Comment on Wednesday Whinge - 23rd August 2023
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoUgh high BP is the worst. I’m on two different BP meds, one of which has given me hideous cankles. I console myself that it’s better than having a stroke, but it sucks that I felt better before.
tkc@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Ah sorry to hear that. I haven’t heard great things about the meds.
It’s been really hard to accept the idea of potentially going on meds, but as you say, if they’re going to potentially save our lives, it’s got to be done.
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
What the doctor said that convinced me to take it seriously: you can recover really well from a heart attack and carry on with your life. If a stroke doesn’t kill you, the resulting brain damage will leave you with life-altering conditions, such paralysis of half your body, loss of speech (aphasia), trouble swallowing, memory issues, double vision… it’s quite a list. Losing my independence would be unbearable, so I take my meds and keep my cankles covered. :-)
tkc@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Yeah, that’s a really good point. A morbid one, but a good one.