Second Trip

I made my second trip to the doctor and now am on amlodipine besylate 10 mg. What a headache, literally. The kind of headache that feels like cold, searing, liquid metal in your brain, and you are very still in bed wanting to kick you legs but you just lay there breathing in and out, praying for sleep. Yes, that kind of headache lol. Good news is on the other medication, THAT headache lasted three days and it was followed by a smaller daily headache, never ceasing. This one though, perhaps that one headache was all I will have, I can feel the barest hint of one. I did wait until the final seconds of falling asleep to take my second pill last night, I think that helped me escape the worst.

My teas came in the mail! Hibiscus tea, wow. Siphons the tension right out of your bones. What a nice feeling after all this stress! My first day of tea and new meds I was ecstatic , my blood pressure was 110/80 and had the very best nights sleep I've had in weeks. Today I am at 129/101. That top number is responding nicely, but the bottom one...how stubborn can you be? 

Good new from the doctor, I can cut this pill in half if i wish, using my home blood pressure monitor as a guide. I have official permission! My monitor was very accurate. Two points off on the top number and only one off on the bottom. I can trust this thing, I must only guard against user error.

My tea brewing is still in it's infancy, and so far I brew a half gallon of caffeine free black tea and a half gallon of hibiscus, then mix the two in one pitcher. I am using about 1/4 cup of hibiscus petals? It is hard to say because they are big in size, not powdered. If I crushed them I think it would measure around three tablespoons. My white tea, I have not added yet, but today will use four tea bags with  my black/hibiscus tea. The taste of the hibiscus tea? Tart, but not too tart, not at all. It does have an hidden layer of some flavor.... reminds me of a cow pasture, don't ask me why! And I really don't want to  know. I don't want to think of cow patties! I like the taste better cold, but the warm fuzzy feeling is more noticeable when I drink it hot. After two days of being off the  lisinopril, I have noticed greatly the vague upset stomach I had is gone, more or less, and food tastes better. Did that med mess with my taste and smell? Or did my unhappy tummy just put me off food? I am not sure, but I lean towards the med messing with my senses, yes.

Insofar as foods, this week I will add the dreaded celery, plus avocado and yogurt. I can see adding all these foods could become overwhelming, I am striving for some balance. 

This is only THE first official week, I have time.