roofman
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oohhh what a dollShe can take my blood pressure, oh yeah.
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oohhh what a dollShe can take my blood pressure, oh yeah.
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Diagnoses of "High Blood Pressure" are - shall we say- very popular amongst GPs at the moment.
Begs the question why ?Mine wanted me on 'water tablets' too. Pigs might, especially with no symptoms of swollen ankles etc.
I have the opposite of water retention, I drink a cup of tea, I pee.Hypertension is frequently found in patients that exhibit symptoms of water retention.
Swollen ankles (or not) is not an infallible indicator of water retention.
Well, that's why I'm on the pills.The magic pilss take a while to work as they build up slowly doing whatever they do to your liver. White coat syndrome is very common. Counts for a bout an extra ten in the lower number for me. When I was first noted it was at a work assessment with the medic offshore.. when I arrived home, went to docs, it was down a bit but not enough. Saw nurse everyday for a week. Even then reading was always higher that Igot a home. Mid divorce didnt help, I wasnt even 40. Things improved I-got fitter. Stopped smoking. Stayed off the pills about 10 years. Since packing in work. My pills have been reduced as my pressure was a bit low.
live style change is one of the biggest helper. Loose a bit of weight, drink a bit less, eat a bit healthier. Stop smoking. And reduce the stress in your life.
with the low number at 120 all the time your quite near the front of-the que for a heart attack or stroke!
I have always been 120 / 80 before.
Yeah, but you're young, whereas I'm starting to feel old,I'm pretty fit my blood pressure rises alot when I get it measured in the doctors.
When I'm home (at my parents actually) and I measured mine it was normal
Feeling old is accelerated by smoking. It helps you get gum disease so-your teeth fall out, and lung disease so you can no longer run the hundred in 13 seconds or what ever.My diets good, ish.
Stress, yeah, we all have problems.
Weight, gained 3kg in two years, yeah I drink and smoke, not more than 20 fags per day.
Yeah, but you're young, whereas I'm starting to feel old,
Getting old really ain't so much fun. It's really hit me this year.
Stop cheering me up.Feeling old is accelerated by smoking. It helps you get gum disease so-your teeth fall out, and lung disease so you can no longer run the hundred in 13 seconds or what ever.
just wait till you are old….then you will really feel old. Feeling old is the only real down side to getting old!
So . Non smokers teeth don't fall out and they all do 100m in less than 13 seconds !!??Feeling old is accelerated by smoking. It helps you get gum disease so-your teeth fall out, and lung disease so you can no longer run the hundred in 13 seconds or what ever.
just wait till you are old….then you will really feel old. Feeling old is the only real down side to getting old!
Getting old really ain't so much fun. It's really hit me this year.
I'm 47, but this year has really knocked me out.Mat, you are a spring chicken yet! I'm 66 in June; I thought you were in your 40s?
My diets good, ish.
Stress, yeah, we all have problems.
Weight, gained 3kg in two years, yeah I drink and smoke, not more than 20 fags per day.
Yeah, but you're young, whereas I'm starting to feel old,
Getting old really ain't so much fun. It's really hit me this year.
Feeling old is accelerated by smoking. It helps you get gum disease so-your teeth fall out, and lung disease so you can no longer run the hundred in 13 seconds or what ever.
just wait till you are old….then you will really feel old. Feeling old is the only real down side to getting old!