Good morning!!!!

[lostcreekranch]

Thanks all for the eclipse pictures.
Not a pleasant morning at doctors office. Blood pressure had sky rocketed. Several test and blood draws. Appointment with Cardiologist tomorrow. Never had problems before. I guess getting to be 75 has its rewards.

When I had my annual physical last spring the nurse took my BP when I arrived. It was 149 / 82. When I sat down with my Doc he was concerned and told me we might need to do something. Like you, I’ve never had issues with blood pressure.

I did research and bought an Omron 10 BP Monitor. It works very well and syncs, via Bluetooth, to your iPad or phone. Long story short, I check my BP every morning and well within normal range 95% of the time.

Amazon.com: Omron 1 Series Wireless Bluetooth Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Two User Mode (2 Reading Memory) - Compatible with Alexa: Health & Personal Care

It was $52 last June so, price has gone up a bit.

Good luck with your BP Ron.

 

[jbrumberg]

Ron- I am sorry to read about your BP. I hope your bloodwork comes back negative for "bad stuff." Good luck with the cardiologist tomorrow.

Daugen- Thanks for sharing your pictures of the Farmall A Project; looking good. I/We see a lot of classic tractors and some fancy new tractors in "parade" driving down the road towards the Cummington Fair each year in August for the classic tractor show. I'd like to join them, but those R1's bumping down the road would not make my spine very happy.

300Guy- Is the dog in your avatar a mastiff? I/We love the large breeds. And in 3 weeks I/we start the "new dog(s?)" quest. We prefer rescues, but it might not be the case this time. We'll see. The house has been really empty since our 2 St. B.'s crossed the rainbow bridge last year to join the rest of the pack already there.

CWB- I am happy to read about your bud. I hope that his condition continues to improve.

My + thoughts, wishes and prayers for all. We all need them.

Someone wrote- "Aging is not for the weak nor faint of heart."

Have good one every one.

 

[ronjhall]

When I had my annual physical last spring the nurse took my BP when I arrived. It was 149 / 82. When I sat down with my Doc he was concerned and told me we might need to do something. Like you, I’ve never had issues with blood pressure.

I did research and bought an Omron 10 BP Monitor. It works very well and syncs, via Bluetooth, to your iPad or phone. Long story short, I check my BP every morning and well within normal range 95% of the time.

Amazon.com: Omron 1 Series Wireless Bluetooth Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor with Two User Mode (2 Reading Memory) - Compatible with Alexa: Health & Personal Care

It was $52 last June so, price has gone up a bit.

Good luck with your BP Ron.

I have a BP monitor. Over the last 3 weeks it has been slowly raised from 130/70 to 160/90. Today at doctor office it was 190/100.
I have had my breakfast, taken my aspirin and other supplements and drank some coffee. Still high but not like at Dr office. Good day to sit and relax

 

[jbrumberg]

Ron- I would be concerned about the 3 week increase in the BP's especially if you are home. A lot of people get "white coat" anxiety while at the doctors. It depends on which doctors' office and the nurse taking my BP with me. I hope that you get the BP managed soon.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron- I would be concerned about the 3 week increase in the BP's especially if you are home. A lot of people get "white coat" anxiety while at the doctors. It depends on which doctors' office and the nurse taking my BP with me. I hope that you get the BP managed soon.

I was very relaxed at doctors office. I am sure I am going to get set up for all kinds of test tomorrow. My wife has same Cardiologist and I have taken her to all the test.

 

[daugen]

Ron mine did the same thing, but I told them they were nuts. So I got a cuff and took pictures of it morning noon and night.
Showed that my BP was fine, but that I tended to spike. I'm not sure what that is all about. I took it last night and it was 122/73. Yet it can be way higher at the doctor's office.
Don't think it's "white coat" reaction either. I see a lot of docs and specialists too. My pulse is in the 50's usually and hit 48 once, that got them hopping around to conclusions.
I just thought I was calm cool and collected...but why the high doc office readings? Tension from driving there? I usually read my Kindle in the waiting room, not like my space operas
are getting me overexcited.

After I recorded my findings for two weeks, I put the results on a spread sheet and my PCP agreed with me. Red herring.
I probably ought to cut down on my caffeine, it's wonderful in offsetting the dullness of arthritis/spine pain meds but likely not the best solution.
Best solution is probably the berries off some tree that is not AMA approved...

 

[ronjhall]

I just thought I was calm cool and collected...but why the high doc office readings? Tension from driving there? I usually read my Kindle in the waiting room, not like my space operas
are getting me overexcited.

Maybe that’s it. I was listening to a talk radio station on my way over to Dr office. Some of the response to the SOTUS got my BP up.

 

[jbrumberg]

Stupid drivers who can not keep to posted speed and road construction delays will spike my BP every time.

I cut back to two cups of high test coffee daily and no caffeine after 1:00PM. Cutting back may have helped "calm" my "nervous energy."

If the coffee bean was just discovered I bet the AMA would not approve it. It would probably end up being classified as a "controlled substance.

During the worst of my ordeal I was also receiving homeopathic treatments including acupuncture and some natural herbs (no THC at that point). It was parallel treatments. It helped, but I/we could not afford to continue treatments. When I really started to listen to and understand what the homeopathic practitioner was saying; he really was saying the same thing as to what was going on according to the AMA specialists, but saying it "esoterically". Towards the end I was sharing information with all the practitioners treating me. Everyone's focus was on managing the different organs' inflammation. Fortunately for me it worked.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning! 39˚ heading to the mid 60's, sunny. The moon eclipse is visible, clear skies. It's about 1/4 covered. Kyle's kids get to see the earths shadow on the moon as they get ready for school.

One more day of rail staining if I don't goof off too much. Keeping an eye on the Battery Saver cycles and measuring the voltage on the batteries are always a good distraction.

I updated the latest OS version on my wife newer Mac. No unexpected problems of course, it's a Mac.

When Apple confessed to slowing down their phones.... my blood pressure went up. Drew, your's is really good. Mine was up to 133/88 day before IIRC.

If a PC breaks, you can get parts for them anywhere. It is usually the software that makes them obsolete.... Here at work I have an 9 1/2 year old Dell T5500, with 8 cores. Only lost 1 of 2 hard drives in the 8 years. For home, I buy cheeep used Dells, with windows 7 or 8, for usually around $200 or a bit more with more options. These may be 4 years old or such.

Kids were on the bus, I told them to sit on the side where they could see the moon. I watched it. Really beautiful.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Was 17° this morning. Now 31°
Thanks for the appropriate moon pictures.
I stepped out on the deck last night to take a look, not dressed, didnt realize at the time it was 19° out.
Doing an sd card recovery. Thought i was deleting 1 video from the phone, wiped out the whole card. Immediately pulled the card.
Found over 1000 already. Probably only a dozen not already stored on computer, will see.