---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 12/11/05: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:31 AM - Re: blood pressure medication (Harvey Rule) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:31:55 AM PST US From: Harvey Rule Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: blood pressure medication --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Harvey Rule Just the problems you have been experiencing with these people is enough to make anybodies blood pressure go up! > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Oscar Zuniga" > > > Sheesh- I had no idea there was so much involved in this blood > pressure thing. In between medicals, my blood pressure was creeping > up into the border-hypertensive region so my personal physician put me > on the minimal dosage of Altace to control it. At my next medical, I > reported the new medication as well as the doctor visit, my AME > requested copies of my personal doc's file on me including my personal > log of weekly BP readings over several months (we have a clinic at > work so I could easily check and track it), he submitted it with my > 3rd class stuff to Okie City, and that was that. Third class issued, > no questions, over a year ago. > > This is the 21st century. We put men on the moon, GPS navigation in > everybody's pocket, and can fit a bunch of megabytes of data on a > thing the size of an old gum eraser. Blood pressure medication is not > experimental, nor is it (dare I say it?) rocket science. Old grandma > FAA Aeromedical needs to take some Geritol and get with the program, > especially with hundreds of thousands of baby boomers starting through > the system with plenty of disposable income and a hankering to fly. > > Oscar Zuniga > San Antonio, TX > mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com > website at http://www.flysquirrel.net > >