You can always tell someone who is physically active.
Blood pressure for my 73 year old self
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It's the very low heart rates that people get fitted for a pacemaker.
slo town
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Maybe a prescription for a couch potato.
Surprised my BP is as low as it is being I still have more weight to lose. IF I was back to my old proper BMI I wouldnt wonder as much.
I typically run close to text book but working in the yard yesterday I knew it was on the low side because when I stand up on my feet quickly I get light headed. I am used to this when I weight my proper weight but surprised it is happening already though I did lose 33 Lbs so far from my 2025 cancer health event. Still need another 20+ LBS to take off.
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So yesterday afternoon I came inside the house after working outside landscaping and ran my BP, pulled a 97/68 Today this morning was 106/68 and this afternoon at 2pm going outside to work again 96/61 and as I finish typing this 102/71
Ive always had good BP but it did go up when I gained weight. Just surprised I am back to my normal "me" before I lose another 20+ lbs
*LOL* took me forever to get these photos right.
I typically run close to text book but working in the yard yesterday I knew it was on the low side because when I stand up on my feet quickly I get light headed. I am used to this when I weight my proper weight but surprised it is happening already though I did lose 33 Lbs so far from my 2025 cancer health event. Still need another 20+ LBS to take off.
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So yesterday afternoon I came inside the house after working outside landscaping and ran my BP, pulled a 97/68 Today this morning was 106/68 and this afternoon at 2pm going outside to work again 96/61 and as I finish typing this 102/71
Ive always had good BP but it did go up when I gained weight. Just surprised I am back to my normal "me" before I lose another 20+ lbs
*LOL* took me forever to get these photos right.
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Now post #25 leads me to this
MY wife's Apple Watch alerted her to hypertension. Her BP was running as high as 143/92- 146/93 -144/98 in the mornings, settling down later in the day to a more reasonable low 120/80-128/86 - 135/86 etc etc.
Anyway, instead of her going to her regular doctor we set up an appt with a cardiologist in the office I go to but different doctor. He was super thorough and cordial. Which bought us to him prescribing a lower dose blood pressure pill I am told. She is in a more normal range now. My wife, pretty active and in shape, high BP does run in her family. He also ordered a heart monitor to be sent to our house, she will wear this monitor patch for 3 days and then send it back to them they will then download the data from it.
I asked if a CT Angiogram would be possible he wasnt for it. No chest pain etc. Said they dont order them for the fun of it in a friendly way.
I did then ask if he could order a CAC Scan which we pay for and it's done, appt set for around Memorial Day. He sees value in CACs but typically does not recommend them/ more for people who get a good score and think they can then go about with bad habits. Meaning it's not definitive and then he mentioned to my wife what scores up to 100, then the 100 to 200 range 300 and what that would mean.
When he heard my score was 477 he didnt say anything. *LOL* My wife picked up on that.
MY wife's Apple Watch alerted her to hypertension. Her BP was running as high as 143/92- 146/93 -144/98 in the mornings, settling down later in the day to a more reasonable low 120/80-128/86 - 135/86 etc etc.
Anyway, instead of her going to her regular doctor we set up an appt with a cardiologist in the office I go to but different doctor. He was super thorough and cordial. Which bought us to him prescribing a lower dose blood pressure pill I am told. She is in a more normal range now. My wife, pretty active and in shape, high BP does run in her family. He also ordered a heart monitor to be sent to our house, she will wear this monitor patch for 3 days and then send it back to them they will then download the data from it.
I asked if a CT Angiogram would be possible he wasnt for it. No chest pain etc. Said they dont order them for the fun of it in a friendly way.
I did then ask if he could order a CAC Scan which we pay for and it's done, appt set for around Memorial Day. He sees value in CACs but typically does not recommend them/ more for people who get a good score and think they can then go about with bad habits. Meaning it's not definitive and then he mentioned to my wife what scores up to 100, then the 100 to 200 range 300 and what that would mean.
When he heard my score was 477 he didnt say anything. *LOL* My wife picked up on that.
Excellent and no drugs is likely a great contribution to your overall health. The amount of drugs used by all age demographics is simply staggering.
Oh boy do I agree with this statement. No surprise to some. I think we get lazy, gosh so many people I know rather pop a pill rather than properly take care of themselves and eat healthy food. Most food is garbage and they take no personal responsibility in learning about their food choices. They truly are "out to lunch" education wise. The few that eat healthy, we all know the massive amount of people, including loved ones who do not. We are the oddballs.
A close family member of mine is a train wreck, used to make almost fun of the way I eat. Great guy, very loved, great children and grandchildren. We are all prepared he may not make it another year. His heart destroyed, diabetes he never changed any eating habits, first it was pills, now he injects himself before each meal. Loves all the food he shouldn't eat and eats it without a care in the world. His health costs, covered by insurance, must have exceeded well, well past a million or more dollars over the last 20 years. In a way that is selfish too, though we dont think of it that way. Driving up the cost for those who make an effort to eat properly and stay in shape pay the cost contained our own health care.
They think the drug/medical industry is the answer instead of personal responsibility. Agree, it's staggering, they destroy themselves from within and pray the medical industry can save them from themselves for as long as possible. We truly are a nation of no personal responseabilty when it comes to health care. Yet we whine and whine about the cost of health care and insurance.
We LOVE to place blame on someone other than ourselves in all facets of life.
With the above said, it is known, once we get older we will need more prescriptions I guess. I can only answer for myself and wife who barely take anything except minor low cost stuff. More as preventive, than treatment.
(hope I am not cursing myself! ) *LOL*
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Yes, the industry has put a lot of people in a pretty much perfect catch 22. The drugs they take for one issue, cause an issue somewhere else as a side effect. So more drugs are then prescribed to treat that.
It’s like trying to get out of debt by paying it off with a different credit card.
