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Doing CDL physical a few years ago, the nurse checked my book pressure.

Then, the pretty Redhead doc did the physical. At the end, I'm sitting on the table, she steps between my legs, grabs my knees and feels her way toward my crotch, on the inside. Then, she checked my BP.

"That's odd, your BP is a little higher now than when you walked in?
But it's still OK."

Any guy whose blood pressure didn't go up,
must shoot a 270!


Normally, 120-135 over 80's.
3 pills to be there.

I fired two doctors a few months ago.I had to switch doctors because of insurance changes a couple of years ago.The first thing she did was change my BP med because she didn't like the one I had been on for nine years,She put me on Valsartan for a year and switched me to Telmisartan because some brands of Valsartan may cause cancer.The Telmisartan seemed to work fine for a few months and then I started noticing if I was doing any strenuous activity,my muscles seemed to shut down.I also noticed when I'd start sweating,I seemed to sweat way more than normal for the activity I was doing.I also noticed my heart felt like things just weren't right.When it got hot in the summer,I could not tolerate the heat at all.I started monitoring,things a little closer.When I'd mow my yard for say 20min,my BP would drop to like 100/60 and my pulse would be about 125.I would just be pouring sweat.I'd also get lightheaded too.I was thinking damn it sucks to get older.I was 62 at the time and worked outdoors all my life,WTF.I started noticing I could be resting for a couple of hours and my pulse was running 95bpm.My normal heart rate should have been in the 60's .I looked up the side affects of Telmisartan and I had quite a few of the ones listed.Also the med caused Hyperhydrosis,so that explained why I was sweating so much.So I went to my doctor with a list of my readings and issues I was having and she tried to tell me that was normal and refused to change my meds.She sent me to a cardiologist.He said that was normal and also trusted my doctors judgement because he said he had the same training she did as far as meds were concern.I was starting to get pissed because I knew this was not normal for me.So reluctantly he put me on Diltiazem.I could tell a big difference right away.The first month everything was great,the second month,not so great.My BP was staying fairly constant 160/100.I was getting frustrated by now and decided to fire my doctor.The so called cardiologist she sent me to apparently didn't qualify as a specialist because I got rein burst for over co-pay.I found me a very good Internal Medicine Doctor.He put me back on the Carvidilo and Ramipril that I had been on for nine years.He asked me if my feet were swelling from the Diltiazem I had been taking.I told him I hadn't noticed it.He checked my feet and said yes they are swelling.I still didn't notice it until that very same night,my feet had very noticeable swollen,a side affect of the Diltiazem.Now my BP is running 120's over 80's range,heart rate back to my normal,had EKG,physical,everything checks out good and I feel great.Just shows you,a bad doctor will slowly kill you and a good doctor can help keep you healthy.If things aren't going right with you,you know it and if your doctor can't help you,fire their ass.After all,they work for you.This is a good site to check out your doctor or you are looking for one. https://www.caredash.com/doctors/minh-nguyen-md-corpus-christi-tx

113/60/53

Higher since this stupid impeachment nonsense started.

111/68 57 pulse.

I'm 52 and smoked 3-4 packs a week for 35 years. I quit a year ago February 28th. Miss it occasionally, but not near as bad as I thought.

Think I'm doing good with the weight also. 6ft and 192


Clyde

Thats real good Clyde.


Quitting tobbacco put a bunch of extra weight on me.


Working at loosing that right now.

I‘ll the same - sometimes 108-68, sometimes even lower.

My heart rate is usually high 50’s to low 60’s.

Wow, what's your hurry? Just step off the treadmill?

Youthful enthusiasm. I would give her the most disappointing 2 minutes of her life.

Mine varies depending on conditions, like how much exercise I've been getting, general health, why am I at the doctor's office to get it measured in the first place, etc etc.

Had an instance a few years back, had been injured and not able to do my normal physical routine, had been being fed by the cooks on the tug boats I worked with (they love that Johnnie's seasoning stuff), and was in some pain from the injury and normal arthritis crap. BP had crept up to the 130-140 area on the high side, near 90 on the low side. Doc (PA) wanted to give me friggen pills, of which I'd checked out the side effects. My response: "do you think I could just try going back on my normal lower salt diet, get back to my normal exercise/work routine, and maybe once this pain subsides even more we can retest the BP then". His answer "well yes, we could do that I guess" Within a few weeks I was back at their medically established 120/80 "normal" level.

Those of you with the home testers like pictured above may want to bring them in and have them checked against an old school sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope used by an experienced practitioner, like EdM. I had one that I had checked and it was somewhere near 20 points off on the high end. I've had them test mine with the little wrist ones and the electronic gizmo and then test with the scope and manometer and found significant differences.

Yesterday the assistant at the retinal doc took mine, something like 118/93 and said it's a little high when I asked. Mmmmnn? maybe driving 170 miles on wet/icy/snow packed roads like this after a couple of cups of strong black coffee might have contributed to that? There was only about 50 miles of that, the rest were a bit "nicer", but still enough to add some stress to Geno's world



Fortunately, this guy made life a bit easier for the drive:



Have seen a few studies and talked with a couple of medical professionals that have said what's "normal" for one person may not be normal for someone else. And more than one has pointed out that as we age it's "normal" for our BP to increase some due to less elasticity in our vessels. And the best thing to do is STAY ACTIVE. Which is hard to do when one is in pain, has the flu, has a job that requires sitting and dealing with A-holes and all that.

If I can keep mine between the 120/80 on a good day and down around the 140/95 (tops) on the bad days I'm pretty happy and so are my doctors.

Jim, stay off the tobacco, you'll be better off in the long run. 32 years or so for me on April 1. And good luck with the weight loss, it gets way tougher to deal with when you reach retirement age.

Good luck to the rest of y'all too.

Geno

These are great for lowering blood pressure.

you know its high when you bust a nut and get a bad headache.

Just walked in after my 6 month routine check up. 117 / 70. Yes, I'm on blood pressure meds, cholesterol meds, thyroid meds, and uric acid meds. All of my blood work is great, except my liver function (GGT). Doc keeps telling me to drink less beer.

Yeah, before I went on meds, my BP was hanging around 150 / 100. I used to get headaches that felt like my head was going to explode. No more headaches and I'm a lot cooler and calmer. I don't get pissed off so easy anymore.

I can pretty much tell my blood pressure by looking at my dip-stick.

125 -130/70-80. Used to regularly be 150/100. 5'3.5", 175 pounds, almost 65 years old, weight lift regularly, and heavy. Got divorced, married my old HS girlfriend, the Goddess of Sex, and here I am...

117 / 68 65 in 3 months 5'7" 190 always in decent shape...but leaner during the work season.

ya ought to get that checked out Kent... that is running too low....

bet you have bradycardia going on.. low heart beat...

but you are a real laid back kinda guy....

either that, or a marathon runner in his 20s....

120/80 again today.

I finally got around to checking this morning, after 2 cups of coffee, and attempting to relax. BP - 141/85 Heart rate - 57

My systolic number was 115 - 120 when in HS, can’t remember the diastolic! memtb