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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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rust_preacher said:
No, the cath was pulled already at the ward. The nurse demonstrated how the ball of liquid keeps it in place. Wonders of modern technology!
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After getting use to the Foley and the removal day was approaching, I contemplated just leaving it there. Nurse Ratchet wasted no time in its extraction. I have a friend that got his yanked out without deflation by a rookie nurse. Oh....the humanity!
 
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Been preparing for a major physical and want to avoid the doctor's temptation to even think about medication where it's not needed. Did a month's worth of 2x daily BP checks after they suggested that I was a little high and wanted to explore meds... with ~60 data points it averaged out to 124.5/82.5 with max/mins within 10% which is about as good as it gets for my age and more clearly suggests that meds are NOT necessary.

Any of you guys go down this road, for this, A1C, cholesterol, etc. and what were your experiences?
 
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Everyone will be a bit different of course...but the VA and other HUGE systems seem to favor observation, then prescriptions at the lowest dose conceivable, etc, before any real 'find it and fix it'actions are taken...

dont let em drag their feet, and do as much research on line as humanly possible. The amount of scientific and genuine medical information online now is astonishing
 
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If fell down twice in the house and three times in the garage from BP meds. They almost killed my uncle when he had a doc obsesses with getting his BP down to under 130 and he's 90 years old. He passed out behind the wheel. He, my mom and aunt suffered fairly minor injuries, just because it was a big assed caddy SUV. Mines about 80/130, but if I come from work it's more like 90/150. So I got a BP kit with a printer and pinted out two weeks of twice a day to go in my chart. Most of the meds are a vasodilater to expand you blood vessels and a diuretic to dehydrate you. You can dehydrate yourself and a banana a day will relax your muscles including blood vessels. The meds only work well if that is the cause, otherwise they help some, so they give you more. Stress, liver or kidney problem, over weight or over hydration can all be the cause. Depending on the cause and what your BP and weight is, you can loose as much as 10 whatevers of mercury for every ten pounds lost. I was fine on the BP meds, until I lost weight. I still get hypotension sometimes when I stand up too fast or lift a lot, then have to grab something and breath deeply.
 
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BassmanPaul said:
A new blues tune for people our age:

Didn’t wake up this morning..................................................

A bit short but full of meaning! :(
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Just because I'm up and walking, driving or working doesn't mean I'm awake. I'll sleep very light for 4 or 5 nights and then go into a coma for one or two nights. When I do sleep deep, I wake up in the same position I fell asleep in and I'm groggy until at least noon.
 
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I've gotten to the point where I'll sleep for 3 or 4 hours, wake up for an hour or two then go back to sleep for 2 or 3 hours. It's good thing I'm retired because I couldn't keep a work schedule with that sleep pattern and hold a job for long. I did some reading about sleep patterns and found out that until the advent of the electric light, that would have been considered a perfectly normal sleep pattern. There are even references in ancient writings to first sleep and second sleep with a period of creativeness and productivity in between. Once I read that I just went with that sleep pattern instead of fighting it and getting aggravated.

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I had a heart attack at age 34 from chest injuries received in a car accident a couple years prior to that and have been on BP meds and low dose aspirin for the past 30 years. I'm also in far better physical shape than I was any time prior to the heart attack (aside from the ravages of age and 30 years of mountain biking). Fortunately, I haven't had any noticeable side effects and haven't had another heart attack, but I would still say if you can avoid or put off the need for meds, by all means do it.
 
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ric426 said:
I've gotten to the point where I'll sleep for 3 or 4 hours, wake up for an hour or two then go back to sleep for 2 or 3 hours. It's good thing I'm retired because I couldn't keep a work schedule with that sleep pattern and hold a job for long. I did some reading about sleep patterns and found out that until the advent of the electric light, that would have been considered a perfectly normal sleep pattern. There are even references in ancient writings to first sleep and second sleep with a period of creativeness and productivity in between. Once I read that I just went with that sleep pattern instead of fighting it and getting aggravated.

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I had a heart attack at age 34 from chest injuries received in a car accident a couple years prior to that and have been on BP meds and low dose aspirin for the past 30 years. I'm also in far better physical shape than I was any time prior to the heart attack (aside from the ravages of age and 30 years of mountain biking). Fortunately, I haven't had any noticeable side effects and haven't had another heart attack, but I would still say if you can avoid or put off the need for meds, by all means do it.
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That's certainly good news for you. BP meds have their place, but in my view, those and statin drugs like lipitor are a bit like antibiotics; just a bit over prescribed. If you need them and they help, by all means... In any case, I think it's best to follow the doctors orders with one's encouragement to try less prescriptions. I'm on 6 prescriptions now, and other than the two for cholesterol and triglycerides, if I miss a dose, I'm a grumpy monkey in 8 hrs or less.
 
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Ken Morgan said:
Let me also add...its not all doom,gloom, and misery. This time of life is different, but I'm happier than I've ever been. Doing things I've NEVER had chances to do before, and so on.

Life only sucks if you choose the suck option...
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Good points.
 
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