I do, too! And Corey would never let me take an Uber because of some of the news stories.

my blood pressure is high today. I guess I am worried. I see the doctor on friday. That will be his last day. My mood is slipping a little. I am going to have
another cup of coffee even though i probably shouldn't.

Hope the BP is ok.

Have a good day.


M

maybe he will put me back on the other blood pressure pill.

Do you have a daily record of how your blood pressures have been? He will not raise your med on one reading.
You could take them a couple of times a day.
bizi

the machine stores the memory

That's excellent, Bobby.

Bizi is right about just a couple of high readings not being worth worrying about. You may still have to go back on a BP med tho because being off the other one may be catching up to you now. It's hard to keep BP steady sometimes.

Just make sure that you are taking readings after you have been at rest for at least a couple minutes or your pulse and BP will be artificially higher.

I might have adrenal fatigue. The Impact of Coffee on Your Adrenal Glands
that is my favorite thing. my blood pressure is bouncing all over the place

That was an interesting article. I'm still never giving up my coffee tho :D

I am so tired and my blood pressure is still bouncing around and my heart beat is fast and I haven't had coffee yet today. I am sliding out of my good mmood

I'm sorry your worried so much about the blood pressure. But I know that until about 2 maybe 3 years ago. My husband Dale had no issues but an upset stomach. And all the sudden, he had high blood pressure, he tried all kinds of things to bring it down. One being a no salt diet, and no meat and some other extremes. It just didn't work. He ended up on Meds anyway.

I've got a family history of high blood pressure so when I was diagnosed it was like. Okay its part of my family, and I just took the meds and ran with it.
I didn't even worry about a monitor. I need to start doing that.

Its life it seems for me. But lots of things are life it seems for me.

I hope you get some answers, .

Donna

I wish I had your attitude
bobby

i have been so tired. Last night I was in bed at 5:30 and robert called to pick up meat for mickey but I think he was also seeing how I was doing with the monitors. I became fully awake and wasn't depressed. Then I called Cecilia t see how sofia was. something is off. Then I told her I had a couple of stuffed toys. she said come over. prince went crazy, He played with one for at least 45 minutes and then I left and he was still playing with it. then I went home annd was tired again

I'm sorry that your BP and heart rate numbers are high and unsteady right now. You probably just need to go back on that med in a lower dose, or try another one. I hate that you have another thing to worry about, Bobby :hug::hug::hug:

When is your next appointment with the doctor?

I'm glad that you got to see Mickey and Prince. I've read just about everywhere that animals can help bring down blood pressure.
And I'm happy that you have Cecilia and Robert in your life.

I'm sorry that you are tiring so easily. I hope it doesn't last long :hug::hug::hug:

I see my doctor for the last time and then he goes back home to arkansas. i will miss him and his accent. he always jeans and a plaid shirt and he is skinny. He is adorable. I don't know what he will say. I will bring one of the monitors in.
Robert has an extra smaller cuff for my upper arm monitor which he says will make it much easier.
I am going to take a bath and try to read. Pudgie was lying down next to me and grooming herself. she is precious. I have to start brushing her again. her fur has grown so fast.

I sent what you wrote to two of my closest friends. Do you have deep faith and is that why you don't fight thing but have acceptance and do what you can do? and leave the rest to God?
bobby

Bobby
I used to have deep Faith, now I just have faith what happens is
what is supposed to. I think its just I go with the flow.

I had so much trouble as a kid, its that I learned to deal with it
or I didn't.

I really don't know.

Donna

you seem so very strong and good natured and are able to tackle anything that comes your way, you don't complain or try to fight it. it seems like a strong belief system. I had a lot of problems growing up and my psychiatrist said my bipolar wouldn't be as bad if I didn't have all those problems ie like taking care an alcoholic father when I was little etc. I don't know what your problems were.
fondly
bobby

Thank you Bobby,

I just seem to have learned from my mom who was very good at teaching
me to roll from the punches. I was the oldest. And I don't remember some of the things my sister's remember. One of my sister's remember that she was always one that had to control things. I don't honestly remember that.
I remember that she always got things done. But in my own case if she
didn't get things done, I would not have been well. I was a sick child
in and out it seemed of the hospital. I know I've mentioned how I always
was clumsy and fell alot. But it wasn't something that my parents put
me down for. Like many do. I was always given the care I needed. I think thats why I always have done the same for my boys and anyone else that needed it. I was nutured and given the kind of care I needed.

Donna

Oh that is so beautiful. how many siblings do you have> I bet your parents are special people.

I have 3 sisters, and yes my mom is a beautiful person. My dad was to,
he has been gone now for 27 years in July.

I remember that when my mom had migraines which was many. That
one time I needed to go get a skirt or dress for a dance. I can't remember
exactly which it was. But I remember my dad took me. And we couldn't
find what I wanted. So he called my mom, and she told him to take
me to the fabric store, and have me pick out material and she would tell
him how much to get. Um, it was way out of his element but he did.

Heehee, I picked out velveteen material, which I believe he was afraid
she would veto, because we didn't have much time. But nope she
said, it was fine because it was just a skirt that I needed. And she had
enough time. So we got the material and took it and the rest of the
stuff he said home. Now I do know she told him to put the lady at
the fabric store on the phone so he would take everything home. THat
would be needed besides the fabric.

But it was a really nice long skirt.

Donna

How special! such nice memories

I am not taking things in stride. I went to the doctor after two weeks to check on my blood pressure and a new cholesterol pill I was taking. I always have a fast heart beat. the blood pressure was okay but he got upset about the fast heart beat. He said I could have a heart attack or another stroke. He gave me another ekg but there were no abnormalities -he let me go home. I had real trouble walking. I am not depressed. I plan to pet my kitties even more for health reasons.

They found that over a 20-year period, those who had never owned a cat had a 40 percent greater risk of death due to heart attack and a 30 percent higher risk of death due to any sort of cardiovascular disease than previous or current cat owners. Researchers found no such protective effects for dog owners.

"This study links pet ownership to health consequences, and that's very new concept that we haven't previously considered," said lead study investigator Dr. Adnan Qureshi, executive director of the Stroke Center at the University of Minnesota.

Was that appointment with your PCP or the cardiologist? If the doctor was so concerned, maybe the cardiologist should be doing something to address your tachycardia (fast heat rate)?

I'm glad that you are going to pat your kitties more. There are mental health benefits, too, and it's just good for the soul :hug::hug::hug:

the g.p. I just saw the cardiologist. He gave me an all clear. That is why this doctor gave me an ekg to see if he could spot an abnormality. I just went thru three tests with the heart doctor.

the monitor i have shows pulse rate and it is usually 105

I'm sorry, Bobby. I thought it was higher. A normal resting heart rate is 60-100 BPM. 105 is not far off. I wouldn't worry too much about it, especially since all your test results were good.

What are you reading right now?

I am reading Patricia Oliver. I finished one book and half way thru another. Hopefully I will get thru this one today.
With that strange blood pressure reading and then the high pulse rate I asked my no nonsense friend Robert if he thought I could die soon and am waiting for his educated guess. He has had a lot of heart issues.
Pudge continues to be in heaven with all the petting and brushing. abby is choosing to stay up on the cabinet occasionally looking down.
bobby

just heard from robert who has seen a lot of my readings and he didn't think so.

I hope that helps you feel relieved.


M

I wrote him a follow up and said that before my bp was always 120 over 80 and now it is not and I don't know how often I have spikes in my pulse which always runs a little high. I guess I am still uneasy but not depressed.. It has helped my anxiety. when I start worrying about other things I usually stop in face of that worry. It puts it in perspective lol. I made a joke with my nephew and said I pray that he got most of his genes from his father's side and I will pray for it and he said me too

Your mood seems to be good, and you seem to be taking things in stride. I'm happy that you are in a good place right now :hug::hug::hug:

I'm so glad that you have friends like Robert in your life :)

Enjoy your reading :)

I don't know how long I will be in the up cycle but I am really enjoying it! I didn't even go to ebay today. Marci arranged a lot of my sweaters in two storage containers for under the bed. I felt so guilty and wanted to throw them all out

Don't worry about the downswing for now. Just enjoy the good mood while it lasts :)

corresponded with robert more and sent him more readings and he said they were very good for my age. I now will stop worrying. Yesterday the Rabbi came over and she said a new rabbi will start coming over and replace her but she will call every other week and non officially drop over occasionally. She is so sweet. Abby showed off. for the first time she jumped from a cabinet on to the dining room table we were sitting at at and slid a little bit but not off the table. The Rabbi told me for two years she was teaching two sisters and they had a siamese cat. The cat would sit directly in front of her. one day she made a sudden move and the cat hissed. the cat had been protecting the girls lol.
Mos of the day and night I sleep intermittently. I was exhausted. I am still tired.

A former modern dancer, raised a Catholic, Mira Rivera is the in-house rabbi at Mount Sinai Hospital | Crain's New York Business
here is the Rabbi I have been seeing

wow! Thanks for sharing!
She sounds like a busy woman.
bizi

I hope that the new Rabbi is just as wonderful as the one you have been seeing. It is so nice that she will be keeping in touch once she is reassigned.

she really is wonderful

right now i seem to be living in the moment and blocking unpleasant thoughts, my sleep is awful, I am waking up every hour or two and just wanting to stay in bed and read