I remember the doctor visit like it was yesterday… I was there to ask Dr. V about acne medicine, which I got, but also during that visit he prescribed my very first blood pressure Rx. I was a sophomore in high school.
Like most high-schoolers, I was more worried about my face than I was about my heart. Besides, most of the people I knew intimately in life were on blood pressure medicine as well. I did not find it odd until I got to college and realized none of my friends were on it, I thought it was part of becoming an adult.
For close to half of my life, I have taken blood pressure medicine. Even after I lost over 200 lbs and saw several of my prescriptions fall off my daily regimen, all I wanted to hear my doctor say was that the blood pressure medicine was gone. I started asking him in October 2013 after having lost just 70+ lbs!
It brings joyful tears to my eyes to say that as of May 2015 I got to hear my doctor say, “Do you want to be off of your blood pressure medicine? … It’s GONE!” WAHOO!!! I felt the heaviness of more than a decade fall off of my shoulders, it was as if I could breathe better and deeper all of a sudden.
Don’t be discouraged by not meeting your goals immediately, it’s you being persistent over time that makes victory taste so sweet!
Joshua "Bubba" Wade
No Fluff. All Buff.
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