I’ve got stage 1 hypertension. Nothing dramatic — no dizzy spells, no chest tightness — just that quiet number on the monitor that’s a little higher than it should be. My mom had it too, most of her life. She used to joke that we just “run hot,” but really, it’s no joke at all. […]
High Blood Pressure (aka. Hypertension) is known as the Silent Killer as it often goes undetected until it is too late. Many people have high blood pressure but are totally unaware of it since they have no noticeable symptoms. The fact that over the years the guidelines what constitutes “high” did not help. Recently the
I recently got a pretty comprehensive blood test done (via marekhealth/labcorb). Mostly no big surprises and in line with what I saw in my annual physical. However, I discovered that I had scary low iron saturation. I don’t really know why. Everyone asked whether I had recently donated blood — I had not. I think
After years of not getting a physical (out of laziness and the fear “they will just tell me to lose weight and eat broccoli”), I finally got a physical last October. I knew I had gained a lot of weight but seeing “373lbs” on the scale gave me a profound shock. I had fastidiously avoided
