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Mine runs around 120/75. I started CrossFit back in July and have lost 45 lbs. I’m 6’ 210 lbs. the only meds are for cholesterol and if next blood test comes back clean I’m off those completely.

Before heart attack 179 after heart attack and stent 110/70.......almost checked out early......

135,,86 w/60pulse

I take the full dose of meds having had my chest opened and some parts added, my diet includes ass much fat and bacon as I can eat. Probably (yea right) the fact that my alcohol consumption has been at an all time high for 50 years now and doesn't show any signs of slacking off. All in all there has been some exciting times and lucky to have pulled it off moments!

Mine runs 130’s over 90ish when I take med right. Came back from archery elk hunt this fall feeling good , thought I’d try it weaned off for a bit. No head pressure etc. Went to the dentist and they asked if I wanted it checked....174/110 .back on meds. My heart rate is always in mid 90’s

My triglycerides checked in at 1200 once after a blood test and I had a nurse yelling at me on the phone , she had no sense of humor. I make sure I have enough life insurance to take care of my wife well

As of this afternoon, 132/74, 61 BPM. Mine has been like that +/- a couple of points for 40 years. No meds.

L.W.

165/100 pulse was 80 something. Just got started with BP pills and the doc is working on dialing in what I need. So far it’s hydrochlorothiazide and lisinopril. After a month she will recheck bp and kidney function and adjust.

Just went to the endocrinologist today. BP 120 over 64, a little higher than last time, but pretty good for 77 years old and 277 pounds.

Kudos on that.... ya must have done something right....

You have stats like my wife.

115/65, no meds, I'm lucky

maybe so, but i would take into account what he does for a living and in what weather.
i have had high blood pressure since i was a kid. interesting enough, pulse is generally around 60.
mine is trying to get in down, currently running about 140/70 with medication.
four the last four months i was checking four times a day during a 24 hour period. I told the quack a couple of days ago, when i was 11 it was around that range. my dad commented on it to the doctor, his comment was different strokes for different folks.
i was told by the u.s. army during a preinduction physical at age 18 i wouldn't make it to 30. in my 20's i was told i would not make it to my 50's. I am now 72 and the quack said my heart/lungs are good.
my problem is basically my blood vessels don't expand and contract.
and i have a high fight/flee complex.
i have to control my temper.
i am also from central europe like terry. I was told that belly i have was a way of coping with harsh winters. i store food easily. and that was a doctor telling me that.
my mother lived to be about 93. in her late 80's doctor said she had a fluttery heart valve. you think?

Daaaym....that’s better than mine was in HS. Whatever your doing, keep it up. A century or so ago and running marathons, I had a very low “resting” pulse rate. But, I had no idea what my BP was......probably still high. Monitoring your “resting” pulse rate ( immediately upon waking in the morning), was a good way to determine if you were “overtraining”! memtb

Part of my retiree health care plan from Aetna includes an annual "wellness check" , or something like that, as they call it. A nurse comes to the house and checks all the routine stuff, blood press., oxygen level in the blood with that gizmo on your finger, etc., and asks you 50 questions. Age 69, only pills are a statin for cholesterol and my blood pressure was almost perfect, ( forgot the exact numbers ). At my age "almost perfect" is more than good enough for me.

110/72

"heart attack does not feels the same as they show on movies"

My best friend thought he was having a bad stomach ache for 3 days before the pain got too bad and his wife drove him to the emergency room. They figured out real quick that the pain was in his heart muscle. Turns out that he had a 98% blockage in his "widow maker" artery. He didn't have a heart attack because his body had grown a small bypass around blockage. He had no heart muscle damage and was fine after he recovered from quadruple bypass surgery.

When I first get up in the morning my BP is 120/70 or less and my HR is 60 or less. Your BP is naturally going to go up when you're active during the rest of the day. I HATE going to the Doc or Dentist so it's always higher (as high 160/80 sometimes) so I take my BP the morning of my appointment so I can tell the nurse what my BP was when I got up and she makes a note of it. My cardiologist doesn't get excited over the "white coat syndrome".

Rewarming this thread from last week because I had one of those insurance wellness checks yesterday and I'm way high at 165/100 even with 100 Mg of Losartan potassium and 25 Mg of Hydrochlorothiazide and it has me spooked some. While I'm real envious of all you guys with the naturally low bp, I'm more interested in what guys like Roger and Salty303 and any of you others are taking to get your own bp down to normal levels without adverse side effects? I get an yearly Medicare physical and I suspected that my bp meds were not working well back in August, but my doc is a PE and not an MD and while he can prescribe meds, I think that he was reluctant to change what a previous MD had prescribed. What has been working for you guys?

Better since impeachment crap is about over

Windfall: Hope you get that under control.
Many years ago I read a Journal of Medicine report where they tracked folks who took high blood pressure meds for 25+ years - on average they lived 52 DAYS longer than folks with high blood pressure who took no meds.
Last week my optometrist's nurse took my blood pressure and it was 128 over 78. But she had "big'uns" and seemed intent on showing them to me and rubbing them on me?
There is something to be said for a good old fashioned heart attack!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy