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Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) |
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Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it.
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True North Wrote in message:
Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it. Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about. I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-) -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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11:41justan True North Wrote in message: Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it. "Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about. I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-)" Sorry...we don't speak 'mericano in these parts. As for the doughnuts...Tim Hortons stopped making my favourite type half a dozen years ago. That would be a cake type with white coconut on top. Is I'm out on a drive I can find my favourite at a Robyns location down near St Margarets Bay or the other shore at Porters Lake. -- |
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11:41justan True North Wrote in message: Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it. "Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about. I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-)" Sorry...we don't speak 'mericano in these parts. As for the doughnuts...Tim Hortons stopped making my favourite type half a dozen years ago. That would be a cake type with white coconut on top. Is I'm out on a drive I can find my favourite at a Robyns location down near St Margarets Bay or the other shore at Porters Lake. -- You drunk this early in the morning? Or we do not understand Halifaxian. |
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True North wrote: 11:41justan True North Wrote in message: Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it. "Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about. I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-)" Sorry...we don't speak 'mericano in these parts. As for the doughnuts...Tim Hortons stopped making my favourite type half a dozen years ago. That would be a cake type with white coconut on top. Is I'm out on a drive I can find my favourite at a Robyns location down near St Margarets Bay or the other shore at Porters Lake. -- You drunk this early in the morning? Or we do not understand Halifaxian. The gist of what he's sayin is Donnie loves his donuts and he'd drive quite a distance to satisfy his craving for those fat pills. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 08:55:51 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
11:41justan True North Wrote in message: Or you could treat yourself to a couple of your favourite doughnuts and a coffee. You deserve it. "Say favorite donuts and we might know what you are talking about. I'll bet donuts made you the man you are today. :-)" Sorry...we don't speak 'mericano in these parts. As for the doughnuts...Tim Hortons stopped making my favourite type half a dozen years ago. That would be a cake type with white coconut on top. Is I'm out on a drive I can find my favourite at a Robyns location down near St Margarets Bay or the other shore at Porters Lake. |
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On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) I have a cuff here and my BP is all over the place. I can be really high (155/85) and really low (107/68) but the average is in the 125/72 range. It was cruising 140/80 most of my life tho (18 and up). I do a lisinopril every day now. |
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- show quoted text - According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. .......... My average is 117/71. There’s enough salt/sodium in foods I usually don’t mess with the salt shaker... |
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On 10/5/2018 2:41 PM, Tim wrote:
Mr. Luddite - show quoted text - According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. ......... My average is 117/71. There’s enough salt/sodium in foods I usually don’t mess with the salt shaker... That's excellent Tim! |
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On Friday, October 5, 2018 at 1:53:34 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/5/2018 2:41 PM, Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite - show quoted text - According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. ......... My average is 117/71. There’s enough salt/sodium in foods I usually don’t mess with the salt shaker... That's excellent Tim! Thanks, Im kinda proud of that. and Im not on blood pressure meds. Now the host of pills I take may or may no be keeping it down. That i don't know. but anything else, I take a half a baby aspirin twice a day. morning and night, if that has to do with anything... |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:48:54 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. KaCl has a wang to it I just do not like. I suppose I could get used to it but most of the time when I am working outside, electrolyte loss is a bigger problem than BP. |
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On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. We gave up salt in 1973. Except for hard boiled eggs and tomato slices. Was a previous drought in California and the salt water went up the river past the contra Costa water intake. Chloride warms for heart patients and my wife was pregnant complaining of swelling legs. So we got used to not salting food. |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) I have a cuff here and my BP is all over the place. I can be really high (155/85) and really low (107/68) but the average is in the 125/72 range. It was cruising 140/80 most of my life tho (18 and up). I do a lisinopril every day now. Highest I have ever seen my BP was 130 one time. Normal is about 112/72. My mom’s ran about 99-102 most of her life. Most of the time she could not donate blood as they wanted it over a 100. I seem to have high iron. |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:43:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 10/5/2018 7:07 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:39:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 3:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:48:54 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. KaCl has a wang to it I just do not like. I suppose I could get used to it but most of the time when I am working outside, electrolyte loss is a bigger problem than BP. What is KaCl ? I would guess, not looking it up but knowing Greg, that it's potassium chloride. I figured that's what he meant but couldn't resist busting his chops. Potassium chloride is KCl, not KaCl Bad guess on my part then. I wonder what KaCl really is? |
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On 10/5/2018 7:57 PM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:43:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 7:07 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:39:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 3:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:48:54 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. KaCl has a wang to it I just do not like. I suppose I could get used to it but most of the time when I am working outside, electrolyte loss is a bigger problem than BP. What is KaCl ? I would guess, not looking it up but knowing Greg, that it's potassium chloride. I figured that's what he meant but couldn't resist busting his chops. Potassium chloride is KCl, not KaCl Bad guess on my part then. I wonder what KaCl really is? According to Wiki, KACl is an FM radio station in Bismarck, North Dakota, :-) |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 11:41:53 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: Mr. Luddite - show quoted text - According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. ......... My average is 117/71. There’s enough salt/sodium in foods I usually don’t mess with the salt shaker... You got that right. Anything from a can, bottle or bag is loaded with salt. A few companies are starting to sell a few things with no salt added. It usually costs more. I have a problem with that. Don't they have to buy salt? Salt free should be cheaper. |
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On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:57:26 -0400, John H.
wrote: What is KaCl ? I would guess, not looking it up but knowing Greg, that it's potassium chloride. I figured that's what he meant but couldn't resist busting his chops. Potassium chloride is KCl, not KaCl Bad guess on my part then. I wonder what KaCl really is? === It's what chickens do. :-) |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:43:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 10/5/2018 7:07 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:39:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 3:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:48:54 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. KaCl has a wang to it I just do not like. I suppose I could get used to it but most of the time when I am working outside, electrolyte loss is a bigger problem than BP. What is KaCl ? I would guess, not looking it up but knowing Greg, that it's potassium chloride. I figured that's what he meant but couldn't resist busting his chops. Potassium chloride is KCl, not KaCl No problem, it is the Rec.Boats way ;-) |
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On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:57:26 -0400, John H.
wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:43:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 7:07 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:39:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 3:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:48:54 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. KaCl has a wang to it I just do not like. I suppose I could get used to it but most of the time when I am working outside, electrolyte loss is a bigger problem than BP. What is KaCl ? I would guess, not looking it up but knowing Greg, that it's potassium chloride. I figured that's what he meant but couldn't resist busting his chops. Potassium chloride is KCl, not KaCl Bad guess on my part then. I wonder what KaCl really is? A radio station in Bismark ND (google) |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 20:18:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 10/5/2018 7:57 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:43:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 7:07 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:39:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 3:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:48:54 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. KaCl has a wang to it I just do not like. I suppose I could get used to it but most of the time when I am working outside, electrolyte loss is a bigger problem than BP. What is KaCl ? I would guess, not looking it up but knowing Greg, that it's potassium chloride. I figured that's what he meant but couldn't resist busting his chops. Potassium chloride is KCl, not KaCl Bad guess on my part then. I wonder what KaCl really is? According to Wiki, KACl is an FM radio station in Bismarck, North Dakota, :-) You saw that too. |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 20:38:30 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/5/18 8:35 PM, wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 11:41:53 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite - show quoted text - According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. ......... My average is 117/71. There’s enough salt/sodium in foods I usually don’t mess with the salt shaker... You got that right. Anything from a can, bottle or bag is loaded with salt. I think not. You must not do a lot of cooking. Any processed food seems to have a lot of salt. I suppose if you want to be pedantic you can say there is no salt in sugar (bag), distilled water (bottle) but I am having a hard time thinking of much in a can that is not salted and they even put a trace of salt in regular bottled water. (according to my handy dandy $1200 YSI Pro water meter). |
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I am generally in the 100/60 to 110/70 range when my BP is checked. As to heartrate, my resting heartrate is anywhere between 51 and 57 BPM. Not to bad for a 69 year old male.
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On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 7:11:06 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/6/2018 1:07 AM, wrote: I am generally in the 100/60 to 110/70 range when my BP is checked. As to heartrate, my resting heartrate is anywhere between 51 and 57 BPM. Not to bad for a 69 year old male. Excellent. If anything you are tending more to hypotension (low blood pressure) according some some charts. I suffer from hypothyroidism. Even with the medication I take those who suffer from hypothyroidism tend to have slower heart rates and lower blood pressure. I was at the Dr. Saturday for my 6 month check and my BP was 110/64 and my heart rate was 51 at the time I was there. |
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On 10/7/2018 4:10 AM, wrote:
On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 7:11:06 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 10/6/2018 1:07 AM, wrote: I am generally in the 100/60 to 110/70 range when my BP is checked. As to heartrate, my resting heartrate is anywhere between 51 and 57 BPM. Not to bad for a 69 year old male. Excellent. If anything you are tending more to hypotension (low blood pressure) according some some charts. I suffer from hypothyroidism. Even with the medication I take those who suffer from hypothyroidism tend to have slower heart rates and lower blood pressure. I was at the Dr. Saturday for my 6 month check and my BP was 110/64 and my heart rate was 51 at the time I was there. For such a little organ the thyroid really has a lot of influence on the body as a whole. My wife had the opposite condition ...Hyperthyroidism ... or overactive thyroid. Noticed it many years ago when her hands shook. At the time she was also diagnosed with breast cancer and was undergoing treatment for that. During a private meeting with her oncologist he assured me that that could deal with the cancer but he was more concerned with getting the thyroid under control. Ended up with her drinking some radioactive stuff that killed off about half (or more) of her thyroid. It worked although she has to take medication daily to maintain the proper amount of "T4" whatever that is. The day I took her into Boston for the nuclear medicine drink the doc told me to have her ride in the back seat on the way home and for me not to sleep in the same bed with her for a couple of days. I thought he was making a joke but he was serious. She was temporarily dangerously radioactive. :-) |
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On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 20:18:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 10/5/2018 7:57 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 19:43:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 7:07 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:39:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 3:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:48:54 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/5/2018 1:33 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:26:17 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Had my twice yearly checkup at the VA yesterday. Felt pretty good. All my bloodwork results were normal, kidney and liver functions "excellent" and the results of a routine EKG indicated heart function is also "excellent" according to the Doc. My only issue I had two years ago when I first started going to the VA was elevated blood pressure. At the time it was something like 140/93. Not off the charts, but needed to be lowered. So, I've been losing some weight slowly and have been taking a low dose medication to help lower the BP. Yesterday, two tests indicated my BP as 124/72 and 120/70. Not bad. Not bad at all for a 69 year old who hasn't really been into doing everything in a "healthy" manner. I figure tomorrow I'll go out and get hit by a bus. :-) That 124/72 is about where mine is every time I take a physical. Yet, my doc persists in saying it's a bit high and I should work on lowering it, like stop eating salt. I finally went through my military medical records and found a physical from when I was 23 years old. Yup, blood pressure was 126/74. I gave him copy, and he's gotten off my ass. According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. KaCl has a wang to it I just do not like. I suppose I could get used to it but most of the time when I am working outside, electrolyte loss is a bigger problem than BP. What is KaCl ? I would guess, not looking it up but knowing Greg, that it's potassium chloride. I figured that's what he meant but couldn't resist busting his chops. Potassium chloride is KCl, not KaCl Bad guess on my part then. I wonder what KaCl really is? According to Wiki, KACl is an FM radio station in Bismarck, North Dakota, :-) LOL!!! |
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On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 21:29:12 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:57:26 -0400, John H. wrote: What is KaCl ? I would guess, not looking it up but knowing Greg, that it's potassium chloride. I figured that's what he meant but couldn't resist busting his chops. Potassium chloride is KCl, not KaCl Bad guess on my part then. I wonder what KaCl really is? === It's what chickens do. :-) LOLL! So true! Some humans do it also. |
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On Sun, 07 Oct 2018 12:24:54 -0400, John H.
wrote: On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 20:35:37 -0400, wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 11:41:53 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite - show quoted text - According to charts I found on the 'net the "124" is "normal". The "72" is "ideal". 120 or below is "ideal". So my second reading of 120/70 makes me "ideal, ideal". :-) I don't use table salt at all to add to food. I use "NoSalt" which is potassium chloride. Food itself has all the salt you need from what I understand. It took me a while to adjust to "NoSalt" but now I prefer it over table salt. Only problem is that potassium chloride is also a component of the "cocktail" used for lethal injection executions. Obviously it's in a much, much stronger dosage than NoSalt. ......... My average is 117/71. There’s enough salt/sodium in foods I usually don’t mess with the salt shaker... You got that right. Anything from a can, bottle or bag is loaded with salt. A few companies are starting to sell a few things with no salt added. It usually costs more. I have a problem with that. Don't they have to buy salt? Salt free should be cheaper. I do almost all the cooking and never add salt while doing so. The final product usually needs a tad. Canned tomatoes seem to be one of the worst. I do see a few companies are talking about "no salt added" these days on some products. The other option used to be tomato paste because the added salt is minimal. Things like chili powder are ridiculous. If I have time I try to make my own. (dried chilies ground up in the blender with onion and garlic "powder", not salt). That does end up being a lot more expensive than the stuff in the bottle tho. On the plus side, you can use less. |
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