HypertensionOne afternoon recently, during one of those dreaded medical exams, Dr. Barry Zitomer, formerly an Air Force flight surgeon and now my AME, looked up from the scale on his mercury manometer, slipped his stethoscope earpieces out, unwrapped the cuff from my upper arm, frowned and said “156 over 95”.I knew at once where he was going next. For years he had been warning me my blood pressure was a little high. My habit was to reply that I was not surprised it read high in his office, because he stood between me and the career I love. In the past, he had always given me a chance to relax a while, taken a new reading and satisfied himself ...
Posted Feb 1, 2012 5:58 AM by George Finlay
