High Blood Pressure

In article , jsmith
wrote:

When Jay gets worried about Mary doing all the flying, he will have the
incentive to do everything he has to do to get his BP down.
Of course, Mary is probably cooking all the meals.
Is this a conspiricy on her part?
When she states that it is time for her to get her instrument ticket, we
will have an answer.

Probably Mary's revenge for Jay blaming the worn brakes on her.

--
Bob Noel
looking for a sig the lawyers will like

Probably Mary's revenge for Jay blaming the worn brakes on her.

Tires, Bob, tires.

Jeez...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article abN0e.16808$fn3.9993@attbi_s01,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Probably Mary's revenge for Jay blaming the worn brakes on her.

Tires, Bob, tires.

You are blaming her for worn tires too?!

;-)

--
Bob Noel
looking for a sig the lawyers will like

Jay Honeck wrote:
Well, I'm officially old. After watching my blood pressure slowly climb
over the last three years (strangely, the years we've owned the hotel --
coincidence? :-), my doctor has decided that my ineffective weight loss
efforts aren't going to do the trick.

Here are the facts: BP is 155/85. Weight: 197. Height: 6'. Exercise: 30
minutes every day. Family has a history of strokes and high blood pressure.

The good doctor says the elevated BP isn't being caused by my weight, which
isn't too far out of line for a 46 year old guy. (Although losing 15 pounds
would certainly help.) He has prescribed Vasotec for me, which *is* on the
AOPA's list of FAA approved medications, thankfully.

For those who have already been down this road, did this medication cause
any side effects? The doc says the most common one is a nagging cough, for
no known reason.

I'm there, too, Jay, but not quite as high as yours. My dr prescribed the DASH
eating plan: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/ I'm trying
to follow it, but it's not easy. Cutting the sodium down to the levels they
recommend has so far eluded me. Everything has sodium. You've got to read the
labels.

I'm sure reducing my sodium intake is helping even if I never get to the
recommended levels. I've lost a few lbs., and I think the BP has come down a
little, it's really hard to pick out trends because there's so much noise in the
signal. Anyway, the DASH thing seems pretty sensible, it wouldn't hurt to take a
look at it.

Good luck.

DGB

Jay,

I'll second Dave recommendation. The DASH diet is very effective in
lowering BP. The key is sufficient calcium, magnesium and potassium
intake. And limit the sodium!

I also have some issues with BP. Mine is only high in the Dr. office.
At home it's around 130/75. I'm considering taking some flight lessons,
if I can scare up the $$$. I've been advised to get the medical out of
the way before the lessons. Wouldn't want to get held up in the event I
can't show a decent BP reading at the MD's office.

Cheers,
Mike

On 23 Mar 2005 12:54:17 -0800, wrote:

Wouldn't want to get held up in the event I
can't show a decent BP reading at the MD's office.

Your doc should accept readings taken at home, especially if you go in
and correlate your machine with his.

My doc handled it this way: he wrote a letter to me describing my
medical regimen, and saying: "In a recent series of BP readings, you
showed xx/xx, xx/xx, and xx/xx." Those were MY readings!

The FAA accepted that letter, though it did take three months to shake
the cert out of St Louis or wherever they hide them.



-- all the best, Dan Ford

email (put Cubdriver in subject line)

Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
the blog: www.danford.net

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:31:00 -0500, Dave Butler wrote:

Everything has sodium

Well, there's always Bite Sized Shredded Wheat. Of course, you'll have
to eat it without milk ...



-- all the best, Dan Ford

email (put Cubdriver in subject line)

Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
the blog: www.danford.net

In article ,
Cub Driver wrote:
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:31:00 -0500, Dave Butler wrote:
Everything has sodium

Well, there's always Bite Sized Shredded Wheat. Of course, you'll have
to eat it without milk ...

It's important to remembe than when it comes to BP that sodium control
is not as important as people think. Of people that have high BP only 25%
respond to a low salt diet, that is the majority of with people high BP
(75%) salt intake as no (serious) affect on thier BP. And it has never
been shown that people that do not have high blood pressure will develop
it on a high salt diet.
However, salt those affect your kidneys and how much 'fluid' you carry
around in your body. Many people that have high BP also have other
medical conditions that make having lots of fluid less than ideal.
THe point I wanted to make was that you should cehck to see IF your
have high BP IS you respond to salt. If you (like most) do not then it's
ok to eat salty foods. However, edema (swelling, normaly of the feet and
hands) can occur if your high BP is due to certain causes or you have
other medical issues that often are seen at the same time as HTN (eg. CHF,
past MI, CAD, renal problems, etc.).

It's hard to find a circulatory system drug that doesn't have side
effects. You just have to experiment. I use a beta blocker
(atenolol), not primarily for HBP but for arrythmia but a very small
dose takes 10 points off BP. Only side effect is vivid dreams, not too
bad...;-)

Incidentally, the cholesterol theory of heart disease is pretty well
discredited these days. The cholesterol may actually be part of the
body's repair process for arteries damaged by unknown processes. Check
out www.thincs.org

So.... does this mean no OSH Pig?!!!
Jim