Rough day…

Last night I took the doubled dose of Doxazosin for the first time. Initially it looked as though nothing much had changed.

But gradually I started to feel a bit rough and my BP showed why.

And then things became even worse.

I didn’t remember to take a reading in the evening. I did however almost faint at one point. Fortunately I managed to hang on to my senses long enough that I made the few steps to the sitting room and lay down on a rug until things started to return to normal.

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No dig diary, 5th September 2026

Another day of harvesting today. More peppers. I think that deep red one just looks so appealing.

Eight cucumbers including one weirdly wonky one.

And an enormous cabbage.

One thing I didn’t harvest however is this tomato.

That’ll be a meal on its own once it’s ripe 😀

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All three today!

Quite low in the afternoon though. Didn’t exactly feel wonderful thanks to that.

There was also news from the GP. Apparently he wants to double my dose of Doxazosin. Too late to pick up a prescription today, but I can just take two of my existing tablets for the time being. I’ll start doing that tonight.

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And back to whatever passes for “normal”…

Including forgetting to take a reading in the afternoon.

Today I submitted my most recent weekly set of BP readings for the GP. We’ll see what he comes back with.

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Bit of a shocker first thing…

Missed the mid-afternoon reading because the apple pressing took longer than I expected.

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A few action shots

I did indeed press apples today and even remembered to take a few photos.

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Another pretty average day

Not much to see here. Move along now…

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No dig diary, 1st September 2026

I didn’t really do much work other than tidying up and a little harvesting today. Peppers are starting to ripen in the polytunnel.

And there are plenty of large tomatoes that should be on their way soon.

I even found some melons developing in the greenhouse.

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First major delivery of apples arrive for pressing

I think this will be tomorrow’s job.

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Another day, another reading

Or two. Because I forgot the afternoon one again.

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