A Different Approach

This month marks four years since I was diagnosed with hypertension. Specifically, it was my birthday - and a pretty awful one at that. See, I was pretty sure I had strep so I went to the walk-in on my way back from running camp errands. And the doctor told me he really wasn't concerned with my sore throat because he was more interested in why I was still alive with such high blood pressure. And thus began several frustrating years of finding a way to lower it. Over the years I've been on several different medications, all with varying side effects before finally settling on the most effective/least intrusive.

Now, I generally don't talk about it and usually secretly judge people who post about their medical histories online. But since only about seven people read this anyway, I thought I'd go ahead and share. I've been doing a lot of research and most people suggest limiting meat in one's diet and eating mostly fruits and vegetables.

So, despite the fact that it will be terribly difficult, I'm going to give being a vegetarian a try. After all, didn't some wise man once say that if you always do what you've always done then you'll always get what you've always got. So we'll see how this goes....