Walk More

Grandma takes a high blood pressure pill daily after she checks her blood pressure. The day after her surgery, her blood pressure was low. Her nurse at the hospital instructed her to skip her medication for the day. Since then, she has skipped a few doses due to low blood pressure. My mom feels that she should be re-assessed by her doctor.

Grandma saw her doctor this afternoon. He told Grandma to stop her blood pressure medication and to see him in three weeks. He suggested that Grandma should go for more walks to reduce weight. If she can lose five pounds, she won't need to take the medication any more. Being winter, outside is too cold and icy for Grandma. "More" walk will become "mall" walk.

The doctor had another advice - do not eat too much salt. Grandma always complains that my mom's cooking is not salty enough. It bothers my mom every time she watches Grandma sprinkles salt on her foods. Recently, she gave Grandma a bottle of salt substitute. You should see how Grandma sprinkles to her heart content. My mom hopes that she will soon ease off on the use of it.