The hypertension, high blood pressure club ?

[RaceDiagnostics]

He talks a lot of sense (in that what he's saying lines up completely with what I've found).
I never ate breakfast in my younger days, and felt fine. That was followed by a twenty year period when breakfast became a thing. Funnily enough, that was when I started really piling on the pounds.
For the past several years I've gone back to not having breakfast and only eat when I'm actually hungry - as in, real hunger, not just feeling peckish.
My normal eating pattern is now having something to eat between 3 and 5pm then follow that up with an evening meal around 10pm.
Back to feeling ok now.
Hardest habit to break was grazing and had to firmly resist opening the cupboard or fridge for a sneaky one.

He has a lot of videos on overall healthy diet which are very good, but for sure it's not easy and takes willpower. I used to eat crisps and biscuits all day and still crave them. Now just have a handful of walnuts.

Much of what the NHS preaches is out out of date, they want to throw pills at you rather than fixing the underlying cause, which I's often your diet and lifestyle.

His videos on cholesterol and statins are very interesting.

 

[prepman]

He has a lot of videos on overall healthy diet which are very good, but for sure it's not easy and takes willpower. I used to eat crisps and biscuits all day and still crave them. Now just have a handful of walnuts.

Much of what the NHS preaches is out out of date, they want to throw pills at you rather than fixing the underlying cause, which I's often your diet and lifestyle.

His videos on cholesterol and statins are very interesting.

Must watch the statin thing. I've refused them...I'll find out if I'm wrong to?

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

I will never take statins, they are a sticking plaster

 

[prepman]

He talks a lot of sense (in that what he's saying lines up completely with what I've found).
I never ate breakfast in my younger days, and felt fine. That was followed by a twenty year period when breakfast became a thing. Funnily enough, that was when I started really piling on the pounds.
For the past several years I've gone back to not having breakfast and only eat when I'm actually hungry - as in, real hunger, not just feeling peckish.
My normal eating pattern is now having something to eat between 3 and 5pm then follow that up with an evening meal around 10pm.
Back to feeling ok now.
Hardest habit to break was grazing and had to firmly resist opening the cupboard or fridge for a sneaky one.

It's basically a different angle on old knowledge. Snacks were a 60's invention (citation required), something that shouldn't occur.

Which meal you skip is irrelevant. I don't eat lunch but I have protein rich breakfast early maybe 07:00 plus bran and if I'm busy nothing until 17:00 ish.
However if I'm bored and idle I'll eat ...snacking/grazing. Was waiting for the bit about statins but didn't notice it? Eat less is the central theme?
I always wonder what Sean Locke called obsesical or obesee on a mobility scooter...which came first....the disability or obesity?

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

.Was waiting for the bit about statins but didn't notic it?

~11m into the second video, he explains how they work.

 

[prepman]

~11m into the second video, he explains how they work.

2nd video...ah!!

 

[prepman]

I was almost peeing myself when I read about Kellogs and the chap who founded the Big K himself. Cereals really are for w*nkers. Look it up in Wikipedia.
"The foods Kellogg developed also tended to be bland. In this, Kellogg followed the teachings of Ellen G. White and Sylvester Graham who recommended a diet of bland foods to minimize excitement, sexual arousal, and masturbation."

 

[prepman]

A point I'd like to make about the wiki and Kelloggs was that the the whole reference page has changed. It has lots Kellogs ads and positves about the subject. Wheras the original mention of w*******s was in the first paragraph and basically said he produced a low nutrient poor food to achieve his aims.....Looks like wikipedia got itself a new donor?

 

[Hog-Rider]

I have been on Amlodipine and losartan for over 10 years. My usual blood pressure is around 160/80.However 2 years ago its was up around 235 for a few Days then I collapsed in the hallway. Wife phoned ambulance they took me off to Hospital and they found out I had a Judinal ulcer that had burst. I am 70 years old 13 and half stones in weight and like I said my blood pressure is always around 160+ So whenever I need to have my B/P taken I always explain that it will be high.

 

[mark roberts]

How about hypotension, I was given beta blockers recently to help combat migraines. My bloodpressure is100 over 60 and my heart rate is 50bpm. The doc said if it goes to 40bpm its a problem.

 

[prepman]

Think most of us old timers who rode motorcycles and have spent years in heavy engineering noisy environments before safe sex was invented suffer with at least a bit of this. Probably some of the rave folk too…..

Sorry I thought you said safe sax.......I thought wtf. Wrong thread.

 

[prepman]

I have been on Amlodipine and losartan for over 10 years. My usual blood pressure is around 160/80.However 2 years ago its was up around 235 for a few Days then I collapsed in the hallway. Wife phoned ambulance they took me off to Hospital and they found out I had a Judinal ulcer that had burst. I am 70 years old 13 and half stones in weight and like I said my blood pressure is always around 160+ So whenever I need to have my B/P taken I always explain that it will be high.

Bit like me ...I keep a copy of my ECG trace to give the ambulance men so they don't freak out.

 

[stuvy]

A point I'd like to make about the wiki and Kelloggs was that the the whole reference page has changed. It has lots Kellogs ads and positves about the subject. Wheras the original mention of w*******s was in the first paragraph and basically said he produced a low nutrient poor food to achieve his aims.....Looks like wikipedia got itself a new donor?

Wiki is like faceache

Anyone can update it with thier opinion on a fact

I detest it and can’t stand people that misquote it

 

[The Artilleryman]

Just had a phone review, what a waste of time, surgery will only do these over the phone not F2F. 25 minutes of going round in circles, lazy doc has phone on hands free so all I can hear are his words echoing around his office.

Had to go to dispensary to collect medication I had refused due to NO consultation and try and sort which idiot decided to try and make 28 days medication last in excess of 39 days - it's in short supply and last month and this I have ended up phoning all the chemists in town till I find one with one on the shelf - then some clown at the surgery puts on the online repeat prescription page :-
Last Issued: 20 Feb 2023
Cannot order medication until 07 Apr 23

When I queried this I was told It's nice rules you cannot re order within 28 days, I pointed out it would be 39 till reorder, 11 days after I had run out, it would take the dispensary at least 5 working days to actually get to look at it, find again there supplier had none and expect me to chase round to see if anywhere else had any stock, and if another 5 working days for a GP to work out what to prescribe instead.

One of the points from this mornings review was about maintaining correct medication levels - note sent to GP, might get an answer next week.

Checked BP after this 190/100.

 

[Barking Mat]

Just had a phone review, what a waste of time, surgery will only do these over the phone not F2F. 25 minutes of going round in circles, lazy doc has phone on hands free so all I can hear are his words echoing around his office.

Had to go to dispensary to collect medication I had refused due to NO consultation and try and sort which idiot decided to try and make 28 days medication last in excess of 39 days - it's in short supply and last month and this I have ended up phoning all the chemists in town till I find one with one on the shelf - then some clown at the surgery puts on the online repeat prescription page :-
Last Issued: 20 Feb 2023
Cannot order medication until 07 Apr 23

When I queried this I was told It's nice rules you cannot re order within 28 days, I pointed out it would be 39 till reorder, 11 days after I had run out, it would take the dispensary at least 5 working days to actually get to look at it, find again there supplier had none and expect me to chase round to see if anywhere else had any stock, and if another 5 working days for a GP to work out what to prescribe instead.

One of the points from this mornings review was about maintaining correct medication levels - note sent to GP, might get an answer next week.

Checked BP after this 190/100.

Time to order your meds on the darknet ?

I'm joking, obviously.

 

[My Old Landy]

Just had a phone review, what a waste of time, surgery will only do these over the phone not F2F. 25 minutes of going round in circles, lazy doc has phone on hands free so all I can hear are his words echoing around his office.

Had to go to dispensary to collect medication I had refused due to NO consultation and try and sort which idiot decided to try and make 28 days medication last in excess of 39 days - it's in short supply and last month and this I have ended up phoning all the chemists in town till I find one with one on the shelf - then some clown at the surgery puts on the online repeat prescription page :-
Last Issued: 20 Feb 2023
Cannot order medication until 07 Apr 23

When I queried this I was told It's nice rules you cannot re order within 28 days, I pointed out it would be 39 till reorder, 11 days after I had run out, it would take the dispensary at least 5 working days to actually get to look at it, find again there supplier had none and expect me to chase round to see if anywhere else had any stock, and if another 5 working days for a GP to work out what to prescribe instead.

One of the points from this mornings review was about maintaining correct medication levels - note sent to GP, might get an answer next week.

Checked BP after this 190/100.

That whole scenario saddens me. You are not many miles from me and I have a totally different experience. My daughter works in a surgery in Boston and would probably agree with you it is poor there. I will say that a call to PALs may be worth it.

 

[The Artilleryman]

Time to order your meds on the darknet ?

I'm joking, obviously.

I did enquire about using an online pharmacy - Lloyds - but I was told I would be off dispensary permanently.
Not worth it as most medication is available on the day - if new prescription - and 5 days for repeats.
Next month if it's back in stock, not a problem, not a problem if I have to phone around, but as I cannot drive till mid April I'm relying on SWMBO as a taxi driver.

 

[The Artilleryman]

That whole scenario saddens me. You are not many miles from me and I have a totally different experience. My daughter works in a surgery in Boston and would probably agree with you it is poor there. I will say that a call to PALs may be worth it.

Never had a problem before C19, but now we are having to deal with GP registrar's who really don't listened to you.
During this mornings review I made the point 3 times, that what mattered to me was quality of life not quantity of life, no mention of this in my notes - I've signed up for full access to my medical records on System Online.

 

[prepman]

Just had a phone review, what a waste of time, surgery will only do these over the phone not F2F. 25 minutes of going round in circles, lazy doc has phone on hands free so all I can hear are his words echoing around his office.

Had to go to dispensary to collect medication I had refused due to NO consultation and try and sort which idiot decided to try and make 28 days medication last in excess of 39 days - it's in short supply and last month and this I have ended up phoning all the chemists in town till I find one with one on the shelf - then some clown at the surgery puts on the online repeat prescription page :-
Last Issued: 20 Feb 2023
Cannot order medication until 07 Apr 23

When I queried this I was told It's nice rules you cannot re order within 28 days, I pointed out it would be 39 till reorder, 11 days after I had run out, it would take the dispensary at least 5 working days to actually get to look at it, find again there supplier had none and expect me to chase round to see if anywhere else had any stock, and if another 5 working days for a GP to work out what to prescribe instead.

One of the points from this mornings review was about maintaining correct medication levels - note sent to GP, might get an answer next week.

Checked BP after this 190/100.

What we (all) need to find out is where the GPs go for their treatment?

 

[The Artilleryman]

I get the impression that most of my GP's are off sick and it's mostly GP registrar's day to day.