So Im going to the doctors for a routine visit. I am a bit late and had to park a block or so away, I practically run the distance to the office. I check in at the front desk, turn to take my place behind a 1999 copy of Sunset magazine, when the doctors assistant calls my name. She leads me into a small room and takes my blood pressure (BP). She gets a reading of 196 over 95. " A bit high", she says. A bit high? I had taken it at home only per sixty minutes ago with a reading of 119 over 72: Ill say its a bit high. During an insurance exam only a month ago, the nurse took a reading of 121 over 70. A bit high?

I mentioned the high BP reading to the doctor when he came in. " Oh that thing," pointing to a little electronic device, "many people tells us it reads high. Just lose your memory about it and utilize your home reading