Mike, that's a pretty big swing down, you'll definitely feel that. I'm sure you're monitoring your BP, but I don't know what schedule you're keeping with that. I would check it first thing upon waking every day, take your med at the same time everyday (and be really strict, set an alarm on your phone or watch and be consistent, this helps keep drug concentration levels consistent), and if you can check your BP again before you engage in any activity that's good too. Sometime it's a pain in the arse to get dialed in with BP meds, sometimes it's a cakewalk. If you have to go back to the cardio to get something changed, it's best to be armed with a blood pressure log, with time/date, and also comments such as "after a meal" "before bedime" "before mowing the grass" "after mowing the grass, hot day" etc. You probably know all of that, but just in case.

Also, I second Lemmy's comment, and to anyone else, you don't have to go full Pedialyte/Gatorade, but adding salt to your water is a wise move in the warmer months, you can mask the taste with a little lemon/lime juice, or something like Crystal Lite powder or something like it. LMNT packets are a good option I've heard, but I've never used them.

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Posted by La Place Mike

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Member since Jan 2004

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Posted on 5/14/24 at 6:52 pm to DrDenim

O could definitely feel it. It was lower than that the other times. I take the medicine every morning and try to take BP every morning for now it seems like 5 mg is working. I see a cardiologist next week and will see what he says.

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Posted by LemmyLives

Texas

Member since Mar 2019

6562 posts

Posted on 5/15/24 at 2:09 am to DrDenim

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I would have demanded a foley catheter

Well, while I was in the ER, I heard that a bus was inbound with a code blue, and they coded again after arrival about 60-90 minutes later. I knew I wouldn't be seeing anyone for an extended period of time after each announcement. They didn't document the diuretic or BP meds they gave me via IV, only the Atavan (I started subconsciously panicking as people continued to not tell me anything, when I see the 242/130 BP reading, etc.) They gave me the unsigned discharge paperwork in my discharge folder, etc. On the plus side, there is a level that your BP reaches that you don't wait in the ER, lol.

Mike, there's an app called "Medisafe," and the alarms will annoy the hell out of you. But you'll be on time. Depending on your water, the pinch of salt (West Houston is hard water, but I mean a pinch, not a 1/4 tsp) {edit} may just make the water taste softer.

And Mike, three days later, I had two beers at the pub, and was leaving, and a mid-60s dude ended up face down on the bar with his wife calling his name trying to get him to respond. He'd had a little over a beer, ended up with a couple of compressions, and when I saw him in my parking garage in the passenger seat a few days later, there is clearly slack jaw, inability to control facial expressions appropriately, he's not great. Don't ignore side effects.

For your cringe/laughter, DrDenim, his wife said she could go get her keys to drive him to the ER (we live in the same complex 80 yards away), in the middle of me asking if he was breathing (I was holding him up, there were not enough people for me to get him on the ground safely.) F no. Amboolance!

After he got the compressions and started talking, they were wheeling him out. His wife tried to close the tab for $15 worth of 3 drinks. It was surreal, her shock response was odd.

This post was edited on 5/15/24 at 2:10 am

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