I think I shall vomt. Though it might be because of the stupid stupid high blood pressue pills. They really did tell me it would make my gut upset.

[Asher]

Cut back your posting.

JM

FTFY

[Dinner]

This.

I treat mine with diet and excercise.

I have cut salt and most high fat foods out of the diet now plus I'm jogging 5 miles a day which is exactly one loop around the local lake. I'm hoping that over time that will give me the results I'm looking for. Honestly, I should also cut back on the booze though that seems the one sin still open to me.

[Dinner]

You're practically still a kid. Why the hell have you got high blood pressure?

That's the million dollar question. I'm a bit over weight but not a huge amount, I did smoke (stopped cold turkey 9 days ago when the doc gave me the bad news) but I've stopped, though my diet really was a train wreck. We're talking eating out 15-18 out of the 21 meals per week and even if you go relatively healthy the average restaurant food is higher in fat and salts as well as calories. I'm now cooking at home mainly because that seems to be the only way to get a low salt & fat diet in this country.

[regexcellent]

Smoke weed. Maybe that'll make the nausea go away so you can keep drinking.

I sincerely hope you're not serious because this is the dumbest piece of advice I've ever seen.

[Dinner]

Oh, WRT booze. I've stopped drinking beer and wine at least simply because you have to drink more calories though I have kept drinking single malt scotchs. I used to hardly ever get rip roaring drunk though apparently it will take me some time to adjust to liquor (as opposed to beer or wine) because I got pretty darn drunk on just 3 drinks.

I've become a cheap date.

BTW the feeling sick had nothing to do with the three drinks I had last night (I'm pretty sure) and instead it has to do with the pills. The doctor said they can cause nausea, upset stomach, and even vomiting which is why you're supposed to take them with food.

[Asher]

That's the million dollar question. I'm a bit over weight but not a huge amount, I did smoke (stopped cold turkey 9 days ago when the doc gave me the bad news)

Seriously, you just now got the bad news about smoking?

[The Mad Monk]

How much sleep do you get? The recognized importance of sleep is growing all the time.

[notyoueither]

How high is/was your BP?

[Dinner]

Feeling better ?

Marginally. Next problem: it involves something of a more personal nature specifically the side effects of the high blood pressure medication. The doctor told me that ~3/4ths of men on this medication develop erectile dysfunction and sure as **** I'm one of the 3 out of 4. Now, being able to get hard at the drop of a hat has always been something I have taken particular pride in, heck, I could normally even jizz and still keep it hard without any refractory period meaning I am (or rather was) one of the 10% of guys who were mufti-orgasmic. The problem is on this medication I couldn't get hard to jerk off even if I wanted to and THAT qualifies as a major drug side effect in my book. Talk about an emasculating experience.

[Dinner]

How high is/was your BP?

High enough that when I went to donate blood at the company blood drive they sent me to an emergency room. We're talking damn high. 229 over 140 and no one seems to know why. I did smoke and didn't eat right plus I need to lose 40 pounds but blood pressure that high is almost unheard of and usually is the result of some sort of major illness. With the medication, my diet changes in the last week, my new excercise routine, and stopping smoking... It's now down to 145 over 90 which is still high but not "you're going to drop dead any second now" level of high.

[The Mad Monk]

Marginally. Next problem: it involves something of a more personal nature specifically the side effects of the high blood pressure medication. The doctor told me that ~3/4ths of men on this medication develop erectile dysfunction and sure as **** I'm one of the 3 out of 4. Now, being able to get hard at the drop of a hat has always been something I have taken particular pride in, heck, I could normally even jizz and still keep it hard without any refractory period meaning I am (or rather was) one of the 10% of guys who were mufti-orgasmic. The problem is on this medication I couldn't get hard to jerk off even if I wanted to and THAT qualifies as a major drug side effect in my book. Talk about an emasculating experience.

You're on your own.

[Dinner]

How much sleep do you get? The recognized importance of sleep is growing all the time.

I've had a hard time sleeping and seem to wake up at odd hours. Going to sleep is no problem but staying a sleep seems to be a problem.

[notyoueither]

Have you ever been told that you snore a lot?

[Dinner]

You're on your own.

I have a check up with my doctor in a week and I intend to speak with him about the drug side effects then. Looking stuff up on the internet it seems there are alternative medications which can be used but which cost more so the doctors tend to use the cheap, old, and effective pills even though they have some pretty serious side effects for guys. Perhaps a change in medication would solve this issue.

[Dinner]

Have you ever been told that you snore a lot?

Oh, yes, by EVERYONE. We're talking even folks at the poly meet up mentioned it (ask Self Biased or Crazy Kitty how loud my snoring is). I even lost a girlfriend once because she said she just couldn't put up with the snoring any more.