Guest guest Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Forgot to say INSPRA not available in the UK yet and as far as my GP is aware there are no plans to authorise it's use in Scotland at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 You could have them appeal to the Company for compassionate use. Pfizer. May your pressure be low! CE Grim MD Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine Professor of Epidemiology Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hypertenision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Was the bp taken by a read person or a machine. I do not trust any machine diastolic readings and ignore them. Has the device in the office been recently calibrated. Many in the UK have never been checked according to a recent report. If it is a mercury device and it zeros and is clear it is likely OK. May your pressure be low! CE Grim MD Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine Professor of Epidemiology Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hypertenision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 BP taken by mercury manometer which had a test date on the side of just last week so no worries there. No chance of getting Inspra before it is licensed for use in the UK as that would break the Medicines Act. I sent a copy of the DASH diet to the new dietician at the hospital. She is going to have a look at it today and come back to be this evening. Her initial reaction was to laugh as ask what I was actually going to eat! Day one's food list would leave me with a banana for breakfast - if they had been delivered and were available that week. I could have the jam (you call it jelly. Jelly here is what you call Jello) when the fruit comes into season in July. Shop bought jam often contains starch as a bulking agent so not suitable. Fat free yogurt contains added starch so no go. I could have lunch in July when salad veggies are available. For diiner I could have the beef and apple. (last of stored apples now being eaten). All milk is full fat here or Channel Island (even more fat!) Coeliac bread has .5gm sodium per slice. Coeliac puffed rice has .6g per 3 oz serving. As we are in temporary accommodation we have very little space. We have no freezer or room for one. I do not have an oven. All cooking is done on a double ring hob or in the very basic microwave. I do the supermarket run this Saturday - A 3 hour drive to the supermarket and then a three hour drive back. Helen > > Was the bp taken by a read person or a machine. I do not trust any machine diastolic readings and ignore them. > > Has the device in the office been recently calibrated. Many in the UK have never been checked according to a recent report. > > If it is a mercury device and it zeros and is clear it is likely OK. > May your pressure be low! > > CE Grim MD > Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine > Professor of Epidemiology > > Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hypertenision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 I thought your could eat all of the veggies and fruits you wanted. At least I would start with what you can eat with the DASH and then add slowly to see what happens. May your pressure be low! CE Grim MD Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine Professor of Epidemiology Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hypertenision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 > > I thought your could eat all of the veggies and fruits you wanted. At least I would start with what you can eat with the DASH and then add slowly to see what happens. > > > It's not being allowed to eat them it's having them available! It is easy to see that the DASH diet was designed for people who have fresh food (and an abundance of it) available all year round. Isn't possible here I'm afraid. We still have carrots, onions,leeks, parsnips and neeps available. The last of the apples came in from store this week (and aren't very good I may add). The new rhubarb is now in season. That is basically it. The salmon run has started so if you can afford it fresh salmon is available. Food tends to be stored in salt. At the coeliac meeting last night we had a talk on preserving using salt and sugar combinations..... I asked about low sodium diets and was basically laughed at. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 helenmpearson <Helen@...> wrote: BP taken by mercury manometer which had a test date on the side of just last week so no worries there.No chance of getting Inspra before it is licensed for use in the UK as that would break the Medicines Act.I sent a copy of the DASH diet to the new dietician at the hospital. She is going to have a look at it today and come back to be this evening. Her initial reaction was to laugh as ask what I was actually going to eat! Day one's food list would leave me with a banana for breakfast - if they had been delivered and were available that week. I could have the jam (you call it jelly. Jelly here is what you call Jello) when the fruit comes into season in July. Shop bought jam often contains starch as a bulking agent so not suitable. Fat free yogurt contains added starch so no go.I could have lunch in July when salad veggies are available.For diiner I could have the beef and apple. (last of stored apples now being eaten).All milk is full fat here or Channel Island (even more fat!)Coeliac bread has .5gm sodium per slice. Coeliac puffed rice has .6g per 3 oz serving.As we are in temporary accommodation we have very little space.We have no freezer or room for one. I do not have an oven. All cooking is done on a double ring hob or in the very basic microwave. I do the supermarket run this Saturday - A 3 hour drive to the supermarket and then a three hour drive back.Helen> > Was the bp taken by a read person or a machine. I do not trust any machine diastolic readings and ignore them. > > Has the device in the office been recently calibrated. Many in the UK have never been checked according to a recent report. > > If it is a mercury device and it zeros and is clear it is likely OK. > May your pressure be low!> > CE Grim MD> Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine> Professor of Epidemiology> > Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hypertenision Helen, where did you get a copy of the Dash diet - I would be interested in obtaining a copy. Regards, Graham Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Any book store should have it as does Amazon for about $7 some used hardcovers are cheaper. I prefer it as print is bigger. May your pressure be low! Clarence E. Grim, BS, MS, MD, FACP, FACC Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hypertension Focusing on difficult to control high blood pressure and high cholesterol especially in the African Diaspora “Of all the forms of injustice, inequality in health is the most shocking and inhumanâ€: Dr. Luther King, Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Should be able to gets canned stuff without so much salt. My guess is that few CDers have HTN in fact-but have never thought about it. Any idea from your group about the freq of HTN? May your pressure be low! Clarence E. Grim, BS, MS, MD, FACP, FACC Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hypertension Focusing on difficult to control high blood pressure and high cholesterol especially in the African Diaspora “Of all the forms of injustice, inequality in health is the most shocking and inhumanâ€: Dr. Luther King, Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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