high blood pressure

swimcatsmom
Sun, 24 Dec 2017 15:58:10 +0000

My Mum was very fit and walked a lot. Rarely went to the doctor. One time she was visiting and we decided to take our blood pressure in the store. Hers was incredibly high - I’m thinking in the mid 250s on the upper number. I insisted she go to the doctor as soon as she got home to England. Her doctor was dubious when she told him why she was there but sure enough her BP was sky high - he always referred to her as the lady who stuck her arm in a hole in the wall in America and saved her life (you don’t see those take your own BP machines in England). She had no symptoms.

I have high BP and take lisiniprol. No side effects (unlike my diabetes meds!)