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woodsprite

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3. I use an app called "Breathing Zone" that works well.
Tue Feb 1, 2022, 12:43 PM
Feb 2022

Also, no crossing your legs or ankles while you’re waiting to have your BP checked. My chemo nurses told me that one.

I have to get my son (21 yrs old) to take his BP seriously. He has had a few high readings which he blew off as drinking those caffeinated juices. Just had one that read 153/93. One of the things he’s been studying for is his scuba certification. You can’t scuba dive if you have uncontrolled HBP. Maybe that will wake him up. I bet his reading wouldn’t be nearly as bad if he lost 20 lbs, did the breathing exercises, and dropped those energy drinks.

Hope you get yours under control. I’m on amlodipine and Lisinopril, and seem to be ok. Wasn’t going to change anything drastic until I get through radiation. Then I need to work on my blood sugar numbers first.

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