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Yep. Made my buddy’s kidneys fail and he died during dialysis. His bp was always 200/110ish
Yeah. Keep your blood pressure in check, guys. Keep those kidneys working.
80 makes me sleep like a baby and only have to get up once in the night to pee. You’ll understand the getting up to pee at night once you hit your 40’s. I don’t take 80, but tested it for a week before the Nebivolol and honestly was one of the best well rested weeks I’d had in a very long time. It was like an almost full 8 hours of sleep every night.
Ditto what @Neuro said. I had an arm cuff device I used for years. Mother in law passed and wife gave me her wrist cuff. I used both for a year or so. They were close but the wrist cuff is a bit more unforgiving in placement to get a non-error. BUT the wrist cuff is more convenient.
I don’t have hypertension issues and am just tracking to get “trends” so I just use the wrist cuff now.
Check both sides left and right… it only takes a few minutes.
I tracked several x a day for a month or so to get a good general idea/baseline. Before/after training, coffee, sleep, meals etc. now I check every so often… maybe once a week or so just to keep an eye on things.
I did the same with my blood sugar (finger prick).
A bit of advice… our bodies are amazing machines and have a gazillion things going on inside. Everything we ingest or don’t ingest has an effect/impact. I believe it’s prudent to keep an eye on things, especially with all the peds we run in us AND more so as we age… quality of life is golden and looking down the road is always a good idea.
I don’t have hypertension issues and am just tracking to get “trends” so I just use the wrist cuff now.
Check both sides left and right… it only takes a few minutes.
I tracked several x a day for a month or so to get a good general idea/baseline. Before/after training, coffee, sleep, meals etc. now I check every so often… maybe once a week or so just to keep an eye on things.
I did the same with my blood sugar (finger prick).
A bit of advice… our bodies are amazing machines and have a gazillion things going on inside. Everything we ingest or don’t ingest has an effect/impact. I believe it’s prudent to keep an eye on things, especially with all the peds we run in us AND more so as we age… quality of life is golden and looking down the road is always a good idea.
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Full disclosure…I’m in my early sixties and get blood labs every 3 months as a routine for several issues. I average 2 more a year ad hoc … soooo 6 blood panels a year… that’s a plus but can be a bit of dilemma.
Getting labs done that often can show “snap shots “ of an anomaly that wouldn’t raise any flags under normal circumstances. I’ve contacted @Neuro in a panic with some random spike in a level. He explained the frequency of my labs and the theory behind spikes and trends.
Full disclosure…I’m in my early sixties and get blood labs every 3 months as a routine for several issues. I average 2 more a year ad hoc … soooo 6 blood panels a year… that’s a plus but can be a bit of dilemma.
Getting labs done that often can show “snap shots “ of an anomaly that wouldn’t raise any flags under normal circumstances. I’ve contacted @Neuro in a panic with some random spike in a level. He explained the frequency of my labs and the theory behind spikes and trends.
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Seems interesting to check it like that after certain events throughout the day.Poppy said:
As of right now. Getting checked out is the easy part. Far as the doctor. I understand getting my physical part check out. Keep an eye get labs. Make adjustments. My mental part is the issue right now which makes my quality of life a little hard right now. I’m on state insurance. I’m low income. Prostate is not covered unless I’m 55 or have trouble with urination i believe the Dr told me. 39Poppy said:
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I had the greatest amount of inaccuracy from arm cuffs due to when I had big arms. I have two wrist cuffs and they’re consistently similar in readings.
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