[cthalupa]

I didn't stop changing doctors until I found one that would work with me. I didn't go to a fancy concierge doctor - I just shopped around. I didn't go through a string all at once, but when I needed to go to the doctor, if I hadn't liked the last one, I went to the new one. After 4-5 years of this, I found one.

Younger guy. Keeps up with the research. Is interested in hearing about the research. He'd recommended statins to me when I first started seeing him, but I really wanted to see if lifestyle/diet modifications could help - I didn't succeed long term. He was supportive. I came back a few years after and mentioned statins again, but that I was particularly interested in pitavastatin because it looked to have the best side effect/positive effect ratio. I also said I'd like to try to target an even lower level moving forward, even if pitavastatin would likely get me in range, and he agreed that the research showed this should be a positive, so he added ezetimibe.

As noted in the other comment, in most of the US you can just walk in to labcorp or quest or another provider and get tests done without a doctor. NY is to the best of my knowledge the only exception here. The providers have them for order on their websites, and you can usually go through places like jasonhealth or privatemdlabs to get even lower pricing for the same labs at the same places.