I'm 22, and I went to try and become a
police officer. While I am overweight
admittedly, i'm not morbidly obese.
The physician there told me I had high
blood pressure and that I needed to go to
a doctor. He said it wasn't deadly yet,
but it was bad. Only thing is, I don't
have insurance, nor the 109$ the doctor
wants, just for the visit alone.
That's not counting, the prescription he
might give me for however much that would
cost.
I was really hungry today...And, I ate
a...Uh...*feels ashamed* practically a
whole pizza by myself. (minus one
slice.)
afterwards, I started freaking out because
I read that just 1/5th of the pizza had
860 mg of sodium.
So I waited a while and forced down some
oatmeal, a vitamin c, and e, and multiple
vitamin tablet...And drank a bunch of
orange juice that had alot of potassium in
it.
I did all of this, because i'm scared that
i'm gonna die now.
What should I do?
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jennys11
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 70 Location: miami
Posted: 02-14-06 18:19pm
Hello, I read what you wrote and felt the
need to write you. I am a slim 32 year
old woman who three months ago suffered a
minor stroke. I had no idea that I was at
risk. I always thought people who
suffered that kind of stuff were in their
60's but I was fooled.
I am now on a strick diet that means no
caffeine (the first two months is very bad
but it gets better) and cut my sugar
intake in half. I started to exercise and
my heart rate was 103 now it is a steady
80.
I now go take my blood pressure everyday
and write it down and because of my daily
fast paced walking I have healthy blood
pressure 104/65. I know how you feel but
start off small like I did. I cut out
soda's and then started to monitor my
sodium intake. I then would take short
walks but allow yourself to enjoy too. I
love snicker bars and allow one, if i'm
good, once a week.
It starts with you!! Your health is why
you are here-without it you can see that
it get's bad.
Good luck and one step at a time
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bilalrose
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Nottingham, U.K.
Re: 147/97 Bad? Posted: 02-22-07 12:21pm
C0nfus3d_Ab0ut_L1f3,
Hello
I noticed your posting today, (and
although it is over a year since it was
published) I felt compelled to reply.
The positive I can draw from your post is
that you are very fortunate that you have
been allerted to your condition, now.
I bet you there are thousands of 22 / 23
year olds with hypertension who are
oblivious to the fact and will probably
discover it 5, 10, 20 years down the
road.
You have a good chance of kerbing or even
eliminating it early in your life.
I hope you have got something started to
alleviate your BP in this time.......
At your age (or indeed any age) it is
perhaps not a bad thing for you to have a
good DASH type of diet and a daily
exercise regime as a first line of defence
for repelling your high BP.
High BP does not always have to be
confusing.
For you, it may just be your body's way of
telling you that you need to change some
of your habits that are conducive to
hypertension.
