After reading this book, I know exactly where the memory gaps come from. Several more stories are told, much worse than mine. The food/drug industry has been betting on the wrong horse (cholesterol) since about 25 years and it will be a big job to turn the wagon around. Anyway, I am the 'Patient' and it is my health.
There is one good side on statins: they reduce inflammation and this is what clogs our arteries. Cholesterol has nothing to do with it.
On the other hand, the side effects are such that you lose more than you gain and we haven't seen the end of it yet. Some cases got Transient Global Amnesia only after four years on statins, some of it irrepairable.