High BP Meds and Dieting Warning

So ....in march 2010 , I went to the doctor complaining of feeling like crap....weighing 327lb...bp was at 150 over 95...colesterol was also high ... i was 39 y old. He told me id be dead with in 5 years if i kept it up...forgot to tell you..i had smoked for 20 years as well...I was seriously on my way out !!.

Anyhow, he put me on high BP Meds , told me lose weight, quit smoking..yadda yadda yadda ...... scared me enough i listened. A week ago i hit 80lb gone (30-40 more to go)and celebrated 6 months without a ciggrette ( the gum company has started to send me thank you notes).

BUT ..... Yesterday as i was writing nasty emails to people who needed em....i got a blurry spot on my right eye....figured it was from looking at a computer screen to long...so closed my blinds and shut my eyes for a moment.. That didnt help......flushed my eyes with bottled water...but it just got worse...then i noticed a that when i closed my eyes, i could still see the spot!.. So about now im getting scared...thankfully , where i work is staffed with a full time doctor, so like a bunny off i go. By the time i got to his office, the spot had left and a halo around the vision in my right eye had appeared. First thing he did was check my BP....and lo and behold - 80 over 55 HR of 46 bpm....i doubt my BP has ever been that low......ate a candy bar ...drank some juice.....checked it again an hour later 90 /60....and again 1/2 hour later 100/65. This morning without meds 110 over 70.at 58 bpm....no more meds for me....YAY!!!!!!

So this is my message...if you are dieting for BP control, be carefull, get checked every 20 lb or so.......sucks to die from being to healthy.