Blood Pressure Coming Down
I’ve been wondering why my blood pressure has been so high the last couple of years, but now it is lowering. Is it the diet? Decrease in prednisone? Well, it was coming down until the election, then it spiked for several days again. Stress, I assume. It is coming back down again.
In the meantime, I successfully went from 4.0 mgs of prednisone to 3.5. Today, I went down to 3.0. I’ll see how that goes and if I can stay there. I’ve been having pretty good days again, and my trips down the stairs have been quicker.
The last couple of days I’ve been very hungry and craving salt and sugar. I am unclear why, as that hasn’t been a problem. I attempted an AIP compliant pumpkin tapioca pudding. I’ve been eating it, but am not fond of the texture. It’s filling though.
The numbers (my wrists are the most interesting and noticeably smaller):
| Measurements in Inches on Sunday Mornings | ||||||||||
| Left Knuckles | Right Knuckles | Left Wrist | Right Wrist | Left Elbow (doesn’t straighten) | Right Elbow | Left Knee | Right Knee | Left Foot Knuckles | Right Foot Knuckles | |
| 10/13/24 | 7.125 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 17 | 17.75 | 9.125 | 9.875 |
| 10/20/24 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.75 | 12.125 | 11.25 | 17 | 17.75 | 9.25 | 9.875 |
| 10/27/24 | 6.875 | 7.375 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 11.75 | 11.25 | 17 | 17.5 | 8.75 | 9.5 |
| 11/3/24 | 7.125 | 7.25 | 7.375 | 7.5 | 11.25 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 9.0 | 9.75 |
| 11/10/24 | 7 | 7.25 | 7.125 | 7.375 | 11.5 | 11 | 17 | 17.25 | 9.125 | 9.5 |
| Other Measurements, Daily for First Month | |||||
| Heart rate, early | Oxygen AM | Weight in Pounds | Blood Pressure | AM down 16 stairs in seconds, fastest I can | |
| 10/11/24 (doc visit) | 70* | 144/88* | Could barely get down at all. | ||
| 10/13/24 | 73 | 95 | 182 | 144/99 | Could barely get down at all. |
| 10/14/24 | 75 | 97 | 181 | 144/91 | |
| 10/15/24 | 69 | 93 | 181 | 131/83 | |
| 10/16/24 | 71 | 95 | 180 | 139/92 | |
| 10/17/24 | 79 | 97 | 180 | 129/89 | 27 |
| 10/18/24 | 74 | 93 | 180 | 133/90 | 15 |
| 10/19/24 | 75 | 95 | 180 | 133/86 | 18 |
| 10/20/24 | 69 | 95 | 180 | 140/93 | 18 |
| 10/21/24 | 73 | 95 | 180 | 143/97 | Timer error |
| 10/22/24 | 76 | 94 | 180 | 133/91 | 14, but knees hurt a lot, should have gone slower |
| 10/23/24 | 75 | 97 | 180 | 148/97 | 14 seconds |
| 10/24/24 | 70 | 98 | 180 | 130/88 | 9 seconds! |
| 10/25/24 | 75 | 99 | 180 | 133/89 | 10 seconds! |
| 10/26/24 | 72 | 97 | 180 | 143/93 | 16 |
| 10/27/24 | 69 | 97 | 179 | 136/92 | 12 |
| 10/28/24 | 70 | 97 | 179 | 136/94 | 9 |
| 10/29/24 | 69 | 96 | 179 | 125/85 | 9 |
| 10/30/24 | 74 | 97 | 179 | 126/81 | 11 |
| 10/31/24 | 72 | 96 | 179 | 139/89 | 9 |
| 11/1/24 | 180 | 134/90 | 10 | ||
| 11/2/24 | 77 | 94 | 131/82 | 14 with knee brace | |
| 11/3/24 | 67 | 97 | 179 | 114/78! | 18 |
| 11/4/24 | 70 | 97 | 179 | 124/86 | 10 |
| 11/5/24 | 86 | 95 | 180 | 137/89 | 9 |
| 11/6/24 | 97 | 83 | 148/93 | 11 | |
| 11/7/24 | 93 | 86 | 179 | 146/95 | 11 |
| 11/8/24 | 93 | 67 | 134/86 | 14 | |
| 11/9/24 | 97 | 71 | 127/89 | 16, no shoes | |
| 11/10/24 | 97 | 67 | 179 | 131/82 | 10 |
| Medications/Supplements Taken | |||||||||
| Ibuprofen | Prednisone | D3 | Mag | Fish oil11/2/24: C15 | B Complex | K2 / Zinc | Levo | Liothyronine | |
| 10/13/24 | 200+400 mg | 4 mg | 4,000 IU | Threonate | 1200 mg | Yes | No | 50 | 5, whole + 1.25 |
| 10/14/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | yes | K2 | 100 | 5 whole + 1.25 |
| 10/15/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | yes | K2, zinc | 100 | 5 whole + 1.25 |
| 10/16/24 | 200+? | 4 | 4,000 | threonate | 600 | no | no | 100 | 2.5 + 2.5+1.25 |
| 10/17/24 | 200+200+400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | yes | zinc | 100 | 5 whole |
| 10/18/24 | 200+200+400 | 4 | 4,000 | no | no | no | no | 100 | 5 +1.25 |
| 10/19/24 | 200+200+400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | no | no | 50 | 5 |
| 10/20/24 | 200+400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | yes | no | 100 | 5 |
| 10/21/24 | 200+400 | 4 | 4,000 | 0 | 600 | yes | no | 100 | 5+ 1.25 |
| 10/22/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | yes | Yes, zinc | 100 | 5 |
| 10/23/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 0 | yes | no | 100 | 5 |
| 10/24/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | yes | no | 100 | 5 |
| 10/25/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | yes | Yes, zinc | 100 | 5 |
| 10/26/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 0 | no | no | 50 | 5 |
| 10/27/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 1200 | yes | Yes, zinc | 100 | 5 |
| 10/28/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | no | no | 100 | 5 |
| 10/29/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | yes | yes,zinc | 100 | 5 + 1.25 |
| 10/30/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | yes | yes,zinc | 100 | 5 + 1.25 |
| 10/31/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | yes | Yes, zinc | 100 | 5 + 1.25 |
| 11/1/24 | 400 | 3.5 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600 | no | no | 100 | 5 + 1 |
| 11/2/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600FO, C15 | no | no | 50 | 5 |
| 11/3/24 | 400 | 3.5 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600FO, C15 | no | no | 100 | 5 |
| 11/4/24 | 400 | 4 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600FO, C15 | yes | Yes, zinc | 100 | 5 |
| 11/5/24 | 400 | 3.5 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600FO, C15 | yes | Yes, zinc | 100 | 5 |
| 11/6/24 | 400 | 3.5 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600FO, C15 | yes | Yes, zinc | 100 | 5 |
| 11/7/24 | 400 | 3.5 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600FO, C15 | 100 | 5 | ||
| 11/8/24 | 400 | 3.5 | No | No | 600FO, C15 | yes | Yes, zinc | 100 | 5 |
| 11/9/24 | 400 | 3.5 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600FO, C15 | no | no | 100 | 5 |
| 11/10/24 | 400 | 3.5 | 4,000 | Threonate | 600FO, C15 | yes | Yes, zinc | 100 | 5 |