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\"Pump<\/a>Went back in today for a follow-up on my blood pressure, after a month on medication. \u00a0I’ve been using a home BP monitor, and honestly, the results weren’t getting any better. \u00a0The office tests, though (one by the RNP, one by the doc herself) showed a significant improvement (still borderline high, but not Actually Hypertensive).<\/p>\n

So we’re going to do a slight uptick in my medication and see if that improves things further without introducing any bad side effects. \u00a0Knocking on wood …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went back in today for a follow-up on my blood pressure, after a month on medication. \u00a0I’ve been using a home BP monitor, and honestly, the results weren’t getting any better. \u00a0The office tests, though (one by the RNP, one by the doc herself) showed a significant improvement (still borderline high, but not Actually Hypertensive). … Continue reading “Under Pressure”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130427,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/14\/bang-bang-crazy.html","url_meta":{"origin":19114,"position":0},"title":"Bang Bang Crazy","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 14-Apr-16 11:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Jim Wright does great long-form blog entries at Stonekettle Station. 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