Blocked Pore

No I am not going to moan about my ailments here.

However feeling quite depressed having just returned from visit to doctor cluching my first dose of ACE inhibitors - could I really be taking this stuff for the rest of my life?

But - get this. I had acupuncture yesterday and after two doses of Chinese Herbal Medicine to compliment this I have dropped 10 points on Systolic and 27 points on Diastolic! In one day!

Now as you can imagine doctor is not daft enough to poo-poo a medical practice which has been going for two and a half thousand years - oh and by the way is still going strong. But says that "you can't have acupuncture every day" and "the best you can hope is to drop 15 points" - Hello? 27 points thank you! In one day - thank you very much. And I have had consistently high readings for the last 10 years - every time I've done it or the doctor has so this low reading really is a revelation.

I know - I am placing a lot of faith in this alternate method but why the hell not? Now I am sitting here thinking to myself - what should I do next?

Do I:
* Take the meds given by doc and give up on the acupuncture?
* Not bother with docs meds and see how I get on with Chinese healing?
* Do both - but how will I know which one is getting results?

I do not want to take chemical drugs for the rest of my life which could kill my kidneys and god knows what else. I don't want to die from a stroke or heart attack either. Once I start on the Doc's drugs I will be on that treadmill and it will be hard to get off.

If anyone's reading this and has an opinion or experience then I would be very interested to hear what you have to say.

So I've been up since 6am now due to vast amounts of alcohol consumed early yesterday followed by fabulous kebab & ensuing alco-coma which lasted approximately 8 hours.

Am I using my time constructively? Well - yes & no. I spent the last 3 hours reading other people's blogs. God - some of you people are funny. I'm on holiday so for once I can use my time unconstructively & feel good about it. Maybe I'll spend the next couple of hours playing Mah-jong solitaire.

The telly's on now & it's raining really hard outside. The 'parents' are threatening to visit & as I look around me I can see that perhaps it might be poignant to see if I can remember where the hoover is. I think that's how you say it - not quite sure how you use it though. Oh and there’s the washing up of course. The rain’s made it really dark so if I keep the lights off I can forget about cleaning up for now.

Other half just stirred - great the day can get going! No such luck - "having a poo & going back to bed". Ah well. I asked “What day is it today?” hoping to hell it’s not Friday already. “Today” That’s good enough for me.

Yesterday did some pre-beer shopping. Post-beer shopping is always a very bad idea. That gadget you don’t need but it looks really cool. After a couple of beers it’s a must have. I remember a day not too long ago where the local bar-flies joked we were shoplifting as we kept taking turns to run out & buy stuff we’d seen earlier. Bank account tells a very sad & sorry tale – actually strike that. Bank account tells a story of two people who really don’t give a shit & live for today! “What day is it today?”