Category Archives: Health

As they say on the interwebs. Missed doing a BP reading this morning, but didn’t feel great this afternoon and felt that this reading explained it. But then I took a reading this evening when I felt much better, and … Continue reading →

BP readings for yesterday, morning, mid-afternoon and evening.

I hate going on about blood pressure stuff, but honestly it is rather dominating my life right now. I think however that I am getting to the point of understanding what is going on better, unless I’m completely wrong 😀 … Continue reading →

That’s taken mid-evening, having taken the medication in the morning. Doesn’t really feel to me as though it’s having any long-term effect.

This is my resting heart rate, early afternoon.

This is about the limit of what I can stand at the moment. If my blood pressure goes any lower than this then I really can’t cope. As long as it doesn’t drop too far below 180 systolic then whilst … Continue reading →

Readings from the last few days. I’m not aware that there’s any obvious reason for the differences. Seems bonkers that they’re so radically different.

Side effects of my BP meds, #8192: Coffee with milk. Tastes absolutely horrible now. I’ve started drinking it black instead. Seems a very strange thing to have happened, but perhaps health-wise it’s not the end of the world.

This morning. Having had readings in the low 140s two and three days previously… It’s just deeply confusing.

And just out of interest, took my BP again. So, yesterday it was 143/100 with a heart rate of 101 and this morning it is 144/134 with a heart rate of 78. Make it make sense?