In December of 2008, I was hospitalized for high blood pressure. Through an unfortunate combination of medication swapping and poor lifestyle choices, my blood pressure had shot up into the danger zone for stroke. Though I follow the exercise philosophy that it's best not to run unless chased -- and only then by a bear or equivalent land shark -- I'm not exactly a sedentary individual, and I had been on a simple exercise regimen at that time. However, my blood pressure was so high that they couldn't give me the simple treadmill test to determine it, since it was spiking well into the 200s. Upon leaving the hospital, the ER doctors had given me six prescriptions -- for blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, stress, etc. I went to my personal physician and said, "Look, I'm not taking this shit. And I'm also not taking this shit lying down. I just...
- 5/12/2011
- by Brian Prisco
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