Can't believe my blood pressure
gymbunny09
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I've just taken my bp and it's the best it has been for the past 15 yrs, just been doing keto since the end of May so I am overjoyed
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Excellent!1
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that's fantastic news!!1
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Look for lots of other benefits on this WOE journey too. Congrats.
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Thanks everyone, just wish the scales would move but feeling thinner so that's all that really matters and I'm getting healthier.4
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This was a happy surprise for me too when I started down this path. My BP on our home cuff usually ran somewhere around 150/90. And, of course, at the doctor's office somewhere around 1,500,000/9,000, at which time I would be urged to begin BP medication, which I refused to consider.
My home reading just now after way too much caffeine and a trip to the vet's office that left me, my husband and both cats in a state of nervous collapse: 123/79. Not too shabby for an old lady. I can't answer for the cats; they're still jumping sideways at every move.5 -
@mandycat223 - I SOOOOO feel you on the doctor's office reading. It's an actual condition, you know, so sort of mess about medical appointment/testing anxiety... Regardless, it's no joke when everything is ridiculously higher...with no real sensible reason.1
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Yes I've got White Coat Syndrome! My practice nurse just asks for my home BP readings.
Other benefits - I've been told I snore less, I have less reflux and less wind. Win win all round !!!1 -
Yep, White Coat Syndrome. That's why I just monitor mine at home too.1
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Yay!!!!1
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That's awesome! I was able to drop the blood pressure medication after 4 months of eating this way!1
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White Coat Syndrome is real. Doctors and nurses still look at you crazy when you say..."it's fine at home". Lucky are those of you that your doctors accept your home readings. So I take two approaches. One is constant self-talk. You took your BP at home and at Jewel so you know you are fine...there is NOTHING wrong with you. All your lab work is fine and has been fine. Then I calmly talk to the nurse/doctor when they are taking my pressure about anything (except the pressure) so that I'm not focusing on this thing squeezing the life out of my arm. It seems to work....a good portion of the time.3
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