Posted on 08/20/2018 11:38:19 AM PDT by LouAvul
Omron. Been using one for years. First thing each morning when I arise and before I have my first cup of coffee, I take a BP/heart rate reading and check my glucose level with my glucose monitor. I am looking for unexpected deviations from my “normal” readings. My normal readings may not be exactly correct, but I know I am still in the ballpark. If not, I go to plan B.
Yep, thats about what I do. Now I have to remember to take it a few times 2-3 weeks before I have a dr. appt. just because they want to see at least a few readings. Happy for your sucessful surgery. LAD Stent for me in 2015, that was enough to get my attention in regards to diet and cardio.
I was in intensive care two days after surgery, when they rolled me over to do an x-ray. I threw a pulmonary embolus and I stopped breathing. My heart arrested. I was clinically dead. Flat-lined.
Luckily, the medical personnel around me reacted quickly and cut me back open again two days after being sewn up, unwired my breast bone and the chief cardio-pulmonary surgeon at the VA hospital where I was at, hand-massaged my heart for over 5 minutes before I started beating on my own again.
Spent five weeks in the hospital post-op instead of the standard five days for heart surgery patients. I had two blood transfusions. An open chest wound. I was a mess.
When I finally got out of the hospital, I could barely walk and could hardly breathe. It took two years before I started feeling normal again. Without exercising or being able to do any physical work for two years, I gained a ton of weight. I used to be a skinny marathon runner. So my next job after being able to breath better and exercise, was to lose all the weight I had gained. I lost 105 lbs. in 14 months.
Now I am fit again, walking briskly for 45 minutes a day (my running days are over because I have two artificial knee replacements) and running my cattle farm doing physically demanding work again. I feel great.
At age 70, don't let anybody tell you it can't be done. I came back from the dead and now live fitter and healthier now than ever. It was a long road back but it was worth it because I'm still alive and kickin'.
Wow what a story, good for you! Amazing what the human body can do and tolerate. Of course, there is none of that without our creator.
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Should someone who is 50 and weighs 250 lbs truck driver have the same BP as an 18-year-old gymnast?
“My wife takes my BP manually, but I want to start taking multiple readings in a day.”
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Why? Do you expect to get close to the same readings after each check?
Did you know...In 1995, the JNC 6 (JNC is the Joint National Committee) set the standard for optimum BP at 120/80 with hypertension starting at 140/90. And that’s for everybody. That means, according to them, my 120 LB wife should have the same BP as I who weighs in at 255.
In 2004 - JNC 7 stated, the risk if CVD beginning at 115/75 mmHg doubles with each increment of 20/10 mmHg.
Prehypertension now is 120/80.
In 2014 - JNC 8 - Ages less than 60 - Normal is now 140/90
Ages 60 and older - Normal is now 150/90
IF, you able to get some free time, give this video a look see. It’s kinda long but if you’re concerned about BP, you may find it interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtrwET33aeo
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