The irony was not lost on me that I was the one sitting across from a patient explaining the risks of unmanaged hypertension — and then going home to my own blood pressure readings that were creeping above where I…
I treat patients with hypertension daily. I write prescriptions for ACE inhibitors and ARBs and beta-blockers as routinely as I write referrals. I understand the pharmacology of antihypertensive medication at the molecular level. And for the last three years, I…
For a long time, I avoided talking openly about my declining cardiovascular health. Like many people, I brushed off the occasional dizzy spells, the creeping blood pressure numbers, and the constant feeling that my heart was losing its natural efficiency.…