I had a conversation with my doctor.  she wanted me to buy a home BP monitor and wean off my meds. she cut my dose in half.  no affect...my BP stayed very low on the spectrum.  

 

she said it.  "stop the meds". and monitor daily.   I thought I would high-five myself and fist pump the air in jubilation.   no..I got a bit nervous.  I think the nerves brought up my BP, but never to the levels she called, "email me if.."

 

its been two weeks and I have settled into the new routine of simply taking a vitamin.  still jogging, still eating well.  home cooking in healthy serving sizes and no sweets.  I had time to think about it.  off the meds, I now had room to fail again.  I wrapped my brain around  and I am committed to living the best I can.   fishing, friends, loving wife, my awesome dog..  I have even pumped the brakes at work somewhat.  I do my job, but I dont jump at extra work to impress the boss anymore.  he isn't easy to impress anyways, so why try.    I might fail.  sure.  I might fall off the sugar wagon, and have to get back on meds.   I am not going to worry about it until then.  hahahha.

 

I should buy term life insurance now....I bet I get a better deal.

BP is fine.

what is funny is that a while back I bought a cool Japanese journal loaded with curated artisan paper to use as a fishing journal.  got a cool pen.    it is now my BP journal..hahahha...  oh, the pen leaked on me.   and my handwriting still sucks. 

Excellent. Less meds less side effects. 

Frame of mind is everything.

 

Even on your BP meds just remember there is someone out there praying for the health a lot of us have, even if it isnt perfect. Live the best you can and dont take it for granted. 

just going from doing nothing for years to a light, regular exercise routine (walking, jogging, weights, about anything) will do wonders for health, especially when combined with good dietary changes.  Blood pressure, cholesterol, you name it.  For the 2022-2023 period I had basically dropped off my exercise routine (first since 2009), got lazy, got sedentary.  I was at the eye doctor and she could see the cholesterol build up in my EYES is was so bad.  Doctor confirmed with bloodwork that I was off the charts.  12 months back on the wagon of exercise and negligible dietary changes and I'm back to the normal range now, no drugs needed.  

3 hours ago, Functional said:

Frame of mind is everything.

 

Even on your BP meds just remember there is someone out there praying for the health a lot of us have, even if it isnt perfect. Live the best you can and dont take it for granted. 

This fact is never lost on me. My dad died when I was a tiny kid.