It has finally happened my super cool, party animal persona may have finally caught up with me....

My BP has been REALLY elevated for about 10 days. Went to see my primary care Doc ( for the 1st time).

I got an EKG, all good and go back for Labs tomorrow.

Got a scrip for Atenolol. . Any of you guys take this stuff ?

sigh

wheel,,

and it is pretty common...

some people never know it...

I do know it is not something you want to ignore.

losing weight , exercising and eating right can cure very mild cases....

what you dont want to do is ignore it and

"purty hearty" like nothing is wrong....

moderation in everything....

Weight and diet are not an issue.

I really am 5-11 and weigh 173lbs...

I do need to quit the Marlboros and Meth...

wheel,,

cool

my BP was 201 over 106 while at the Doc's office today,,,

two weeks ago it was 133 over 68 when Nurse Terrie checked it, no chit,,,

wheel,,

😟

No Bro,,

My BP has been pegged at 200/100 for over a week,

Don't disagree about the fitness issue. Before I got hurt I played gold 3 times a week and my work kept fit and stuff. It will be a year tomorrow that I got hurt and I am sedentary now.

The doc said , i will be on these for a month , recheck and if MAYBE if all is better wean me off and see what happens.

He also said , a continuous high BP for even a realtively short amount of time will cause damage.

There is an issue,,,

wheel,,

could be,,

wheel,

if that's the BP med that is also a diuretic. I had an immediate reaction of gout due to what was then a high uric acid level (since resolved, I am gout free forever!). If you have a uric acid level above 5+, be careful, even though most docs look at anything below 6 to be "normal". For me, a specialist said I need to be below 5. As the diuretic removes water from your body, the percentage of uric acid rises and BOOM! Gout, real bad.

Doc switched me to Lisinipril, works great and no adverse side effects.

TW is right, this seems like an episode caused by something else other than creeping BP that needs to be medicated.

You may want to trade in Nurse Terrie's aftermarket frontal adornments.

NEVER !

another aspect is stress....

in the last 12 months,

I was crippled for life

3 major surgeries

Was forced to sell my business

My mom died

Now Caring for my Terminally ill 81 yr old father who has rapidly increasing dementia, who lives 70 miles from me. I go to his place almost every day,,,

luckily I'm rich,,,

wheel,,

Rich is Good! But does ya no good until you find out what's up with the BP.

You have had a brutal year, I hope you get some escape here, my brother.

Frank