I would seriously get a second opinion if you have a B/P of 150/100 and your Dr. is not trying to control it. We send coworkers to the ER with a B/P that high.

 

It's not always that high and there's plenty of opinion on this issue.

I've told that to several nurses who have said no problem, but my wife is a phlembotomist (sp?) with the Red Cross and says that if you're that high when they check you they won't draw your blood, but they don't advise they seek medical attentain right away, or at all for that matter.

What's happening now is the powers that be keep lowering what's acceptable, including BP and Chloresteral levels (sp?), so there are alot of medical personel out there who've been trained one way, and then everything changes again.

I have a pretty good health plan so I'll trust what he says. The guy is Harvard trained and is a big shot at a pretty famous clinic.

Last time I was in there it was 139/82, which ain't that bad.

The highest I ever seen it was 155/104 but that was in a store, at one of those automatic BP machines in a drug store and who knows how accurate those machines are.

Besides, I was in the store picking up a prescription for my mother, who was waiting out in the car. She was calling me on the cell phone telling me to hurry up, so I figured it'd be a good time to take my BP because I could tell it was up there at that point, and it sure was!

LOL!

 

While we're on the health subject..................

I hope all you guys over 40 have had your prostrate checked. I had mine checked regularly for several years with no problems, then WHAM! PSA levels showed an increase on two consecutive test. My prostrate was not enlarged and I had no problems in the pee pee department. I was smart enough to go to a Urologist, and sure enough, 2 of 6 of the biopsy came back positive. I weighed the options for a couple of week and decided on Brachey Therapy (radiation seed implants). The after effects were a little uncomfortable for a few weeks, but the PSA level has been going down dramatically for the past two years

Prostrate cancer is slow to develop and can be brought under control if detected EARLY. Don't wait! If you have any questions, email me at txdtr@yahoo.com.

Oh yea, in case your wondering, the sex department is still in tact with no problems.

 

Prostate check?

Every three years since I was 40.

My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer when he hit 63 so I'm taking advantage of the early detection methods that weren't available to him.

He beat the prostate cancer but not the lung cancer, that's why I gave up the butts 19 years ago.

Don't want to think what my BP would be if I was still smoking.

 

Checked this morning and I was running 173/132 (just a bit high, stage II according the American Heart Assoc.'s website) . Made an appointment for Monday to see the doc.

Here is some other stuff I saw on the American Heart Assoc. website:
Here is a link to their site that tells what the ranges for BP are:
American Heart Assoc. Blood Pressure Levels

~Rob

 

Been fighting high blood pressure for most of my life. Uncontrolled I get readings like 223/120, controlled it is hard to get it below 160/90 so I am always fighting the every two year CDL medical. The new regs call for 140 over something and will probably put me out of truck work.