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Old 18th May 2006 | 03:23
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kluge
 
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Thumbs up Beazlebub's advice - ALL SHOULD READ IT

Sounds like I'm recruiting for satan !

I'm on Hyzaar forte (and a cholesterol statin) and NO problems. BP is 120/80 on average. Agree also on the AMO requirements. No biggie. All of this is manageable but you cannot let it get out of control. I was terrified of being grounded and I believe that is the biggest fear that most of us have. Once you realise that your career/passion is not threatened then you breath a sigh of relief. But DO NOT IGNORE IT otherwise it will be much more than getting into a cockpit that will be threatened.

I read somewhere (a US article) that some 45% of the population are hypertensive genetically. 40% of that group do NOTHING about it. Unbelievable.

(The article I referred to in last post re increased 'g' tolerance (it was a bad joke BTW) is from October 2003 Aerobatics magazine - Human Factors High Blood by Scott Poehlman IAC 25179)

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