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. :-)

Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it.

True North Wrote in message:
Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it.


Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about.
I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-)
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11:41justan
True North Wrote in message:
Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it.


"Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about.
I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-)"


Sorry...we don't speak 'mericano in these parts.
As for the doughnuts...Tim Hortons stopped making my favourite type half a dozen years ago.
That would be a cake type with white coconut on top.

Is I'm out on a drive I can find my favourite at a Robyns location down near St Margarets Bay or the other shore at Porters Lake.
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11:41justan
True North Wrote in message:
Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and
a coffee. You deserve it.


"Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about.
I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-)"


Sorry...we don't speak 'mericano in these parts.
As for the doughnuts...Tim Hortons stopped making my favourite type half a dozen years ago.
That would be a cake type with white coconut on top.

Is I'm out on a drive I can find my favourite at a Robyns location down
near St Margarets Bay or the other shore at Porters Lake.
--


You drunk this early in the morning? Or we do not understand Halifaxian.

Bill Wrote in message:
True North wrote:

11:41justan
True North Wrote in message:
Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and
a coffee. You deserve it.


"Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about.
I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-)"


Sorry...we don't speak 'mericano in these parts.
As for the doughnuts...Tim Hortons stopped making my favourite type half a dozen years ago.
That would be a cake type with white coconut on top.

Is I'm out on a drive I can find my favourite at a Robyns location down
near St Margarets Bay or the other shore at Porters Lake.
--


You drunk this early in the morning? Or we do not understand Halifaxian.



The gist of what he's sayin is Donnie loves his donuts and he'd
drive quite a distance to satisfy his craving for those fat
pills.
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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.

On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 08:55:51 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:


11:41justan
True North Wrote in message:
Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it.


"Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about.
I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-)"


Sorry...we don't speak 'mericano in these parts.
As for the doughnuts...Tim Hortons stopped making my favourite type half a dozen years ago.
That would be a cake type with white coconut on top.

Is I'm out on a drive I can find my favourite at a Robyns location down near St Margarets Bay or the other shore at Porters Lake.

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.

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. :-)

I have a cuff here and my BP is all over the place. I can be really
high (155/85) and really low (107/68) but the average is in the 125/72
range.
It was cruising 140/80 most of my life tho (18 and up).
I do a lisinopril every day now.