On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 20:18:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/5/2018 7:57 PM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:43:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/5/2018 7:07 PM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:39:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/5/2018 3:27 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:48:54 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:


Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday.
Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were
normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent"
and the results of a routine EKG indicated
heart function is also "excellent" according to
the Doc.

My only issue I had two years ago when I first started
going to the VA was elevated blood pressure.
At the time it was something like 140/93.
Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered.

So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have
been taking a low dose medication to help lower
the BP.

Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and
120/70.

Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't
really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner.

I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-)

That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's
a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my
military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was
126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass.



According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The
"72" is "ideal".

120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me
"ideal, ideal". :-)

I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt"
which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you
need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to
"NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is
that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used
for lethal injection executions.

Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt.

KaCl has a wang to it I just do not like. I suppose I could get used
to it but most of the time when I am working outside, electrolyte loss
is a bigger problem than BP.



What is KaCl ?



I would guess, not looking it up but knowing Greg, that it's potassium chloride.


I figured that's what he meant but couldn't resist busting his chops.

Potassium chloride is KCl, not KaCl


Bad guess on my part then. I wonder what KaCl really is?



According to Wiki, KACl is an FM radio station in Bismarck, North
Dakota, :-)

LOL!!!