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I've been feeling great lately, and gaining a little more energy each day. Last night I was relaxing in my recliner and decided to take my blood pressure - I really wanted to find out what my resting heart rate was.
The bp rate was just over the high mark, so I took it again in my other arm - same thing. I waited for a while and repeated taking my bp several times, and then went to bed. This morning I drove over to the UCD Med clinic and asked to have my bp taken, thinking my monitor wasn't working correctly. The results were the same, so I have an appointment with my doctor for tomorrow morning. Since tonight is gym night I asked the advice nurse if I could still work out, and she will check with my doctor and call me back. What a bummer this is for me! Damn, I hate to go back on hydrochlorathiazide.
I did some internet research and found I am doing all the right things to avoid high blood pressure - weight, eating healthy, no smoking, minimum of one drink a day, exercise, etc. The only thing on the no-no list that I do is drink coffee in the morning, and I'm not giving that up. I already mix the coffee beans with 1/3 organic decaf beans, and I'll go up to 1/2 decaf if necessary, but coffee is the best part of my day and I'm not giving it up.
The nurse just called from my doctor's office and he said it was ok for me to go to the gym this evening. I feel a lot better about that, and just hope this is a temporary blip. But if I need medication to treat it, then I'm prepared to take medication as long as it's HTC (I know the way it works and the side effects, and a 3-months' supply cost me about 56 cents).
I have been working now and then on a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. It's been slow going because I just can't stay at it for long. Every time I sit down and look at the pieces I spot several that go together, and I could probably finished it in a few days if I could only concentrate on it.
I just went outside to get the mail and made a tour around to the back. From the hole in the fence I can see that tent guy is still in residence. Dang, that's a nice big tent, and I don't think he's alone with his dog. There are two bikes outside the tent, and I thought I saw a flash of pink on one of them. I could be wrong of course, and I felt silly looking through the hole in the fence. I don't think anyone could see me from that far away, but I hate to be so obviously nosy.
I can't imagine anyone getting away with camping there for very long - for one thing I wonder what he's using for bathroom facilities. It also makes me wonder who else is camping along that trail. I walked Lady back there every day, going in one direction in the morning and the other in the afternoon, and often saw remnants from someone's camp, but they always tore it down during the day. Without a dog I'm a little hesitant to walk back there, though a lot of people, some with their families, ride their bikes there. It's nice to have a bit of a mystery in my surroundings, and I'll keep you posted. I'm pulling for tent guy, just so you know!
- Blood Pressure - Again
I finally heard from my doctor regarding the blood pressure readings I sent him a couple of weeks ago. By now I don't want to touch any bp medicine with a 10 ft. pole! He says to keep monitoring and we may need to start a low dose of bp...
- Not So Bad!
The news from the doctor this morning wasn't so bad. Evidently it's not unusual to have higher blood pressure at my age, but it isn't at a critical stage and doesn't require treatment or meds. He told me what the ob-gyn told...
- Sunday Relaxin'
I drove over to Jeannie's this morning for coffee and some tasty cookies. We sat around and worked the NY Times crossword puzzle, and talked about getting an assembly line together to make tamales. It would be so much easier than one person...
- Home
I'm back into life here at home now. Mike called and said he spent the night in Chicago, but didn't get to NY until 1pm this afternoon. I received notification by mail while I was gone that the repeat ERCP is scheduled for Jan....
- Trying To Hang On
Cranky Gypsy here. My daughter, Jeannie, drove me to see my doctor on Monday morning - she explained some of the blood test results and we talked about further tests. I had a CT Scan that evening, and yet again my daughter came to the rescue. ...
Travel
Just when you think you're fine
I've been feeling great lately, and gaining a little more energy each day. Last night I was relaxing in my recliner and decided to take my blood pressure - I really wanted to find out what my resting heart rate was.
The bp rate was just over the high mark, so I took it again in my other arm - same thing. I waited for a while and repeated taking my bp several times, and then went to bed. This morning I drove over to the UCD Med clinic and asked to have my bp taken, thinking my monitor wasn't working correctly. The results were the same, so I have an appointment with my doctor for tomorrow morning. Since tonight is gym night I asked the advice nurse if I could still work out, and she will check with my doctor and call me back. What a bummer this is for me! Damn, I hate to go back on hydrochlorathiazide.
I did some internet research and found I am doing all the right things to avoid high blood pressure - weight, eating healthy, no smoking, minimum of one drink a day, exercise, etc. The only thing on the no-no list that I do is drink coffee in the morning, and I'm not giving that up. I already mix the coffee beans with 1/3 organic decaf beans, and I'll go up to 1/2 decaf if necessary, but coffee is the best part of my day and I'm not giving it up.
The nurse just called from my doctor's office and he said it was ok for me to go to the gym this evening. I feel a lot better about that, and just hope this is a temporary blip. But if I need medication to treat it, then I'm prepared to take medication as long as it's HTC (I know the way it works and the side effects, and a 3-months' supply cost me about 56 cents).
I have been working now and then on a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. It's been slow going because I just can't stay at it for long. Every time I sit down and look at the pieces I spot several that go together, and I could probably finished it in a few days if I could only concentrate on it.
I just went outside to get the mail and made a tour around to the back. From the hole in the fence I can see that tent guy is still in residence. Dang, that's a nice big tent, and I don't think he's alone with his dog. There are two bikes outside the tent, and I thought I saw a flash of pink on one of them. I could be wrong of course, and I felt silly looking through the hole in the fence. I don't think anyone could see me from that far away, but I hate to be so obviously nosy.
I can't imagine anyone getting away with camping there for very long - for one thing I wonder what he's using for bathroom facilities. It also makes me wonder who else is camping along that trail. I walked Lady back there every day, going in one direction in the morning and the other in the afternoon, and often saw remnants from someone's camp, but they always tore it down during the day. Without a dog I'm a little hesitant to walk back there, though a lot of people, some with their families, ride their bikes there. It's nice to have a bit of a mystery in my surroundings, and I'll keep you posted. I'm pulling for tent guy, just so you know!
- Blood Pressure - Again
I finally heard from my doctor regarding the blood pressure readings I sent him a couple of weeks ago. By now I don't want to touch any bp medicine with a 10 ft. pole! He says to keep monitoring and we may need to start a low dose of bp...
- Not So Bad!
The news from the doctor this morning wasn't so bad. Evidently it's not unusual to have higher blood pressure at my age, but it isn't at a critical stage and doesn't require treatment or meds. He told me what the ob-gyn told...
- Sunday Relaxin'
I drove over to Jeannie's this morning for coffee and some tasty cookies. We sat around and worked the NY Times crossword puzzle, and talked about getting an assembly line together to make tamales. It would be so much easier than one person...
- Home
I'm back into life here at home now. Mike called and said he spent the night in Chicago, but didn't get to NY until 1pm this afternoon. I received notification by mail while I was gone that the repeat ERCP is scheduled for Jan....
- Trying To Hang On
Cranky Gypsy here. My daughter, Jeannie, drove me to see my doctor on Monday morning - she explained some of the blood test results and we talked about further tests. I had a CT Scan that evening, and yet again my daughter came to the rescue. ...