09-14-2017, 01:46 PM
Glad you're still around. And you too Wyche. I had a scary event myself just the other night. I was feeling dizzy and out of breath and told my wife (a nurse) that I felt funny. She grabbed her blood pressure monitor, and checked me. When the reading came up at 223/110, I knew it was high, but she calmly said, "let's go, we need to go to ER." By the time we got there, it went up a little more (can't remember what it was, I was in freakout mode).
They hooked me up to the EKG, and gave me something called Clonidine. After about an hour, it came down to normal, or close to it. I went to my doctor the next day, he read me the riot act, and doubled my blood pressure meds, and put me on the Clonidine also. We've been keeping a close eye on it, and it's been running really good. But the worst part is, I have to quit, or drastically cut down on my drinking. So I learned that binge drinking will skyrocket your BP.
They hooked me up to the EKG, and gave me something called Clonidine. After about an hour, it came down to normal, or close to it. I went to my doctor the next day, he read me the riot act, and doubled my blood pressure meds, and put me on the Clonidine also. We've been keeping a close eye on it, and it's been running really good. But the worst part is, I have to quit, or drastically cut down on my drinking. So I learned that binge drinking will skyrocket your BP.
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