Dr Sanjay Gupta and Blood Pressure - Atrial Fibrillati...
Dr Sanjay Gupta and Blood Pressure
Yes, I agree!
Think I’ll sell up and move to York!!
Its a great area to live even without Sanjay!!
I love York. It's a place I want to visit and stay in a hotel on my own, armed with a book detailing the towns historic buildings.
Yeah Jean, like I did once and amazingly I kept finding hostelries in and around The Shambles, of one sort or another. The Jorvic Viking Centre is a must. 
Tell ya what though as far as visitor access is concerned York has probably the most outstanding P & R facilities, it has at least 6 P & R bus/car parks scattered around the perimeter of York making it so easy for the visitor, coming from any direction, to dump their car and hop on a bus into the city itself. Great place.
John
Have been there several times, John, and yes the Jorvik centre is a must as are all the museums. Did a ghost walk one evening and that was riveting.
Would never recommend anyone to visit The Dungeon there. I found it totally horrific and hated every minute, it's not very nice to feel trapped below ground in semi darkness with displays of people being tortured . My poor daughter went there a few years ago and (much to her embarrassment) was picked on to be tried as a witch. She had to show everyone how she danced at night as a witch. When they went on to the next room, the person in charge there asked who it was that had been tried and everyone pointed at her and she was picked on again!
Jean
Sanjay Gupta just appears to understand how to deal with medical problems in a correct and sensible way! Wouldn't it be nice if all doctors thought like him!
I have had a consultation with him, for my reassurance rather than a huge medical need ( I was discharged from NHS cardiology years ago) I came away a happy bunny.
Oh, you lucky person. I should think that just talking to him and trusting his views on how to deal with our condition would be a form of healing on it's own.
Don't say too much or York will be awash with we afibbers moving there. Lol.
Exactly that!
I like his shirt!!
It caught my eye too, unusual isn't it - a bit like him unusually insightful regarding health.
Yes the first part about ‘the number’.... so typical!!!
I'm in a catch 22 situation with my Blood Pressure. First I was asked to book a Cardiovascular Review to last 15 minutes. I accidentally booked it to end 10 minutes before another appointment I had 5 miles away. I arrived at the medical centre to be told there was no appointment, but told to wait. I saw a nurse who took my BP 3 times. I was told it was high. Had to make an appointment to see a doctor. Saw him, BP taken, it was satisfactory. Asked to take own BP readings over a 3 week period. I did a spreadsheet for them. BP ranged from 104/69 to 146/94, but most around 120/75. A month later asked to make a 40 minute appointment for Asthma and Cardiovascular review. Once I've recovered from a heavy cold I will. I suspect I will be told my pulse-rate is high. It's on the high side of normal. I have Permanent AF, Asthma, lymphoedema in my lower legs, and the most debilitating but non-life threatening of them all, chronic urticaria and food intolerance, which was triggered by a beta blocker which I no longer take.
Oooh Thomas I hope they don't try to give you another pill to take. Look up Dr John Bergmans YouTube blood pressure talk if you can. He thinks that we need the BP rate to go up as we get older to get the blood through our narrowed arteries.
Jean
My GP (who is very, very young) and my EP (who is middle aged) disagree on what a good BP is for someone in their late sixties. The GP thinks 135/85 is just fine and does not want it to be lower than 120/75, to avoid dizziness upon standing, thereby risking a fall. The EP seems to feel the lower the better, wanting to see it around 110/70 all the time. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
Oh my goodness, how can two professional medical opinions on blood pressure vary so much!
I think, as Dr Sanjay Gupta says in his talk, it depends what your normal resting BP has been in the past. I don't think I'd like mine at rest to be over 150/85, fortunately it's a lot lower than that. I'm one of those people whose BP can go high very quickly when under stress, so I try to avoid it as much as I can.
There is a saying amongst medics – put six doctors in a room together and you will get six diagnoses😊. That’s why it is so important for the patient to do their bit and look into the research relating to their conditions so they have a way of assessing the various opinions that are likely to arise.
I agree John, we're prescribed medication that we may need at that particular time, but there are no follow ups to see how it's affecting us, or if indeed it's still needed!
I take responsibility for my health and I don't want to be swallowing a lot of pills, I bellieve they may help with one ailment, but have the possibility to do damage to other organs in our bodies.
I've reported on here before what my GP once said to me, that in all his working years he's never had another patient like me. I have opinions about what medication goes into my body. Some people view doctors as all knowing gods, but I'm afraid I don't. Now if they were all like Dr Sanjay Gupta, then that would be a different matter!
Wholesome food and exercise are surely better than any pills.
Jean
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