I have a wrist BP monitor like this one. It causes less pain than an upper arm monitor.
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I hope I am not premature to say this, but it seems my new meds have normalized my blood pressure.
Actually, I told Dr. Ricalde to put me on David’s BP regimen: Telmisartan and Triamterine HCTZ. Bingo! Jackpot! I guess this drug combination works. I need both drugs, as one drug alone is insufficient.
Other drugs like Hydralazine, Amlodipine, and Lisinopril didn’t work for me or they had bad side-effects.
Oh, I can’t tell you how relieved I am. It does help to switch meds, when previous meds are ineffective. There are so many BP drugs available these days that there is absolutely no reason to keep the status quo, especially when doing so is deleterious to your health. I’ll do anything to prevent a stroke.
gigi-hawaii 
June 12, 2024 at 12:39 am |
I should probably get out our machine and take a reading. TG I haven’t yet required meds, but it does run higher than it once did.
June 12, 2024 at 12:55 am |
…take care and stay in the pink!
June 12, 2024 at 12:56 am |
Glad the new meds are helping you to stay healthy! Hugs, Valerie
June 12, 2024 at 12:57 am |
I am assuming that the doctor changed your medication for valid reasons and not because you told him to. It seems odd to me that you can visit the doctor and instruct him as to the medication you wish to have.
June 12, 2024 at 1:39 am |
My BP was not responding well to the meds he prescribed so I told him I wanted to try Dave’s meds.
June 12, 2024 at 4:58 am |
Gigi, I sure am happy for you that’s awesome news. I currently take 10mg amlodipine daily but boy it took at least a year adjusting to it. Swollen feet and ankles. But my doctor kept insisting I ride it out and now I’m back to normal. I need to get one of those home monitors.
June 12, 2024 at 5:00 am |
Three cheers! I’m so glad, Gigi!
June 12, 2024 at 5:09 am |
Great news!
June 12, 2024 at 5:45 am |
Yes, that stroke thing…I had been adverse to taking a statin. When my cholesterol reading hit 200, the GP wanted me to start. I had not heard good things about statins so declined. Then had all those heart tests where they found the beginnings of plaque on my carotid arteries. I agreed to a very small, 1x a week statin. Every other week works for me. Cholesterol is at 150. Everyone is happy. I too do not want to have a stroke.
June 12, 2024 at 6:53 am |
I take statin daily, which helps.
June 12, 2024 at 8:03 am
I have friends who have been on daily statins only to have leg cramps. Even on this tiny dose I take, and only every other week, I am finding I have pains in my hands. So far, manageable, and I see the cardiologist in 3 months, and we will discuss it. There needs to be a risk assessment.
June 12, 2024 at 8:05 am
No side effects for me.
June 12, 2024 at 7:53 am |
I am very glad for you.
June 13, 2024 at 2:35 am |
Glad you found something to get your BP under control. That’s an interesting monitor.
June 13, 2024 at 8:35 pm |
Ingo has such a thing, too. I am afraid to use it as the signs are seldom good…
Today again I´lll try to reach the doc. My problem is heart-racing.
June 14, 2024 at 2:01 am |
As you know, Gigi, high BP can lead to so many other issues, so good to read you now have it under control. I had not seen a monitor like the one shown in your post, but if it works good for you then it is a keeper.
June 15, 2024 at 2:40 am |
Gigi, your post was right on about the inconvenience that birds as far as droppings and property damage and that’s true if other animals and insects as well. So, I am not disagreeing with your position at all.
June 15, 2024 at 2:44 am |
Gigi, sorry that last comment was left on the wrong post and I could not delete it.