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So a little back on track?
I had been thinking that I had been having problems with high BP when I did physical work (maybe I was), but I have noticed, increasingly, that when I do work and have to sit down and rest and had other symptoms (sometimes including a bright spot in my problem eye vision - eye doc knows about this), I think I have been having low BP.
Tonight I split a few rounds and stacked some wood and measured my BP. Down when I worked a little (really light work), rest a few minutes and it comes back up - also felt light headed when it went down - rinse and repeat a few times to confirm. From what I have read, this is somewhat normal; the blood goes out to the muscles/etc. so pressure goes down.
My point is that it is good to understand what your body is doing so you can know the warning signs.
THinking about getting an oximeter
I had been thinking that I had been having problems with high BP when I did physical work (maybe I was), but I have noticed, increasingly, that when I do work and have to sit down and rest and had other symptoms (sometimes including a bright spot in my problem eye vision - eye doc knows about this), I think I have been having low BP.
Tonight I split a few rounds and stacked some wood and measured my BP. Down when I worked a little (really light work), rest a few minutes and it comes back up - also felt light headed when it went down - rinse and repeat a few times to confirm. From what I have read, this is somewhat normal; the blood goes out to the muscles/etc. so pressure goes down.
My point is that it is good to understand what your body is doing so you can know the warning signs.
THinking about getting an oximeter