Comments | tearswashclean: To answer your question Becky, yes. Yes it does.

tearswashclean

To answer your question Becky, yes. Yes it does.

Jul 23, 2005 23:41

Stress can make you sicker than a dog. Case in point ( Read more... )

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beckslife July 26 2005, 11:21:39 UTC

My blood pressure is normally pretty low, at about 100-107/65-70 usually, even with as much stress as I have all the time. I must have got that uncanny Hannibal Lechter way of keeping it low, just by mind control or something. Only twice has my BP been sky-high. Once when I began taking that medicine to shrink the brain tumor (it stayed at about 140/95 for a couple of YEARS) and then when I had the miscarriage it was between 195-210/140-150 with a heart rate of 140, I think it was, for a day or two. My normal heart rate is at about 70-75. Until this past week, it hasn't risen much. But it's been, as my little cousin Chelsea says, "Off The Fuckin' Chains!". I know I lost weight, because I bought a skirt the day before I went to see Charlie & The Chocolate Factory and it fit fine. I put it on the other day and I'll need a belt to wear it now. I was able to eat about 5 bites of spaghetti yesterday ( ... )