. Go Figure.
Yes, statins are supposed to be great for inflammation, whether I should be taking something for inflammation I haven’t a clue. Good question for the cardiologist who probably won’t know the answer.
If you’re talking about frozen shoulder, I am definitely the queen of inflammation. I have had frozen shoulder 4 times! I have always felt that there is an autoimmune/inflammatory link to it. My first frozen shoulder after an injury was while I was still taking NPH and my A1c was at best in the 7’s or 8’s. The other 3 have been with consistently low A1c’s although I could never argue that I have “normal BG.” I have never been able to totally decipher the total difference between autoimmunity and inflammatory but they are both key players in most of my medical issues.
Its has been years since I thought my diabetes would be the cause of my death. I thought I would live to at least 80 or 85 after having diabetes for 75+ years. Now I am certainly thinking that my diabetes might kill me much sooner than that.
You can either call the FDA or fill out the papers on line. I think many people experience bad side effects from statins, but very few people contact the FDA. They must receive written details of the complaints. It is a pain, but needs to be done.
Actually, if you are in good control, diabetes may have nothing to do with your eventual demise. None of us get out of this world alive, so I just figure we all have to do the best that we can with whatever time we have left. I fully expect, Marilyn, that with your care and fighting spirit, there is every chance that you will see 80 or 85. Yet, we all know that a careless driver or (lately) a catastrophic weather event may take any one of us.
I will look in to the FDA paperwork online. The funny thing is that we all know diabetes (one autoimmune disease) can eventually lead to other autoimmune problems. My diabetes mellitus (DM) shows that I have a predisposition for other autoimmune problems like my Dermatomyositis (also abbreviated as DM). My mathematician daughter calls me DM-Squared!
