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. 
