The hypertension, high blood pressure club ?

[Hopefuldave]

Best thing I ever did was to remove work related stress, but if you cant retire you need to find a away to reduce it!

The last few years I've gone from full-time employee to fixed-term contracting and it's amazing how my stress levels have dropped - they know how much they're paying for you so they value you, they know you can walk out and find something just as good (or better) if they give you too much hassle - and the moneys better! I should have done it years / decades ago...

I've also gone on the Poverty Diet (and now Keto), taken time to exercise, and shed 3 stone, currently taken myself of one of my BP prescriptions as an experiment and measuring to take numbers to the quack - on the border between "normal" and "elevated", so optimistic that I can stay off one of the 2 pills a day

 

[Colin Barron]

It was interesting last night. As aforementioned I'm really stressed at the moment. Heart feels like it's racing all the time and my world's about to collspse. Sat and took my BP last night, SWMBO had gone out which helped . Really had to force myself to relax. Took 10 or so slow, in/out deep breaths. Was surprised to see the first number really come down. For a short while it really helped and lifted my black mood a tad.

Probably something in this meditation lark. Trouble is as I was sitting there trying to relax and go to a happy place, (I was stumped on that one), the fridge would kick in, oil boiler fire up or cat flap go!

Sister in law bought me a birthday card, 'Be more dog'. As long as they are fed and taken for a walk they are happy.

 

[RichardM]

Sister in law bought me a birthday card, 'Be more dog'. As long as they are fed and taken for a walk they are happy.

Ours moved yesterday, out of the sun in the conservatory into the kitchen bed! Seems he was too hot
It's a dogs life.