Well another Dr apt in the books today. I have been pain free for almost 2 days and since the coincides with the days they put me on the prescription antacids they are thinking it is an ulcer that was the cause of my pain, They still have a lab they are waiting on to see if I have a bacterial infection in my intestines. And it was time to address my blood pressure. It was still high all last night and this morning at the Dr apt. Today I started a new med tool lower my blood pressure. I asked them what could this be connected to since it started out of no where? They said that in the medical industry they don't really can what caused it they just want to make it go down. I asked if the lab comes back and says I have an infection could that have started it? He said not likely. He said they have always seen slightly elevated blood pressure from me but since July all my apps have reported high blood pressure. I was kind of surprised but he showed me and sure enough, my top number has been in the 130's and the bottom in the upper 90's. 120/90 is the highest you want to have 120/80 is better. I asked about training and he said once I make sure the meds work, I can continue my training.
He said the key to training with high blood pressure is not pushing it. So if I can't talk during my jog I am going to fast. :-/ Which means I am just going to be so slow. I can't jog very fast before I can do to keep going it concentrate on breathing and talking is out of the question. Where do I go from here? Right now pushing myself is a 14 min mile and that is not able to talk while I do it. BFF is working on her 11 min miles and feels slow. *sigh*
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