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Before my mother retired in January, her "normal" blood pressure was around 200/150 (yes, she had headaches) and has been on blood pressure pills for the past five years in order to keep it down. After she retired, her "normal" blood pressure dropped to around 150/90 and she stopped taking the medicine. She has a doctor appointment coming up and she is going to discuss the dramatic changes in her blood pressure.
My blood pressure was found too be too high and I almost didn't get to have cataract surgery for my second eye. I spent almost an hour trying to relax before I finally went through with it. Anyway, I contacted my physical doctor who told me that I had to change my diet and loose weight. He put me on blood pressure meds.
After three years and about sixty pounds less, my blood pressure is around 120/80 now. The doctor has cut my blood pressure meds back from daily to once every other day.
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