Very OT Blood pressure and asthma.

Right you lot help me out. I have just discovered that I have asthma, after
31 years! It's not bad, but ATM I have a chest infection which is making it
worse. I am on anti-biotics and a few pumps which are helping.

Anyway, I went to the docs today and it looks like my blood pressure is up
165/93. However after a stressful time a few years back I have developed a
fear of getting it checked. So today when the nurse took the reading my
pulse started at 90! When she took the last reading my pulse was 102 and my
blood pressure was getting worse, up to 170/102.

I have just lost a stone in weight, so I dread to think what it would've
been. However I am still 19 stone 7lb's. The nurse told me to loose another
4 stone!

I'm asking for a bit of support as I'm feeling very low at the moment. I'm
worried about the blood pressure. I'm also worried that I might have to go
onto some permanent drugs with some nasty side effects. Although the nurse
wasn't worried as she could tell I was a bit tense. I have to go back in a
months time.

I have just done a brisk walk for 30 mins and feel a lot better.
Anyone had any experience of this? Will loosing weight and exercising really
help?
Oh and I'm just getting a new mortgage, will it put up my life cover? Do I
have to declare it as I'm not on medication?
Will it affect my ACU application ( I haven't put either on this years one.)

TIA

 

KIt's all these cunts riding dirty motorbikes

Buy a little blood pressure monitor and do it yourself in private. I got one
through eBay for £19 new.

I should think so you fat ****

Buck yourself up man and stop winging. Get down and give us 50

Getting out and walking briskly for 30 minutes every day will do wonders.
Weight starts to slide, you feel better, depression gets better too.
You must declare *everything* or your policy is worthless.

 

Linger wrote

Newbies pa. I see you paltry 165/93 and raise you 30 on both sides.

 

Ta, that's just what I needed. (honestly)

Ok ta, I just needed some re-assurance. My family are a bit shit like that.
A bit 'we told you so'.

 

Really. Are you on medication (for the blood pressure)?
Ah, but I'm only 31! Also last time it was raised was about 7 yrs ago when I
got married,
found a job, moved house (Swansea to Essex), graduated and bought a car all
within 6 weeks.
The bottom number was over 100 then and all I had to do was get it below
100.
It seems to goal posts have changed and now 90 is the new bad figure.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2595669570&category=31465
Is the monitor that I have

 

Ta

 

Linger wrote

Not a lot these days, the quad bypass made an amazing difference.

I get anti adrenaline, aspirin and something else that I can't remember
what it does.

I should, by now be off everything except the aspirin but I am a bad boy
because I refuse to become an alcoholic just to keep the statistics
sweet so the bastards make me pay for drugs I don't want and won't sell
me drugs that I do.

 

^^^^^
Every been out for a ride with Big Tony? That would be a sight )

Seriously, I suspect that a decent walk (30 mins, as you have done)
or perhaps two per day will get both the weight and the BP falling
nicely.

Good luck.

 

I have. I was 21 stone when I did! Funny people are always surprised when I
tell them how much I weigh.
My target BMI is 15 stone. I haven't been 15 stone since I was in school!
I'm 6'2" and very thick set BTW.

Cheers, I just need a bit of +ive encouragment ATM. If I know it will work,
I'm more willing to go for it.

 

Weight, fags, and stress. Sort it out.

Pay attention to her.

You will do. Keep it up. You'll be fine.

 

Well they are dangerous, I try to get past them the bast I can when MXing.

Will taking an asprin really help then?

Likewise.

 

I don't smoke. But yeah, weight and stress I have by the bucket load.

I intend to.

Cheers mate, we'll have to go for a ride when you get back. You'll have to
come off roading though!

 

Linger wrote

You can either do one of two things when next you go. You can go on
your bike and take the usual bracing 100 mile detour 1 hour scenic route
or you can walk slowly round after spending an hour brushing yer hair
and combing your teeth and generally getting into it gently.

Dunno about the asthma but if you do the whole trip for the sake of your
heart: you give up salt[1], reduce dairy fat intake to an absolute
minimum, lose as much weight as fast your wardrobe allowance will allow,
have a couple of units of booze a day, give up the fags, shag as much as
you can[2] and don't do long term low level stress under any
circumstances[2].



[1] The easy way to do this is to stop eating processed foods from
Tesco.

[2] Easier to talk about than do, you can take it from me.

 

Linger wrote

Thins the blood dunnit. One junior one once a day. Anti clotting and
all that shit. If you are chronic they give you rat poison.

 

CT wrote

20 minutes a day of exercise that gets you breathing heavy and sweating
a *little* bit. Every day.

An addition recommendation is to not overdo it when you first start as
this can create problems of the exact type you are trying to avoid.

 

[1] I can cope with. [2] might be more difficult (I'm a teacher)!

 

Indeed. 'They' recommend to take one before long haul flights to stave
off DVT.

 

Off-roading is pretty much all I plan to do.

 

Linger wrote

Change your job.

Seriously.

I had my career change slightly thrust upon me after I had the bypass.

In some respects it is the best thing that ever happened to me stress
wise. Although, with hindsight I can be argued that I may have taken
the laid back approach to life a little too seriously but I don't GAF.