Yeah; had one here since 1998, it's aged. As Marie I think had posted, about my first tractor I had was 1950 Massey Ferguson and I paid 250 dollars for it, got a back injury had to sell it, got $1000.00 for it. It's always nice to invest wisely.
OK, I'm going to lecture you a little. BP meds are to be taken regularly; they are not like headache pills. The normal readings you get are likely due to taking the medicine. I have high BP too, and I hate taking pills... but I hate having a stroke more. Take care of yourself so you and Marie can enjoy the new tractor!!
Maybe a melatonin before you go to the doctor might help, because it will relax you and make you a little drowsy. Bobby and I both take a melatonin about a half hour before bed, and then I paint on the ipad or read something relaxing for that half hour, and usually fall asleep just fine. I have never tried it before going somewhere stressful, but I think it might be worth trying. They are healthy and anti-aging, with no side effects.
I agree, he should at least take them till he gets it controlled, right now he is running around like a kid, the tractor was delivered, and he can't calm down. He went to get diesel for it. He said let y'all know he has a tractor now.
If you can text him, tell him to get a large (12"+) funnel while he's out. Filling from a heavy 5 gallon tank can be sloppy without one.
I agree with what Beth said, Jake. You must take the blood pressure pills daily to control it. If you don’t feel good on that particular BP pill, ask for another one. There are many kinds. You just have to find the one that works for you. My husband had to start taking BP pills and he had to try 4 different ones till he found one that works for him. High bloodpressure can mess with your kidney function too. Have you ever tried Rescue Remedy for anxious/stressful moments? It comes in gummies and liquid and diffrent flavors. It is suttle, but does help.
Will do, I decided I'm going with him, he is too excited to be going ,he may speed to get back. Right now he is looking for his diesel cans. Thanks John.
I get ours through our OTC program with our medicare advantage plan, and it is just the CVS brand, but we have ordered from Amazon , from Humana (when we had their Advantage plan/OTC), and bought in stores from Walmart or Walgreens. Pretty much, any brand is about the same, from my experience, and we like the ones that dissolve on your tongue, as opposed to the ones you have to swallow. Each person has different amount of melatonin it takes to help them relax and sleep better, and that can change with age, as we slow natural melatonin production the older we get. I would suggest trying a 3 or 5 mg to start with, take one about a half hour before bed and see what it does, and then you will know if you need more or less of it. Both Bobby and I take 10 mg at night, but we started out with 3 mg years ago. It is a natural hormone the body makes, so having more of it is not a problem and has no side effects except to help people relax at night. If you are drowsy in the morning, then a smaller dose is enough. My youngest son needed more than me, for it to help him sleep, and he is 25 years younger than I am, so different people need different amounts to work properly. You just have to start with a smaller dose and then add until it works for you. If it helps at night, then Jake would know how much to take before a dr appointment, plus you can check his BP after taking it and see if it helps with that, too. Both calcium and magnesium also help with relaxing and sleep, so you might experiment with those, too, and see if he can be more relaxed before the dr appointments. I get plenty of calcium from eating greens, and doing the protein drinks, but I take 400mg magnesium to help with my heart, and I also take that before bedtime at night. It can also stop muscle cramps at night, as well as helping the heart muscle. Bobby does not eat much greens, so he takes cal/mag/zinc tablets.
Thanks Krystal, will order them today, along with Yvonnes melatonin suggestion. He is all fired up and got me fired up too.
He just put 5 gallons diesel in the tractor. we have piles of tree's, tree limbs and brush all over the place so its first job will be hauling these to the field. Or maybe pull these vines I see on corner of fence most seem to be muscadine vines, we picked some off a couple months ago. May not want to clear them all, we can eat the fruit.
I will Beth, I'm just like you about not liking or taking pills, either. But I took it today and will tomorrow, I think all the excitement about getting the tractor is why it goes to the moon. Did get it; and it's a Hoss of a tractor too, I've been giving these vines a hard way to go.
Thanks Yvonne, I will have to check them out. I know even taking a higher dose of BP, when going to the dentist or Dr doesn't help lower mine. The dentist lately, says the, "heck with it" and goes to work on me; because it just keeps going up higher each time they check it. Melatonin might help me sleep too, been having lots of sleepless nights the last month or so. Thanks again.
I'm on lesarton now. Was taking amlodipine but gave me head aces and dizzy so heard lesarton has less side effects so changed to it. It makes Maries go up instead of down, mine goes down unless Dr visits. I need to find out where you get these and the ones, Yvonne said. Haven't heard of either. Thanks Krystal.
Ok John, I watched the video, and scarifiers are the hooks that break soil and pull the roots right? I rode the tractor today, and it's great and powerful. My box blade is like that one, but with five hooks; I will take a photo tomorrow to show you. I did some bush hogging, and then went into a bunch of muscadine Vines, big ones and chopped them up good, but there are to many mounds of dirt so I stopped, and will go back in with the box blade tomorrow and hooks; or scariffers, and pull roots and level dirt ar same time. Will let you know how it goes, after that. Thanks again for helping me.