Eye doctor

Eye appointment went well.. Turns out my left contact wasn't fitting well causing it to rotate and be blurry... So seeing blurry out of one eye and clear out of the other would obviously give one a headache... They got they right measurements this time , I'm seeing better and no more headaches.. Yay lol .. On a side note.. I've been doing well with cooking at home and staying away from restaurants.. But today I went to my favorite Mexican restaurant for my sisters birthday and I could taste salt in the food.. It was not good.. I'm sure it's always tasted that way.. But before I was used to the salt and it was fine.. Think ill stick to my home cooking.. I was disappointed my fav food was not good at all.. Oh well... Until next time......

Stable bp

Well I'm still not back on the blood pressure meds.. I've been keeping a close eye on it and its been really great.. But I've been having really bad headaches.. I have an appt tomorrow with the eye doctor they have concerns that maybe my new contacts are causing the problem.. If not ill be headed to my regular doctor to see what's going on.. Wish I could catch a break.. I'm only 26 I shouldn't have so much health stuff going on.. But it could always be worse.. So I'm still thankful.. I'll check back in soon!!

Still low

So my doctor called me back and suggested I cut my blood pressure pill in half.. Which is what I've done for several days.. My bp is still low so I've decided to stop taking my meds for a few days and monitor my bp to make sure it stays in a healthy range.. If I see it getting higher ill start back on half a pill.. I'm not convinced my diet has had enough time to start effecting my bp but.. I am continuing to eat heathy and staying away from salt and fast food!! Ill keep everyone updated over the next few days..

Low blood pressure??

I've been on my new meds for almost a week now.. I've felt pretty good and haven't checked my blood pressure since my eye appointment on Monday.. I woke up with a headache today and it still hasn't gone away.. So out of concern I checked my bp and surprisingly it was low... Like 105/60 low.. So I've called my doctors office to let them know what's going on.. And now I'm waiting to hear back from my doctor so she can let me know what I should do next.. I'll keep you all updated!

Update!

Well blood pressure is high again.. The craziness of both kids in school.. The holidays.. And very busy schedules.. I've got very slack on my diet and exercise routine.. I was doing so well and even got off my bp meds.. But the headaches started again right before Christmas .. I had my bp checked, it was so high.. Had an appointment made with the dr and she put me back on hctz.. After 3 days on the hctz I was still having chest pains and pressure along with the heart palpitations and bad headaches my bp was 166/102.. I spent a lot of time in bed trying to relax and relieve the headaches.. After about a week I started feeling better but my bp was still a little high running around 140/85 at rest .. Friday I had my 2 week check up at the office my bp was 156/108 so my doctor decided to put me on Lisinopril after only 2 days I've seen a big difference especially in the bottom number 140/80 But needless to say I'm back on my diet and hopefully back to exercising once this medicine really starts working.. Ill be working on some new recipes that I will share on the blog and I'm also in search of a smoothie recipe for breakfast.. Something that I can add spinach in but not have the spinach taste!! I'll keep you updated on that also!!! I added the blogger app on my iPhone in hopes of keeping up better with my post.. (Mom on the go here).... I'll try not to get slack this time !!

On a side note... I've struggled with my having high bp.. I'm not over weight an am otherwise a healthy person.. Two of my sisters have low blood pressure and I just don't understand why now I'm having this issue.. But I'm trying to accept that this is an issue that I will have to deal with for the rest of my life. It's controllable but I have to maintain a healthy lifestyle to be able to get off of the meds.. I have to stay determined.. Slacking off is not an option.. High blood pressure can lead to so many other life threatening problems..