Over 50's club

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Mandymoo 17 Feb 7:04pm, 17 Feb 2024 18,377 posts	0 Mandymoo Good news Um
Lip Gloss 17 Feb 7:26pm, 17 Feb 2024 74,083 posts	0 Lip Gloss Great news Um
Boffin 18 Feb 5:13pm, 18 Feb 2024 257 posts	0 Boffin Good news Um 👍 Had far too many visits to the surgery the last couple of months; a place I rarely frequent. GP is convinced I ought to be on blood pressure medication ( too high). Although I accept the BP is too high and ought to be addressed; I favour diet and excercise rather than beginning to accept medication as the new normal- it will come, although I ought to be able to resist for a few years yet? After all, elevated BP, weight gain and no exercise are all relatively recent occurrences- be interesting to see if a reversal is an option 🙂 Trouble is, having exercised a little this morning... now I feel 20 years older, exhausted and need an afternoon nap 🤣
EvilPixie 18 Feb 5:27pm, 18 Feb 2024 51,785 posts	0 EvilPixie Keep resisting
Derby Tup 18 Feb 5:28pm, 18 Feb 2024 64,440 posts	0 Derby Tup Do you drink (alcohol) Boffin?
Boffin 18 Feb 6:59pm, 18 Feb 2024 258 posts	0 Boffin Will try to persevere Pixie 🙂 Not tea total by any means Derby, however beers can sit in the fridge for weeks untouched. I guess, like most, I go through phases - might have a takeaway, have a couple of beers or maybe wine, enjoy it and have more again the next evening then forget about it for days or weeks 🤔 I currently have about a third of a bottle of shiraz which has sat there (closed and vacuum sealed) for days. The typical question is how many units per week on average... would take some working out as a couple of weeks alcohol free is not unusual. I am partial to the occasional whisky nightcap... be generous; couple of units per week non average 🤔
Derby Tup 18 Feb 7:52pm, 18 Feb 2024 64,442 posts	0 Derby Tup I drank quite heavily for decades and had borderline treatable BP for decades too. When I stopped it dropped and I’m told it’s now ‘textbook’. Sounds like you have much less than I used to take
Boffin 18 Feb 10:25pm, 18 Feb 2024 259 posts	0 Boffin Excellent stopping the drinking Derby, that cannot be easy👍 Nice job getting your BP under control 👏 Smoking, drinking, eating, exercise and stress; all factors. I don't smoke, drink moderately although of little significance... However I do like my food and no longer exercise; two things I ought to be able to control. Stress is what it is; no controlling that. I reckon 4/5 are good odds; I choose to work with that 🙂 and resist the medications - have agreed with the GP to review in June. Chilling at home this afternoon BP 145/86; lowest it has been in weeks - in the bag, easy easy, the NHS can keep their medications for those who need them 😀
Oscar the Grouch 19 Feb 7:50am, 19 Feb 2024 7,300 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch I think you can control stress to some degree - don't get me wrong, there will always be times when things are disproportionately bothering me - but usually a run will sort my head out/make me feel at least a bit better and often the 'solution' to a problem will occur on a run, either on my own or by chatting it through with company. I would normally use the run to ease the problem rather than chatting about it though, but that's just me. We are all an experiment of one
NordRunner 19 Feb 10:18am, 19 Feb 2024 4,113 posts	0 NordRunner Depends on how high high is, but in your shoes I would probably do all three - meds, diet, exercise - now, and use the lifestyle changes to keep it there when it was down to an acceptable level and I could come off the drugs.