I'm sure you have heard this before but I say it anyway. Drop about 200 lbs. Your blood pressure will fall in line. In addition you won't be looking at a stroke and or heart attack. And I speak from experience -- I had both and I didn't weight any where near what you do.

kc0iv

 

IF I dropped 200 I would be dead I Am a large frame I would like to be at about 275.I can't really see me at 200.I am not 1 of those eagg shaped guys I am just a really big dude.


You can see my picture as well as other pictures here.

http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/ee45/bigpaulie70/

 

Your Right
Big Dude and in the bar I wanna be your best friend
Ha

I like your dog too.
The Beagle. We had two over the years, One died of old age and the other was ran over by the Avon lady in my driveway when he was chasing her. He just didn't like that women

Now my little Yorkie will be my trucking Buddy.

Thanks

 

Not addressing YOU directly.

Take a look at: http://www.consumer.gov/weightloss/bmi.htm Run the "Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator" at the bottom of the page. Then look-up your results in the Risk of Associated Disease According to BMI and Waist Size.

I would also recommend: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/publ...tm#limitations

What you or anyone else decides is your business. All I was trying to say is I had 2 strokes and 2 heart attacks that ended my driving career. In my case the first stroke could have turned out a lot worst. I was in an area where I had no way to get help. Had my stroke affected my brain in any other way I could have died and no one would have known for days. I guess I learned the hard way, and was some what lucky, I now look at my BMI in a totally different way.

Again, it is your business.

kc0iv

 

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Cutting out your salt and caffeine will help. Keep in mind too that those BP machines in the stores are rarely calibrated and are inaccurate. Hopefully are will be well at the doctors office. Good luck.[/quote]

I just got the pills at Wally World for 4.94 100 pills
Plus a Rand McNally The Road Atlas for 5.97
Not covered with plastic.

Just holding the pills while I took THREE BP Tests on their machine made a difference from last Thur when it was 188/98
Today
Test #1 175/91 Arm In The Way The Picture Shows
Test #2 160/86 Arm In 45 Degrees Different
Rest #3 161/81 Arm In the way the picture shows

Still got to get it way down so I can least get a 1 year cert.

Do they give you a stress test like make you run on a thread mill
while taking your BP?
My old friend was put on one and they ran her till the had a heart attack.

I am sure the machine is not right.

22 Days and counting

Thanks

 

na you just sit there.Try and take 1 or 2 deep breaths before you measure and you should see you pb go down alittle.

 

Ok, I've posted this a few times but here goes again. If you want to pass your blood pressure test do the following. If you don't believe it, try it at home first.

First things first. The reason they don't want you to use salt is that it forces the body to retain water. Most of that water is stored in your veins and arteries. The more fluid in your veins and arteries, the higher your blood pressure. So.....

The day before your physical stop drinking anything around 5pm and no salt. The next morning no smoking and go for a brisk walk. Working out will lower your blood pressure like lifting weights. You may feel like your head is going to pop off but your blood pressure will go down. Got a home blood pressure machine? Try it?

Ever see the ad's for Viagra? People with low blood pressure should not take it. Why, because it really lowers your blood pressure. Take one 2 hours before your physical. Worried about something happening down below during the physical? Don't. This stuff doesn't work unless the desire is there so unless your a homo with a male doctor, your all set.

If you don't believe the above it's a simple experiment you can try at home.

 

The real issue is, if he has legitimate hypertension, he needs to see a doctor. Not taking Viagra. :roll: Hypertension is not somehing to be fooled around with. There is no "magic" number to have a stroke with. Plus, the longer you have hypertension, the more damage you do to your kidneys. The damage is not reversible and if it gets bad enough you can end up on dialysis. You can also damage your heart.

Don't screw around if you have hypertension. Trust me. I worked in EMS and have seen otherwise healthy adults DIE from strokes. I once transported a 30 year old who up until the year before was playing football in the CFL and was in kidney failure because he ignored it.

 

greg3564,

Don't you just love these would be doctors? Rather than find out why they have high blood pressure they attempt to use some quick fix without knowing what effects it will have.

As much as doctors like to make money I have yet found one that wouldn't advise getting a handle on high blood pressure.

kc0iv

 

I think somewhere I have one Viagra pill left. Probably too old to work and the new commercials about it scare me.

"If it stays hard for more than 4 hours call your DR."

Hell, if it stayed hard for more then 10 minutes I would have a stroke and just call the Undertaker.
Ha.