113/72 69. BP.

[Dennis H]

Struggled a lifetime to keep the top number under 139 for CDL. Now old, sedentary, and down to half a bag of chips a night and the numbers are good. WTH? Guess the Meds work.

 

[Budnicks]

Good for you...
that's Blood pressure I assume

I've been fortunate, like 120/70, for most all my life
I don't remember what oxygen levels were, but it was good too
never had a bad cholesterol count "yet"
rarely ever been sick, even when crap is going around
been sort of diligent of what I eat, keep hydrated, drink water...
I do drink a lot of ice tea & lemonade or grape, grapefruit or cranberry juice
I don't or rarely even drink booze or beer now, once in a blue moon...
(I still like it, I just don't do it much now)

I rarely eat stuff like chips, or junk food
I do eat nuts, peanuts walnuts almonds pecans & dried fruits,
probably more than I should...

I do eat more sweet cornbread than I should,
but it goes so good with chile', pastas/meat sauce or soups
or Fried Chicken !!

but of late had been eating more snacks, small amounts in between meals
& less at meals...
I'm getting older & living with my dad, who is an example
of what not to do to yourself, constant reminder, keeps me on a narrow path 'usually'...

I could lose a few pounds, still #250, always been thick, big boned
235-250# is my normal/natural weight
I don't feel fat, but I'm not as active as I once was, trying to lose a lil'...

It doesn't help, hanging out around home with my dad's health issues either...
I think it's 'the stress' is the big killer, doesn't do your heart any good,
blood pressure rises...
I try not to get too stressed, but it's hard sometimes, dealing with the stuff...

 

[cr8crshr]

An ongoing battle still for me. Finally, I convinced my PCM Tech to use the old-fashioned way of measuring it instead of those inaccurate machines that have a track record of false readings. Yet it seems that everywhere these days, when you need to have it measured, on with the velcro cuff and turn on the noisy thing and get the false reading every time!!! KISS principle has been thrown out the window...cr8crshr/Bill

 

[davek]

I dont know mine but I bet its high. I need not get jacked up so easily now a days. Its just not worth it.

 

[68BabyBlue]

When I was still running the truck I had an understanding primary care doc who would prescribe a “cocktail” to get me through my “white coat” hypertension for my CDL exam.
Home test numbers were around 105/60, CDL test, 135/80.

I miss my annual wellness exams since she retired. She was a stunner, who wore a mini skirt and boots when she was 65. She would snuggle close and hold my hand (for pulse) at the close of our consult, and I never failed to yield a good number.

Since I retired, new doc (also really cute) cut my meds in half, now 125/75. Cutting stress makes a huge difference.

 

[kiwigtx]

I miss my annual wellness exams since she retired. She was a stunner, who wore a mini skirt and boots when she was 65. She would snuggle close and hold my hand (for pulse) at the close of our consult, and I never failed to yield a good number.

Do you have any relations in Colorado called Steve by chance?

 

[Hey-O]

I convinced my PCM Tech to use the old-fashioned way of measuring it instead of those inaccurate machines that have a track record of false readings. Yet it seems that everywhere these days, when you need to have it measured, on with the velcro cuff and turn on the noisy thing and get the false reading every time!!! KISS principle has been thrown out the window...cr8crshr/Bill

I went to have my yearly physical last month. Mine was 145/87 and she just looked at me wide eyed. She knows me, so when I asked if she was on crack, she just laughed. She brought out the old school cuff and it was 126/68. I looked at her and told her, you know what you can do with that don't you...........

 

[68BabyBlue]

I went to have my yearly physical last month. Mine was 145/87 and she just looked at me wide eyed. She knows me, so when I asked if she was on crack, she just laughed. She brought out the old school cuff and it was 126/68. I looked at her and told her, you know what you can do with that don't you...........

I've been getting an unpleasant up close lesson lately on how the medical profession's improvements aren't always the best alternative. Fifteen years ago, my wife had a detached retina, which was successfully repaired. A year later, she developed a cataract in that eye, a normal post op side effect, and had a lens replacement. Three months ago, the replacement lens detached from the cornea. Three surgeries later, we are looking at the possibility of a fourth, which would remove the lens, which would not be replaced, in addition to a partial cornea transplant.

Our opthamologist explained that this was the standard procedure for cataracts forty years ago, minus the cornea work (which would never have been an issue, if a new lens hadn't been implanted.) There are often advantages to old school approaches, and simpler is sometimes better.

When I was a trucking company executive, I always advocated for the simplest solution to an issue, constantly fighting with the CEO, who wanted the latest, fanciest approach. History proved me right, to both our detriments.

 

[Hey-O]

My opthamologist who we've been going to for 30 years, retired. His partner who I only saw when I had to, poked my 90+ mother in law in the eye, got a little to close while examining her. She complain of it hurting after that every once in a while. It was fine, he said. Theresa was concerned and thought we needed to see a new guy. I don't do change well, so he and I had a talk. I understood his thoughts on it being ok, if he understood how our new relationship was going to work. Now we see, eye to eye.................... "Practicing" medicine is the term I like to use. I used to throw my mistakes in the trash, they bury theirs. Medical errors account for almost 10% of all deaths in the U.S. each year, making medical malpractice one of the leading causes of death.

 

[68BabyBlue]

My wife's father was a doctor, who died young, when she was only 15. She has always had what I consider excess confidence in the profession. She's had a lot of procedures, and gotten good results. I've always been more skeptical. I had a really sharp pediatrician who was on the leading edge of the profession, but when I reached 18, the general practitioner I graduated to was a hack. When I attended law school I got a first hand view of the wide range of professional competence among my class mates. The medical student who lived on my floor in married student housing assured me the same process was in place in his class.

I've been watching these surgeons like a hawk, they are good, but they are working with less than great infrastructure on my wife. We knew this going in. She has a strong bias for being "normal." I would have gone for lens removal, and a contact lens to drive, which looks like the current alternative. She chose the path that would produce the best result, if it worked.

The surgeons get paid for procedures, not results. So seems to me they have an inherent conflict of interest at the start, with zero incentive to just go ahead and pull the loose lens, and call it a day. As a lawyer, I immediately considered malpractice options, but with a 72 year old plaintiff, the case has basically no value. If I was in private practice, I wouldn't touch it.

Eye surgeons, ironically, are at the bottom of the totem pole in compensation. They rely primarily on medicare reimbursements, a minimal income stream. They have the upside of low malpractice premiums, because the vast majority of the patients are no longer working, and would lose their sight anyway if the they didn't undergo the procedures.