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Travelling on the King's Highway - one step at a time!
- By Great-gram · Posted November 9, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- Hi Everybody! I haven't posted or written any journals because life has gotten pretty hectic. Our grand-daughter just turned 19 - we kept it simple and still she was happy, because it was our day off ...
Sinking and Scared
- By WandaJ · Posted October 21, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- Yesterday I made an incredibly difficult and scary decision: to take a leave of absence so I can heal after the roller-coaster ride of the past year. A difficult decision for several reasons: I am a woman ...
Traveling the King's Highway - Quite a bumpy road - with a lot of stress
- By Great-gram · Posted September 27, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Hi to all my friends, We had some "interesting" episodes with our grandaughter and her friends yesterday and today - won't get into details, but it was quite hectic. This morning I grabbed my heart medications ...
Beyond Anxious About Blood Pressure
- By lonewolf7 · Posted September 26, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- I'm editing this journal because there were no responses and I'm really concerned about my BP. Why do these things always happen weekends? For the past few days, my blood pressure has been quite high ...
Traveling on the King's Highway - trip to the PCP
- By Great-gram · Posted September 23, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- Hi! Because of yesterday's symptoms, I took 100 mg of metoprolol (lopresser)(Toprol) this morning. That was my usual dose before I went in the hospital. My B/P was still low enough that I didn't take ...
Traveling on the King's Highway - Heart didn't like me today.
- By Great-gram · Posted September 22, 2009
- Journal · 7 replies
- Hi! I was really pushing today because the auctioneer was coming to the house to assess things. Seems like the best bet is to just get rid of it all. He was really nice and said if we call ahead, he will ...
I have a question....
- By Iamready36 · Posted September 22, 2009
- Discussion in Treatment of high blood pressure · 0 replies
- I have high blood pressure and have to lose weight, the Atkins diet is the easiest one I came across so far for weight loss and I am starting a low sodium (DASH diet) life style. Can you combine low carb/low ...
Traveling on the Kings Highway - heart having it's say
- By Great-gram · Posted September 21, 2009
- Journal · 5 replies
- Hi All! Not much time to post, but try to read articles periodically. You are all so great. Our 18 year old grand-daughter is here, kind of off and on. I'm seeing some growth in her. She is at a friends ...
Just Can't Believe It
- By lonewolf7 · Posted September 8, 2009
- Journal · 26 replies
- Today I had an appointment with my cardiologist. I found out that when they did the angioplasty in March, I had another artery that was 50% blocked and they did nothing about it. It seems that an artery ...
New again
- By Nekashell · Posted September 5, 2009
- Journal · 8 replies
- I've decided that I want to start this over again and stick to this I need to be a new healthier me! Its not going to be easy, Hopely I will meet some people on here that will be inspiring, and share ...
Can't Do It - Why
- By lonewolf7 · Posted August 31, 2009
- Journal · 21 replies
- Today I was supposed to have a nuclear stress test. I didn't go - it's the second time I've done this. Both times, I have become extremely anxious and scared and don't know how to deal with these feelings ...
On the King's Highway - problems with hip and back
- By Great-gram · Posted August 16, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Hi! everyone - sure has been a bumpy road lately. My husband got out the hospital just in time to take care of us. Plumbing under the sink went - he semi took care of it. Will need a plumber this time ...
Blood Pressure Meds & Shortness of Breath
- By joyce114 · Posted August 13, 2009
- Discussion in Controlling my high blood pressure · 0 replies
- I would like to ask anyone for their opinions and suggestions to a current problem I have been experiencing. I have a few "symptoms" that I don't know if they are considered a "diagnosis" or not: atherosclerosis ...
Answered Prayer on the Jericho Road
- By Great-gram · Posted August 12, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- Thanks be to God and thanks to all of you. I just shared all of the responses with my husband. He is now home. No diagnosis - but then, that is not necessary when God is at work. We can never get too ...
blood pressure med.
- By 123wisdom · Posted August 12, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- Hello, is there anyone taking the drug Bystolic? It is a new class of BP med. without alot of the side effects. I started it about 1 week ago and so far its working ok. I dont understand how you can go ...
No Support from Family
- By lonewolf7 · Posted August 11, 2009
- Journal · 16 replies
- I'm not sure how this journal is going to turn out but I'll try to be coherent and hope I don't sound like I'm having a pity party. Last weekend, I phoned my oldest son to ask him if he would phone me ...
On the Jericho Road - In Need of Prayers
- By Great-gram · Posted August 10, 2009
- Journal · 28 replies
- Hi! Just asking all of you to pray for my husband. He took ill last night; we went to the doctor this morning - he sent us to the ER because his blood pressure is so low, (systolic went down to 60 while ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
- Journal · 13 replies
- All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...
Anyone taking Benicar (Olmesartan Medoxomil)?
- By Great-gram · Posted August 8, 2009
- Discussion in Treatment of high blood pressure · 2 replies
- Hi! I'm new to this site, but not to Inspire. I have a blood pressure that likes to go up and down in extremes. I'm sure a lot of this is due to adrenaline highs that I've experienced with all my life ...
Hypertensive Medications
- By joyce114 · Posted August 8, 2009
- Discussion in Treatment of high blood pressure · 1 reply
- Greetings! I am new to this website and thought I would just "go for it" and ask a few questions. First of all, I want to say I appreciate this opportunity to be able to talk with others and "take charge ...
