3/26/08

After the first baseball scrimmage of the season last night I was concerned how my back would react...and the early signs are...Not Bad! At least this next morning, some 13 hours after the game ended, it feels no worse for wear...still about 75-90% of normal.

Meanwhile after 4 blood pressure takes: The first one was rather high at 152/84 but by the 4 one, some 5 minutes later is had dropped to 120/75 with a good pulse rate of 65.

3/18/08

You can tell when you're getting old....spending 5 days in a luxury RV driving across the southwest and southern California is easy....taking 5 days getting back to normal and recovering from the "jet lag" after a "Red Eye" back is another story.

After turning 59 on Sunday, I still had not fully gotten back to "normal"....but today I seem to be closer.

BP is 130/76 with a pulse of 70 and back still feels about 80%....but if I stand on a hard cement floor for more than a 40 minute span(like this morning), I can still feel it.....with baseball umpire work just around the corner, we will see how things work out.

March 14, 2008

The trip out west did not do a bad job on the back, so can not complain.....blood pressure remains mostly in the high/normal range, sometimes dropping, but not really a problem at this time.

The main thing was, 4 nights sleeping in a RV did not bring back the major pain, just the usual complaints.

March 7, 2008

Getting ready to head out to New Mexico and So California this morning. BP taken 5 times in 5 minutes was all over the place...the low end 125/74 while the high end was 152/80 ..the pulse was a little up at 71 and 72.....pain in the hip was noticeable for the first time in awhile, we will see what this trip..RV, then bus, the long plane trip does.

3/6/08

10 days away from birthday #59....blood pressure made a jump the past 2 days...running around 148-155/ 80-82. Might be the diet, I had lost about 5 pounds, but gained 3 of that back, and some foods are suspect, so will cut back on those and the salt......will see how that works as I head out for New Mexico then California for the next 5 days, starting tomorrow.