High Blood Pressure

Jay, I've been lurking and reading your posts for months. I'm a
student pilot but also happen to be a MD. Don't hesitate to treat your
BP with medication. It's highly effective and proven to reduce the
long term risks of hypertension. If you indeed have a strong family
history...all the weight loss and exercise in the world won't
necessarily do it for you (although it can't hurt either). Limit your
sodium intake, exercise regularly, reduce stress, and if you do it,
quit smoking.
There's no inherent personal weakness in having to take medication to
control your blood pressure.
I'm on two meds myself. One other thing...don't rely on just one blood
pressure measurement to determine your course of action. There are
some good home BP units out there...most notably the Omron. Keep a log
of your blood pressure at different times of the day and under
different circumstances. This will help your doc get an idea of your
"true" blood pressure and gauge the effect of any meds he (or she)
puts you on.
Good luck and I hope to fly in to your establishment some day soon!
CPW

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
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So.... does this mean no OSH Pig?!!!
Jim

NOW you have gone too far! g
--
Jim in NC

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message

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.

With a family history of stroke and heart attack, now is no time to mess
around while you "work on it". Get on an approved medicine, then try to get
the other things to where you can try a spell without medicine, and see if
it is still high. Simple diuretics are cheap, and effective for some
people..

Now the shock line. People younger than you, with blood pressure higher
than you, have died of heart attacks *at your age*.

Take care of it, no joke. Your family deserves to have you around.
--
Jim in NC

Pardon me for asking (but I have noticed this pattern with some docs) is
your doctor overweight?; I ask this because (in my experience anyways)
overweight doctors seem a lot less likely to propose weight loss than a
doctor that otherwise is trim and fit.

Nope, he's a short, thin guy.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

There have been some studies indicating that Vitamins C & E can help high
blood pressure by improving the function of the heart & blood vessels.

Great idea! I take both every day. Have for many years.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Might be time for (dare I say) light beer Jay? :-) Oh no, now I've done
it, crossed serious line :-)

GAAAAHHH! I'd rather die.

Nevah, I say -- NEVAH!

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

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

NOW you have gone too far! g

Agreed. There WILL be pig in OSH, whether my BP is high, low, or in
between.

And real beer.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Morgans" wrote

Now the shock line. People younger than you, with blood pressure higher
(oops, should read LOWER than you.

than you, have died of heart attacks *at your age*.

Jay, I've been lurking and reading your posts for months. I'm a
student pilot but also happen to be a MD. Don't hesitate to treat your
BP with medication. It's highly effective and proven to reduce the
long term risks of hypertension. If you indeed have a strong family
history...all the weight loss and exercise in the world won't
necessarily do it for you (although it can't hurt either)

Thanks for the advice, Doc.

My father had strokes and high BP. (Of course, he also weighed 225 pounds,
at my height, was a heavy smoker, and refused to see doctors -- ever.)

His mother had a couple of strokes. She didn't drink, smoke, or have any
known bad habits, and lived to be 86 years old.

My father's grandfather died of stroke. (His father died young, in the
great 1918 flu epidemic).

In fact, our oldest ancestor in the US died of stroke in 1908. It's in the
genes, big time.

I haven't smoked since 1986, and work out daily with my 14 year old son.
And while 197 is a tad high for 6 feet tall, I don't have a paunch.

Dang. Guess I'm going to have to take the stupid drugs.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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.
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and here are some more facts---

My blood pressure was taken the other day for a routine yearly physical and
the reading was 120/80. the BOTTOM number, the one we all concern
ourselves with was 10 points higher than any other reading ever done on me
and my pulse was racing, called palpitations. This was all news to me!

You see, after I rang the bell at check-in, I told the staff I was going
(walking) to the post office (a two block walk each way.) I walked at a
brisk pace and by the time I returned to the clinic I was huffing and
puffing and thought nothing of it. The reading was taken almost
immediately after I had returned.

THEN IT HIT ME ABOUT AN HOUR LATER----

If a reading is to be given THE CORRECT WAY IS " NO EXERCISE FOR AT LEAST
A HALF HOUR prior to the reading.. SITTING OR LAYING DOWN IS IDEAL.

If this sounds like your situation, take it over!! Hope this helps and
good luck