I was threatened with BP meds 15 years ago - did some research and used this instead: https://www.sfherb.com/Hibiscus-Flowers-Cut--1-Lb_p_13.html I drank 4-5 cups a day for a year, and never heard another mention of meds. I'm down to two cups a day now and doing fine - pass my flight physical without issues. My wife likes it, I tolerate it.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 9:40 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'm with you on the BP meds Curt. I was on a big dose of carvedilol after > my heart failure, and it nearly cost me my job. About all I could do was > wander in to work and stagger through the day, sort of like having an > anchor in each shoe. Same thing my Dad felt when he had heart trouble in > the 70's. > > Got that backed off and I have much more energy, but I don't feel normal > unless I skip the meds a couple days in a row. Funny thing is that the > heart failure was viral and temporary. My BP has always been in the > 140-150 over 90 range, and I have zero effects from it other than a > slightly thickened left ventricle wall, and that was normal while I had the > heart failure. > > I need to get more excercise and get some weight off anyway, maybe I can > ditch the carvedilol. Only still on it because my cardiologist said he'd > seen some cases where discontinuing it caused the ventricular failure to > re-appear, otherwise I'd have quit it then. > > Ain't life grand? > > Peter > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
