Exactly! Before they changed it to 120/80, it was 140/90, and that is what I go by.
I've confused my husband with the numbers, so he is always trying to remember that we are going by 140/90 in our house now, lol. He's had high bp since forever. I've always had low bp when I was younger (20's - 30's), even to the point the nurses sometimes couldn't get a reading. They would have to switch from the machine to doing it manually, and still had a hard time, even bringing in other nurses to help. Though I felt totally fine and wasn't at the docs office for bp reasons. I would laugh and say ... I am alive and breathing, lol. Even pregnant my bp was always good, drove my husband crazy. But for the last 10 -15 yrs my bp has been high. Been on Lisinopril, it's not really helping anymore, so the doc did blood work to see what was going on. Mind you I hadn't been in to see her in years before this and had stopped taking my cholesterol med yrs ago also (wasn't on them long before I decided to stop). All my blood work came out normal, except to my doc my cholesterol was so high that I needed to come in to get me on meds right away. My cholesterol was "almost" 200. Screw that, I'm not going on anymore meds. I'm now paying attention to my blood work to see for myself what is high & what's not, not depending on docs to tell me what they think or should I say their computers & big pharma. Funny all the blood test results came in on my doctor's office health app except my cholesterol results, wonder why that is?
Anyway, I'm trying to get off of the Lisinopril, it's the only prescription med I take now. Beetroot supplements along with cinnamon supplement seems to help lower my bp some. Been trying different supplements and so far, beetroot & cinnamon has had the best result.
Exactly! Before they changed it to 120/80, it was 140/90, and that is what I go by.
I've confused my husband with the numbers, so he is always trying to remember that we are going by 140/90 in our house now, lol. He's had high bp since forever. I've always had low bp when I was younger (20's - 30's), even to the point the nurses sometimes couldn't get a reading. They would have to switch from the machine to doing it manually, and still had a hard time, even bringing in other nurses to help. Though I felt totally fine and wasn't at the docs office for bp reasons. I would laugh and say ... I am alive and breathing, lol. Even pregnant my bp was always good, drove my husband crazy. But for the last 10 -15 yrs my bp has been high. Been on Lisinopril, it's not really helping anymore, so the doc did blood work to see what was going on. Mind you I hadn't been in to see her in years before this and had stopped taking my cholesterol med yrs ago also (wasn't on them long before I decided to stop). All my blood work came out normal, except to my doc my cholesterol was so high that I needed to come in to get me on meds right away. My cholesterol was "almost" 200. Screw that, I'm not going on anymore meds. I'm now paying attention to my blood work to see for myself what is high & what's not, not depending on docs to tell me what they think or should I say their computers & big pharma. Funny all the blood test results came in on my doctor's office health app except my cholesterol results, wonder why that is?
Anyway, I'm trying to get off of the Lisinopril, it's the only prescription med I take now. Beetroot supplements along with cinnamon supplement seems to help lower my bp some. Been trying different supplements and so far, beetroot & cinnamon has had the best result.