Jul 13

Is Your Blood Pressure Under Control?

It’s a popular saying that if you have your health you have everything. I never paid much attention to this. I took this for granted and kept pushing myself harder and harder to achieve financial wealth. By the time I was forty years old I had a very healthy bank account. However, I hardly knew my kids and my wife was ready to divorce me.

I pushed myself even more trying to achieve that goal. I started getting headaches and found that my face was flushed a good deal of the time. My wife sent me to the doctor. I discovered that I had high blood pressure and was on the brink of having a stroke. The doctor put me on medicine to treat the high blood pressure. I felt dreadful on the medication. The physician told me that I could try to lower my blood pressure by changing my lifestyle or by trying another medication.

I have always been a type A personality. I ate on the run, only slept three to four hours a night and ate whenever I felt hungry. Suddenly I found myself trying to eat healthy, get more exercise and more sleep.My doctor was very blunt with me. He told me that my wife and kids would be enjoying my life insurance money in the near future if I did not get my blood pressure under control soon.

My wife, being the great woman that she is, started to reduce the salt in my food and began having healthier choices for me around the house.My wife and I started taking walks together as well as cycling. With her help I was able to lower my blood pressure and I started feeling better. Now that I feel better and have better relationships with my family I realize that having your health is the most important thing.

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