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@ray666
Thanks for your input.
I think balance is a problem with many older people. I know I do not have the balance now that I once had but I am excellent at catching myself, a skill I think I developed over years of skiing, so if I do start to lose my balance I have always been able to catch it.
I have been low-sodium for years. I don't remember why I started watching my sodium but I do remember years ago noticing how salty restaurant food tastes, even at very good restaurants. I was wearing compression stockings in the cooler weather but I have pretty much given them up during the summer.
I have not been on Amlodipine unless it's another name for lisinopril or losartan. I was on lisinopril years ago but had to get off of it because it caused a constant cough, a not uncommon side effect. The doctor then changed me to losartan and I was on that for a while but my BP got better so I was able to stop taking it in 2014.
JK
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Hello, JK (@contentandwell)
I've never tried Alpine skiing, but I used to enjoy x-country skiing. That may have helped with my balance––my ability to recover from near-falls. More recently I have been doing quite a lot of indoor balance work (thanks to PT); I expect all that work has helped to hone my skill not to fall but to catch myself and remain on my feet.
As far as I know, Amlodipine and the other two you mention, Lisinopril and Losartan, are distinct BP medications. When I was first diagnosed with hypertension (15 years ago?) I was prescribed Hydrochlorzide (that's a guess at the name), but was later moved to Lisinopril, and now to Losartan. Amlodipine was an even more recent addition (about the time I first noticed the swelling). Now that my primary has okayed my stopping the Amlodipine––and my BP continues to look good––she is talking about maybe reducing even the Losartan; she and I will discuss that at my next annual exam, next month.
I hope you are having an enjoyable weekend.
Best wishes,
Ray (@ray666)