A couple of months ago my blood pressure suddenly jumped from it's usual 130-150/70-90 to 180/102. I only know this because I donate blood twice a month and they take my bp. The first time I just put it down to stress . . .being a passenger with my son driving. But when it happened again 2 weeks later, I realized it's a wake up call.
The next day, I picked up some potassium and a diuretic. I started taking them on a Monday and by Wednesday I was starting to feel puny. But with me it's hard to tell when something is new bad or just old bad acting up. By the next Monday I was feeling like crap, plus my nearly gone period had shown up, so I stopped taking the supplements and tried to stablize myself. Of course, because I suck at keeping record, I am relying on my memory to sort things out. And my memory is not all that great for stuff like this.
I have experimented with various digital ways to store variables like supplements taken, level of pain, etc. But the best thing for me seems to be good old paper and pen.
That was about a month ago. Last week my bp was 158/98. Something is working.
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