Blood Pressure/Medical (longish)

Jeff...

Welcome back to the land of aviators.

I do not say this as a physician, nor do I play one on TV. I only relate
what my own situation is. At 60 I started getting nudgingly close to that
magic blood pressure point myself. In some conversations on this ng I
learned that some people react to diet coke with elevated blood pressure
readings. Just to see whether or not that was the case, I went cold-turkey
on diet coke (not the sugary leaded stuff) for a week before my last two
physicals (normal ingestion here is about four cans a day). Blood pressure
was down on both visits to 120/75, the same as it was when I played college
sports at 18.

Just a comment. YMMV.

Jim

--
"If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right."
--Henry Ford

"Wizard of Draws" wrote in message
news:C31F1909.C1E33%jeff.bucchinoSPAM@CATCHERgmail .com...

When a second visit to the AME the next day resulted in even higher
readings, he was forced to send the paperwork to Oklahoma City with his
findings. Note to self, don't drink coca-cola for lunch right before your
BP
test.