Kat,

       The inability to get your hypertension under control may be a gender
thing rather than a CP. My is controlled with meds; Joyce has developed
hypertension after going off hormone therapy and it is difficult to control.

Bobby

> I don't mind being me at age 50, either; it's just that I wish my
> hypertension wasn't so hard to control.  It seems to be resistant to a lot
> of meds and it's been a merry-go-round, trying to find something that
> works.  I hate getting the headaches whenver the blood pressure