Well, this says I have already voted on this poll, so I see the poll started in January--so, can I change my vote. All through the summer, I kept telling my PCP that I was not comfortable with my BP and he kept telling me it's fine. All my life it's ran 108/60, sometimes 110/62. This summer it started to rise and he says, "As we age, it does tend to rise some, don't worry." Well, it was 115/65, then 120/70, then it would be 125/70, 130/70. I kept fretting and he kept saying, "Deb, it's ok, really." So, I decided it was time to not worry, he wasn't. So I went back to trying to figure out what is going on with the rest of me, which no one can figure out either. So on the day my PCP says to me, "Ummmmm Deb, I am a little worried about your BP, it's a bit high for you today, I think we will do a sonagram of your heart, just to be sure everything is ok!", then I about panicked. That day it was 149/90 and I was totally relaxed, or so I thought. The echocardiogram came back fine, so thankfully, it isn't my heart, we do have heart problems in my family. We think it is probably stress related, between health and work issues and for now, no meds, which I do much prefer.

You may want to change my vote though!!!!!