Approximately 15 years ago the bottom fell out as far as my health was concerned.
It all started when my husband came home with a new blood pressure monitor.
He and my oldest daughter, who is an EMT, were playing with it.
I said take mine. I know it is good…
...Boy was I wrong!!
To my surprise it was very high.
They both said you need to call a doctor tomorrow.
I must admit I hadn’t been to a doctor since my youngest daughter was born.
That would have been around 30 years.
I was trying to blow it off when my daughter said you can stroke out with a blood pressure like that.
I called my husband's primary care physician the next morning and told them what was going on.
They scheduled me to come in that afternoon.
They did blood work that day and started me on a blood pressure medication immediately.
After about 2 days the nurse called to give me the results of that blood work.
Other than high blood pressure I also had high cholesterol and thyroid issues.
But their biggest concern was my sugar levels.