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Quite Worried My Bp Is Over 200
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At my Doctors now as an emergency to check me for heart failure ,I’ve always enjoyed excellent health with no meds , waiting to go in
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Heart failure is a word used quite a lot by doctors. It sounds dreadful, but it doesn't mean you are going to drop dead. My neighbour had heart failure diagnosed in his late sixties and died at 90. It can just be s warning to realise that as you get older you do have to look after yourself and take more care. Correct Medication and good sense can keep you going. And...
10:48 Fri 12th Aug 2022
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Hazlinney........years ago BP was taken lying down after a rest, even at the Drs surgery. But the argument was that you spent the most of your life, standing up or sitting down and a BP after rest and or lying down was not a true representatative of your cardiovascular state.
I agreed.
So now at home if one takes one's BP 2 or 3 times a day, sitting, then that gives a true representative of one's BP i.e whether treatment is necessarry or not.
I agreed.
So now at home if one takes one's BP 2 or 3 times a day, sitting, then that gives a true representative of one's BP i.e whether treatment is necessarry or not.
Hi Bobbs - I know it is not for you but works for me.
When I take a notion of cutting down a certain thing - I weigh myself every day and could never get over losing maybe a pound or half a pound - it was a great feeling as then I knew I was losing. It worked for me - I do have digital scales which actual tell you the loss of ounces LOL and they would have helped me along too.
the only difficulty I had was subtraction - do I subtract from 14lbs or 16 ounces. Had to scratch the oul grey matter as ounces do matter LOL - good luck with trying to lose weight but as you say you are a certain age - don't worry about it too much as life is far too short with a pound or two extra.
When I take a notion of cutting down a certain thing - I weigh myself every day and could never get over losing maybe a pound or half a pound - it was a great feeling as then I knew I was losing. It worked for me - I do have digital scales which actual tell you the loss of ounces LOL and they would have helped me along too.
the only difficulty I had was subtraction - do I subtract from 14lbs or 16 ounces. Had to scratch the oul grey matter as ounces do matter LOL - good luck with trying to lose weight but as you say you are a certain age - don't worry about it too much as life is far too short with a pound or two extra.
