Its ome of the reasons I have stayed away from doctors in my adult life. They are very different than the doctors I had as a child/juvenile.
I esentially did the same thing. Went on Medicare, thought I had better get a checkup as I have to take care of my elderly mother. Had a blood test which showed I had high cholesterol. I changed my diet and my cholesterol dropped over 100 points in a month, just 15 points away from the recommended goal of 200. Instead of asking me what I did with encouragement to control what I was doing and a followup blood test in a few months, doctor wanted to put me on a statin. I said no.
I don’t want some woke doctor prescribing drugs. I know not all doctors are this way, but I was really discouraged. I’m looking for a doctor who is of the mind that food is medicine.
12 years ago I went to a doctor at Swedish medical in the seattle area because of a VERY sore big toe. I said I didn’t remember stubbing it or breaking it or anything. He took x-rays and said it didn’t look like a break but to take care of it and see if it got any better.
I went home and google searched “sore red toe”. In five minutes it became painfully obvious it was gout, and five minutes later I had a natural cure - which worked.
I don’t really have a lot of need for GP’s any more, except for if I need a broken bone set or something.