Greyman 25,341 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 3 hours ago, king said: I never knew the kidney would be 40% failure over 55 yrs. That prostate is a dodgy thing GM It's good you are back to normal mate.. It’s an enlarged prostate that’s normal for men over 55 mate, but that was causing my kidneys to fail and my blood pressure to rise I now take a pill a day and piss like a teenager and my kidney function is back up to 90 odd percent have to go back in a few months for the 24hr heart monitor again and hope that will be back to normal, have cut out salt and cut down on my chocolate intake to help, but the prostate was causing all the problems Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Greyman said: It’s an enlarged prostate that’s normal for men over 55 mate, but that was causing my kidneys to fail and my blood pressure to rise I now take a pill a day and piss like a teenager and my kidney function is back up to 90 odd percent have to go back in a few months for the 24hr heart monitor again and hope that will be back to normal, have cut out salt and cut down on my chocolate intake to help, but the prostate was causing all the problems It's mad how 1 thing can have a knock on effect mate. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Stress is a killer. A few years ago my blood pressure was averaging 165/118, up to 177/122. I nearly kicked it. It was all down to stress. I don't drink, or smoked heavily. Ate a very healthy diet, and kept active. As said, change diet, kick the smokes and try and relax. Atb j 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 40 minutes ago, jetro said: Stress is a killer. A few years ago my blood pressure was averaging 165/118, up to 177/122. I nearly kicked it. It was all down to stress. I don't drink, or smoked heavily. Ate a very healthy diet, and kept active. As said, change diet, kick the smokes and try and relax. Atb j Christ mate 177/122 I bet the doctor gave you look when he checked that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, king said: Christ mate 177/122 I bet the doctor gave you look when he checked that. He sure did, I had a 24hr monitor on, went back, he read the info and said that it must be faulty because I couldn't have it that high. Gave me a brand new one, same thing again, he nearly fainted lol. Definitely the smokes don't help, no matter how little you smoke. I smoked for 32 years, so I know it's not easy giving them up. Just think of what you have to loose if you don't. Atb j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, jetro said: He sure did, I had a 24hr monitor on, went back, he read the info and said that it must be faulty because I couldn't have it that high. Gave me a brand new one, same thing again, he nearly fainted lol. Definitely the smokes don't help, no matter how little you smoke. I smoked for 32 years, so I know it's not easy giving them up. Just think of what you have to loose if you don't. Atb j Did giving up have a big impact on your BP mate. I bet he was blown away that you were still standing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 minute ago, king said: Did giving up have a big impact on your BP mate. I bet he was blown away that you were still standing It did, I'll be honest, I just packed them in, no vapes, patches ect ect, they only prolong the addiction. You will be fine after 3 days. You'll be over the worst of it. Just keep your self busy, don't be hanging around with time on your hands, that's the worst part. My blood pressure is now 80/120 steady. I take one tablet a day to control it. Atb j 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, jetro said: It did, I'll be honest, I just packed them in, no vapes, patches ect ect, they only prolong the addiction. You will be fine after 3 days. You'll be over the worst of it. Just keep your self busy, don't be hanging around with time on your hands, that's the worst part. My blood pressure is now 80/120 steady. I take one tablet a day to control it. Atb j That's some drop in BP mate fair play 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 16 minutes ago, king said: That's some drop in BP mate fair play Change of life style, finding out what the most important things in life are ( family) and just concentrate on that, and not to stress or worry about other people, and things you have no control over. You will get your under control as well, now's the the time to do it, before it it leads to more serious problems. Atb j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ted Newgent 4,896 Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 FFS mate dont go eating that hurricane cake recipe i sent it could push you over the edge i am active with my work i dont exercise i drink as much as i can fri sat sun smoke rollies last time ( month ago) my blood pressure was low. The nurse actually asked me if i was alive lol my cholesterol is around 5 regularly i eat porridge every other day during the 6 months of winter and oats will keep the cholesterol in check.i dont eat take away or supermarket pre made meals as we dont have them here compared to the vast selection you have back there. Like stated in earlier posts try to keep the stress level in check i hope you get it all in check and get the BP down. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,690 Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 16 hours ago, king said: I'm back to see him in just over 3 weeks so will ask him then mate.. Time to give up the smokes mate. As Ted said a Oats is good for the cholesterol so is oily fish, I started taking fish oil capsules but they are not cheap. Banana's are good for helping lower Blood pressure because they contain Potassium. One of the tablets I take is Losartan Potassium the others are Folpik and Indapamide. It took 18 months to 2 years I recon to find what tablets a dose worked. Easy for me to say give up the fags but I can't give up the salt and still drink to much really. Good luck with it mate and don't worry about it your on the case, the pills will bring it back under control, but it might take some tweaking. Also got the Doc to prescribe a tablet called Sildenafil which is like Viagra, you might want to ask if you get that problem. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Baldcoot 2,352 Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Yep Losarten for me and amlipodine and im a non never smoked ,give up the weed mate dad bless im aged 53 told stop or be dead in six months and he lived to 71 .He jus stopped ,no patches or nicotinell just cold turkey and it worked . Big issue is fags cholesterol not so much as they move the goalposts on that 1 every week and will give u a statin for it anyway .Not a big drinker ,work is 20 miles away and drive a crane so no juice Mon to Fri just family history ,family are big Jocks and have a history with mr diabetes and all the trimmings .Youl get there mr just listen to you doc and dont google anything as you,l pooh your pants with all the negatives atb fellow sufferer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginger beard 4,652 Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 He probably hasn't even got high blood pressure. Just another lie to gain sympathy and attention. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Jetro/ted/arry/baldcoot Thanks for the posts lads. I'm out of likes.some great info there though.its put my mind at ease a fair bit. It is quite sobering when the doctor said you need to be on medication for the near future or beyond. It shakes you up a bit I will admit that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 12,689 Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Hope you all good mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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