Trying again to post my disgust with Big Pharma and "being on a program" all for the sake of your precious health. I wish my grandfather could have known this stuff. He was never on a program, had cancer once, and we suspected he had lung cancer when he died. They did an autopsy and he had a busted blood vessel in his brain. Don't you know that Big Pharma will claim they could have prevented this. All you have to do is be in fear and take their medicine. Like my docs new nurse told me, she was going to put me on some more modern drugs. The translation is that I am not paying Big Pharma enough. Surprise! I have recently stopped taking statin drugs. Goodbye Lipitor (atorvastatin) goodbye. my rebellion was like "oh, hell no" and I let them and the pharmacy know that it is I who am in control of my health.

Let me start with the taking of your blood pressure. Nobody cares to explain this to you in any real sense. In 1980 my blood pressure was said to be that of a teenager. It was 140 over 80 at the time, then Big Pharma stepped in. Through drugs we can make it lower. OK, so what? This measurement is not a constant anyway. I recommend viewing on the Internet all about taking a blood pressure measurement. Nobody cares because they simply throw that cuff around you. The measurement will be high anyway unless you yourself get a little smarter. I have a machine for this at home and stores have a machine that I can barely get my arm into, but it doesn't matter. I got smarter. Recently my pressure was 128 over 84. Big deal. This means the lower figure is 4 points higher than accepted for my age. Oh, they want 128 over 67. Do people in hell want ice cream? Were you walking around before you took the reading? Your blood pressure is a guideline and not a constant. My docs new nurse asks me "what is your blood pressure when you take it daily at home with your machine." There it is. Please scare me up. Why would I be doing this? You cannot just get in quickly to see your doctor and I see no emergency here.

I used to work with a man who is extreme right wing and has a device attached to him that he reads with his phone. He is type 2 diabetic like me.This device is so he will know if it is safe to eat that twinkie or not, but he doesn't want any of that woke crap. I suspect he is pretty woke to have this device. I don't want one and will eat the twinkie if I want to. As for my phone, I do not sleep with it and often leave it in another room while at home. Google does not need to control me either.

But I often wonder if my grandfather's busted blood vessel in the brain could have been prevented. Grandma died as a result of a stroke but they will tell you this too could have been prevented. Oh, Jesus. I try to remain practical but please do not scare me up.