The whole 1.5 years I lived in the North Georgia Mountains I
had high blood pressure. Since I’d never had high blood pressure previously,
and because Georgia’s medical assistance is nonexistent, I chalked it up to the
elevation. High altitude works mysteriously on a number of things, including
bread making, but that’s another blog post – maybe.
I’ve begun again to see a doctor regularly and have all
those necessary exams such as mammogram and colonoscopy (that lovely cancer is
a trend on the maternal side), working with Froedtert University Hospital here
in Wisconsin. The first visit on December 31st was 146/92 – so much
for the altitude theory – so my doctor scheduled blood work and another visit
to recheck on January 3rd which read at 130/84. Additionally, in
those three days I lost three pounds.
So what happened in those three days to change things? On
New Year’s Eve I spent the night lying around with the grandkids eating lots of
processed junk food. On New Year’s Day, the whole family went to Golden Corral
and ate a LOT of food. Then we played board games all day and had ribs and
Italian beef for dinner. If anything, this should have raised both the blood
pressure and the weight.
On January 2nd I drove my daughter and grandson
home to Chicago and stopped to visit my friend Donna who I’d not seen in quite
a while. We hugged and talked, and oo’ed and ah’ed over Mello and Apache
playing, and hugged and talked some more.
The next day, I was in much better health. Friendship is
good medicine.
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