These giants/geniuses/leaders of our time were born in the same year, 1955:
Andy Bechtolsheim: September, 30, 1955
Bill Gates: October 28, 1955
Steve Jobs: February 24, 1955
Vinod Khosla: January 28, 1955
Eric Schmidt: April 27, 1955
These giants/geniuses/leaders of our time were born in the same year, 1955:
Andy Bechtolsheim: September, 30, 1955
Bill Gates: October 28, 1955
Steve Jobs: February 24, 1955
Vinod Khosla: January 28, 1955
Eric Schmidt: April 27, 1955
Don't let your heart be troubled = Do not be afraid
Systolic blood pressure (red line): Begins the day high, then it drops down toward about 11 a.m., and rises again until about 3 p.m., and starts to decline until about 8 p.m,, then rises again until about 9 p.m., then descends steadily until about 11 p.m., and finally rises again until midnight.
00:00 to 11:00 drops steadily [↓]
11:00 to 15:00 increases gradually [↑]
15:00 to 20:00 decreases [↓]
20:00 to 21:00 rises again [↑]
21:00 to 23:00 goes down [↓]
23:00 to 24:00 goes up [↑]
Diastolic blood pressure (green line): starts high and then drops and remains at a steady level throughout the day.
Heart rate (blue line): Rises steadily until about 6 p.m. and decreases steadily thereafter.
The phrase 'do not be afraid' appears often in the Bible. The angel Gabriel greeted Mary, the mother of Jesus, by this saying when he was sent by God to deliver her our salvation's message. I was reminded with this story just recently; St. Paul was going to be executed by the Romans in the morning of the next day. They had to wake him up from deep peaceful sleep to lead him to his execution. He was totally 'not afraid.' He was in total peace with Christ. By executing him, he was going to be with Christ in Paradise. So, he slept soundly.
Hurricane Chantal reached the triangle area today, bringing to our area heavy rain.
The initial drop was due to taking Valsartan (80 mg, twice day). Then I stopped taking the medicine or I was not that compliant in taking it daily. My blood pressure was unstable during that time. For the past 7 months I began taking Losartan (50 mg/day). My blood pressure began to stabilize and drop down again. I switched from Losartan to Valsartan (80 mg/day) again (half my previous dose) and I saw even a better drop in blood pressure and better control. Another thing I did was I began taking magnesium gummies (200 mg/day) and CoQ-10 enzyme (200 mg/day) about a year ago. These two supplements are known to help with blood pressure. I am a numbers guy, and number don't lie. Sometimes an image is worth a 1000 words. The second and the third graphs depict the tail data from the first during the past 7 and 12 months, respectively.
No one who's been alive has not got sick at least once. Pharmaceuticals in the form of medications are often prescribed to 'restore health.' The sick person may feel better by taking the medications, but is he really better? Being better is totally different than feeling better. Your cough may get suppressed by medications, but the cause of the cough might still be there. You may feel better, but you are not better. Pharmaceuticals often suppress the symptoms of the disease to make the person feel better, but in actuality he is not better because the route of the disease is still there. Take for example anti-hypertensive medications. They may restore the blood pressure to 'normal,' but the cause of the rise in blood pressure remains in the background waiting for the moment the patient stops taking the medication. Anti-hypertensive medications suppress the rise in blood pressure, but the person still suffer from hypertension. The allopathic approach to healing focuses on masking the symptoms more than eradicating the disease. It is a suppressive modality. Allopathic medicine shines in emergencies such as car accidents, surgeries, heart attacks, but fails miserably in handling chronic diseases. To feel better is not synonymous with being better. The two are just not the same.