I am loving seeing the thistles everywhere in the country park. Some just opening, some in full bloom showing off their gorgeous purple colour and many now at their end bursting open and shedding their seeds everywhere.
This was a lone thistle in a field of wild flowers and grasses which are fading fast. I love the shape and colour. Just look at all those huge spikes!! Handle with care!!
Many thanks for your good wishes about my BP. I am taking two readings in the morning and two in the evening and will work out the average to tell the doctor when he phones on the 7th. It is much lower than it was but definitely a long way to go to reach the target. Trying to cut out salt, now having decaffeinated coffee (yuk) and trying to eat healthy (not dieting) and I have lost a few pounds - just the start in a long haul to get my weight down. Are there any pleasures in getting older? LOL!!
@kjarn have been on medication for years but suddenly BP shot up and doctor (over phone) doubled the dose. I went to Devon but started to feel even worse and came home. Emergency doctor (over phone) said he would not have doubled dose as I am on Naproxin for arthritis and the two drugs don’t agree with each other. He put me on beta blocker for two weeks to stop me feeling so anxious. Phoned my doctors surgery and another doctor (over phone) agreed that he would not have doubled the original medication. I am now back to previous dose plus a new BP tablet. BP lower but still a long way off target. Apologies for the long saga!
Being anxious is a trigger for high BP! I have high BP but can bring it done with some determined relaxation. Not on medication. At one time I was 160/90.
Wow, what a saga! As a nurse I wouldn’t have recommending doubling your dose either, I would have added a new tablet which I see has been done. My BP was all over the place for ages and it was the mixing of two tablets that fixed it. Please don’t apologise for your answer, I asked the question and more than happy to read your answer however long it is. Fingers crossed the new tablet does its stuff and soon.
What a lovely shot, is that a spider web in there too. I woulkd reckon the spider would be pretty safe.
Fingers crossed the new meds keep reducing your blood pressure. Mine went up earlier this year but it is back to normal again now. I think mine was stress related since David had a stroke in February.
A lovely, kind of swirly, thistle. We are in the same mode here, trying to eat better, walk more, etc. Because Jerry’s BP has stubbornly refused to be normal.
Fingers crossed the new meds keep reducing your blood pressure. Mine went up earlier this year but it is back to normal again now. I think mine was stress related since David had a stroke in February.
No Pam, getting older is less fun. ;)