[Sca-cooks] OT Cure for High Blood Pressure

[James Davis]

Congratulations!

That's wonderful news.

Jared
(who's had his share of both BP and Kidney issues . . .)

On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Suey wrote:

> Since 31 March I have been hospitalized four times, the first and  
> the last were planned but the middle two occurred because I was  
> taken to emergency and henceforth operated on. During second  
> hospitalization, the first through emergency, among other things it  
> was found that I have had high blood pressure since I was 30 years  
> old due to the fact that the opening in one of my kidneys was too  
> narrow. Last Thurs, a week ago,  I went back to hospital and a  
> plastic tube was put in the artery of my arm and pushed down to my  
> kidney, the process is called stenting and a stent was placed on the  
> opening of the kidney, enlarging it. I was awake the entire time and  
> found it fascinating.
> Later, my daughter, a midwife, asked me for a full description of  
> the operation because her father-in-law is suffering from illnesses  
> due to high blood pressure. My cardio-vascular surgeon advised that  
> he have a thorough check up because if high blood pressure is caused  
> by a renal problem such as mine there is a cure for it. I figure  
> that my operation is a 30 year investment during which I will no  
> longer need medication to control my blood pressure!
> I never thought this possible. I thought that as father and  
> grandfather had high blood pressure I would have to control it for  
> the rest of my life. Today, however, that is not so! In three months  
> I will no longer be dependent on medication to control high blood  
> pressure.
> Suey
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