Morphious

Diabetes is a real problem. Obesity is mentioned almost daily in the media. Still when we get type 2 diabetes and have to depend on blood glucose monitoring devices, we still have inaccurate measurements. While there are all sorts of metering devices available, all sorts of Federal regulations, all sorts of FDA testing prior to commercial release, why on earth are our lifelines to good health so inaccurate? Even national laboratories are inconsistent. Our medical professionals depend on their accuracy and we, patients, depend on our meters for good diabetic control. So why are they so wrong. Yes, meters are better than they were twenty years ago. While I am greatful that they even exist, we have such technology as to be able to get to the moon, but I can't get an accurate glucose reading much less an accurate HbA1c reading. For example, my last A1c result was 6.4 in the doctor's office while that same morning my home test was 5.9! It's just a sad state of affairs.

I;ve been taking it for the past one and a half years. My cholestrol is down to 160 and has remained there for a year. I think I should stop because it may be causing low testosterone level.

If you lower cholesterol by, say, medication, does that also imply a lowering of the testosterone level?