Hypertension - Telling My Spouse The Bad News And The Good News
... I left my doctors office two hours after arriving. I decided I would drive to my wife's work and tell her in person the bad news and the good news about my health. Rather than just sitting around and talking we went for a walk and talk. Honey I have some good news and some bad news, Let me give you the short version during our walk starting with the bad news; I have high blood pressure that is off the charts. My food consumption can not have more than 1500 mg a day of sodium. Dining out at restaurants is history for me. Dried spices ... told how I must live my life. Success or failure is something I want to be able to control. Now I must take medication everyday if I want to live. The internal argument was a short one. It was almost a monologue, take the pills and live. Now for the good news. I found out I have high blood pressure before anything really bad happened to me. This will be confirmed by a cardiologist over the next few days. We can push away the silent killer many decades if we do this right. There are many restaurants that serve crappy food now ...
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Tags: high blood pressure | blood pressure | hypertension telling | good news | bad news | |