Sometimes, honestly, I do not understand all the hoo-ha, all that jazz. After all, it is blood. It has to perform very many functions, do its duty non-stop, and real well, right? It has to forever flow. Imagine how tough it must be, especially through all those capillaries, carrying oxygen there, taking back all that muck, and so on. Rough stuff, right?!?
Then there are the people in your life, neighbours, vendors, colleagues, students, relatives, and, absolutely not to forget, your own self! Poor blood! Would boil, right? As a result, now and then, it decides to shoot up, though never ever down, some small mercies! But normal, if you look at the whole shebang from the perspective of that poor, sticky, messy, over-working tirelessly fluid!
Thus enters your life that entire community, the medical fraternity, tablets, capsules, the b.p. measuring machine, not to forget That machine, always with a mock of a small, knowing, wicked smile reminding you of that extra dollop of ghee or butter or ice-cream you just could not resist!
Ah, the doctors! Sure they mean well, but!!! That white coat, the stethoscope staring steadfastly, the furrowed forehead, that look which makes you feel that you are worse than the creature which would outlive an atom bomb, yes, as if you are a cockroach worth an immediate urgent quash!
Why get in to such a trap, right? Instead much much better to eat well, sleep more, exercise a little, enjoy life as if this could be very last minute, be happy, and forget forever the silent enemy. Yes, Happy b.p. day!
Pratima@ Such are our life styles that we are constantly playing hide n seek with funny 'friends' such as diabetes, the b.p, the stress, the aches and the pains! Better to barter with them every breath through prevention than cure, right?
Quote of the day: "Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red," says Clive Barker!
Word of te day: Systolic and diastolic blood pressure are the two numbers measured in a standard reading, written as systolic/diastolic (e.g., 120/80, the magic digits) which measure the force of your blood pushing against your artery walls as your heart pumps, and rests.
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