my grandmother lived with high BP till 94 when COPD got her from smoking for years.
Her BP could go up to 220, don't recall the lower number..... They tried to get it down, and when they did she could not function, her MD, an old school MD, said some folks are different, try to keep it under 180 and she kept it around that and 170 IIRC.
Amazing how some things work.
I"m just about convinced that no matter what we do, we are here X number of days and not much is going to change taht.... though I could be wrong.
I sure think I"m correct though that heredity plays the biggest role. Bad genes and best diet and exercise and you still have issues. Best genes and don't take the best care of yourself and you are still liable to be here many many days.
