James wrote:


Wizard of Draws wrote:
On 9/25/07 8:06 PM, in article , "Morgans"
wrote:


"Wizard of Draws" wrote


Ten business
days after the letter was mailed, I received a medical certificate back
from
the FAA.

I can fly again.

Happy days!

I have no idea of what your weight situation is, but I'll pass along one
thing from my experiences.

I was having some BP problems, and went on medication.

A year or so later, I decided to lose some weight, but I resolved to
do it
without a diet, but just eat smaller portions of everything.

It worked. 5 months later, I had gone from 195 to 175. No exercise
increase, no cutting out certain foods. Just less.

Guess what. No more BP medicine is necessary, now.


I'm 5'9", 155 as of this morning. I asked the doc what BP he was
looking for
in order to stop the meds: 100/60.

As of the last visit, I was 132/90. This may take quite a few miles,
but I
will not be on meds for the rest of my life, no way.

I would have thought that 100/60 is pretty bloody low. Is the Doctor
getting kickbacks from the drug company? I get told my BP is pretty good
when it is 115/70. Genrerally I am 120/80 and the highest I know about
is 130/80. I did get a reall high reading after cutting myself badly,
152/95, but that does not really count!

I'm guessing that is the BP the doc is looking for while taking the
meds. It needs to be unusually low with the meds if it is to stay low
enough without the meds.

Matt