Posted on 11/14/2017 8:07:20 AM PST by spintreebob
Edited on 11/14/2017 9:22:06 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)
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Is that related to "Cute Nurse Syndrome?
Stock in Lisinopril should now soar. Funny how such "science" works to enrich big pharma.
If they had, maybe could have lived to over 1,000 yrs. old.
40 years is nonsense.
Psalm 90:10 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Ever notice how long Adam and his first 10 generations of descendants lived?
Yes
Read the article
They were ignorant as even primative
Fear
As an amateur engineer and a former pilot, I am appealed that doctors make major decisions based on ONE data point.
After having my triple-bypass I took my BP several times each day, before & after eating, exercise, hot showers, etc. I did this for two or three weeks then entered all readings into a spreadsheet. I then sorted the resultant table according to the various parameters, printing out a graph each time.
When I took these to my cardiologist he said, “Oh, i don’t need those.”
Fast forward 12 years & three stents later. Made a new set BP measurements and graphs and took them to a new cardiologist. He asked if he could have them for a few minutes. I replied, “They’re yours to keep.” He said, “I want to take these down the hall to show to my colleagues. We’ve never had a patient do this!”
After he finished my follow-up heart cath he told me, “Your stents are clean as a whistle and your three grafts look like they were done last month.”
Both this cardiologist and the one who did my stents in 2010 at the VA hospital in Baltimore asked me who did my bypasses. When I replied, “Dr. Lucky at the VA hospital in Asheville, NC.” both of these doctors replied, “Oh, he does NICE work!”
Thank you, Dr. Lucky, for an additional 14 & 1/2 years, so far!
Great news—more pharma sales!
I recommend taking your BP monitor in with you when you see the doc and check it against what the doc reads. It also might be worth while to request a larger cuff at the doctor’s office.
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Good advice. I’ve done that. The cuff I use at home agrees with the ones in the doctor’s offices.
My doctor takes my blood pressure and then takes it again.
I don’t fit the medical community models.
My pulse rate ranges from 40 to 50 beats per minute and my blood pressure runs from 75/45 up to 90/55 if I’ve been working hard.
Forget the treadmill test. the highest I’ve ever gotten on a treadmill was 95/60 with a pulse rate of 60.
Since the doc doesn’t understand why my physiology is so different, he still prescribes the standard set of pills, because I did have a heart attack 28 years ago.
Bingo!
Avoid doctors ( and cops and lawyers and mothers-in-law) as much as practicable. Eat well, work hard, de-stress and Praise God Almighty for your blessings.
If you really want to mess with the blood pressure readings, raise you non-tested arm straight up. It will add 40 to 50 to all the readings.
White coat syndrome. I’ve had it since my early teen years. Since Obamacare I have had to switch doctor’s and I don’t think the new one believes me. I’m like doc if my blood pressure was normally this high I would have been dead years ago. Hate going to the doctor as I can’t stop the butterflies.
There was an awful lot of smoting going on back then.
And not enough begotting. :-)
Nice way to make more people appear sick, change the guidelines.
Clearly, you never read the Bible.
Bad for us older truck drivers trying to keep our licenses just to make a living.
This is real bad.
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