High Blood Pressure

[99-Am.Star]

Originally Posted by deandec

75+ years old.

VA medical with Agent Orange complications including Prostate Cancer (radical surgery 2006).

Experimenting with VA Pharmacist on next control drug so taking daily pressure readings plus Glucose.

Now have my BP down to @145 - 60 -53 . But Glucose is up too high.

Basically, I am a normal guy who climbs ladders, mows yard, walks the dog and has a tasty scotch each evening.

Since my blood pressure is regarded as high, I feel the same each day. Not dizzy, but tired of washing dishes.

I may not be here tomorrow, but am trying to enjoy each day that I get.

I have the same basicly AO on the glucose and High blood preasure ( that may soon be a given if you have already prove the AO) Congress is telling the head of the va to get it done now. Won't help me as I am already 100%, but may help you.

[van-gogh]

Originally Posted by 99-Am.Star

I have the same basicly AO on the glucose and High blood preasure ( that may soon be a given if you have already prove the AO) Congress is telling the head of the va to get it done now. Won't help me as I am already 100%, but may help you.

I can relate to a lot of what you stated and here is a good link for some agent Orange info http://war-stories.com also had a strange thing going on for two years. Before being rushed into the ER. seemed like once a month I would eat something to become very dizzy running to the bathroom and throwing up then pass out. Turned out to be my "Gallbladder." But Yes, meds and BP issues a little light-headed but all good and controlled with meds. I hate taking anything, but after years of fighting it, I'm doing better following what instructions I can and telling them hourly reading is stupid what do you need. So now I'm down to mornings and bedtime readings once every other month. Cut way down on my daily alcohol consumption to just one beer a month or two and it seems to work for me. It seems like 60- I went downhill and now, I feel level again, no more hot days camping. The smaller van is also for health issues and my wife's peace of mind. I stopped going to the VA years ago and pay for the BS myself and have never gone back. I told my wife when I go just flip me out in a VA parking lot with my ID and they will do the rest. Keep thinking Canada would have been nicer during the 60s. They all got to return back to the USA after the POLICE ACTION, we had in Southeast Azia we did bring back only 23-dogs and all others were destroyed. Okay, I'm starting to ramble. Maybe I should set and draw some pictures. Be safe and enjoy the adventure, peace.