Tape ID code – 0503073 (Herman)
IV: When did you first find out that you had high blood pressure?
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Herman- In 2001 I found out about my condition, it was kind of late in life, it was like
HPB, I was zero to that; I didn’t know nothing about it
IV: People say that hypertension is a silent killer. What does that mean to you?
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Herman- You know that silent killer kinds of stays with me a lot. I could be sitting
around and not even know that’s it’s going on; that it’s flying up. I can’t tell the
difference like if I take my medicine or don’t take my medicine, especially from the
beginnings. So that’s silent too. The experience I had that I know better now is that when
you do find out you got HBP, it’s very important that you follow the instructions of the
doctor give you.
IV: Yes HBP is a silent killer because it can do damage to your heart, kidneys and
blood vessels without you even knowing it. You spoke about it being important
following your doctors instructions. Your doctors must have given you a lot of
instructions on taking your medication. What was that like for you?
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Herman- I wanted to give up and not take my medicine because, they were giving me
medicine like they were experimenting on me, but they were trying to get the medicine to
fit my situation its was just a procedure they had to go through to get what suited me, you
know.
IV: It’s important that you realized that because your doctors changed your
medications; it did not mean that they were experimenting on you, but were trying to
find the right combination that was best for you. It sounds like your doctors have
found the right combination of medications for you and you are taking your
medications. How do you deal with taking your medications?
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Herman- When I go to breakfast, when I get ready to eat, I make sure that I have my
medication take it firs then eat. The routine is making sure every morning before I leave
the house, I have taken my medicine. But by me taking so many different medications. I
just lay them out and make sure I got all of them and take them all then eat. I have a 29
couple of family members that’s around, like when I’m going out of the house, they say
you done had your medication, stuff like that.
IV: Mmm hmm (smiling nod)
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Herman- If I don’t take it, I could die. I learned that it grew on me; it was important for
me to live. Anything I could do to prevent passing away or dying I was willing to do.
IV: So it sounds like you have tried to build taking medications into your daily routine
regardless of if you are feeling good or bad. IVQ: What other important things do you
do to control your HBP?
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Herman- Staying aware and conscious of my BP problem, that’s what I try to do. I try to
keep it in my mind all the time, cause I have to remind myself that it is a silent killer.
IV: Silent nod
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Herman- It’s something I realize and I know now with the knowledge I have that I have
to stay on top of that; my BP and doing the right thing because it’s very important.
IV: Is there anything else you would like to share with the community?
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Herman- When you hear people talk about the same thing that you’re going through, that
make you think a lot; it make me think about how important my BP is; how important it
is to do the right thing to control it.
IV: Mmm hmm (silent nod)
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Herman- You got to have someone around to work with you, to help you because we
can’t do it all;
IV: silent nod
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Herman- I’m just thankful I was able to find out. There is something that can be done
about it. That’s important to me.30
TAPE ID – 0504071 (Julia)
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Julia- The first time I was diagnosed with HBP is when I was diagnosed with cancer. It’s
one thing to deal with cancer; it’s another thing to deal with having HBP. At first I didn’t
know what to do, I really didn’t know what to do, I just didn’t know what to do. So the
first thing I did after I got settled down, I began to pray and ask God to help me. And I
began to do whatever the doctors told me to do. They would give me medication to take,
they would tell me to cut back on different types of foods, exercise. Basically whatever
the doctor told me to do; I began to do it because I choose to live; so I began to do what
the doctor said do. A lot of people think that because you can’t have all the fried food and
all this other stuff; you meals can be good if you season it up the way it should be. And if
you truly want to live, you will eat just what you’re suppose to so you can live. So you
can be around.. see I got grandchildren. I want to be able to see my grand children grown
like my mother have seen all of her grandchildren grown.
IV: You mentioned avoiding fried foods, is there anything else that you do to keep your
blood pressure under control?
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Julia- I try my best to stay on my diet the best I know how because it’s really important. I
don’t get out, do a lot of exercise like a lot of people do because when I do get out I get
tired very easily because of my heart. So I try; like in the home do little housework, a
little thing so I won’t get lazy; don’t get stiff. Of course when I go to Wal-Mart, that’s
when I get my exercise; when I go to Wal-Mart. So I take my medication and I limit my
fried food.
IV: You mentioned exercise. Did your doctor tell you that loosing weight would help
your high blood pressure?
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Julia- I’m a heavy woman, that runs in my family. So I’ll loose weight and I’ll put it
back on; I’ll loose weight ; just like I told my doctor. She said you just really at a stand
still. I thank God for giving me a mind to encourage myself to loose the weight. I didn’t
put this weight on over night, so I know it’s not gonna come off over night; it’s gonna
take time. I thank God for giving me the mind to take care of my body because I chose to
live. Whatever I need to do, I need to do it.
IV: What do you recommend to those who have problems with their BP medications?
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Julia- I would tell them to tell your doctor and tell your nurse when you go in for your
check up and let them know. And perhaps the medication might be too much for you, 31
you might need something mild or maybe that’s not enough; you might need a little bit
more. But just because you have a dizzy spell or you get constipated or you might have
vomiting, you shouldn’t stop taking your medicine. You call your doctor and tell them,
listen this is what this medicine is doing to me. Is there anything else I can take or is
there anything that ya’ll can do to help me with this cause I want to take my medicine?
That’s all they have to do. I hope they don’t give up in their mind and say I don’t want to
take the medicine because the medicine is there to help us; not to hurt us, its there to help
us. So, we have to have that good communication with our doctor. They are there for us,
so we are suppose to; they won’t know what’s going on with us if we don’t tell them. We
got to tell them.
IV: So you have found it to be helpful to talk to your doctors and nurses about BP
medications.
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Julia- At first I didn’t know what I was taking medicine for because I couldn’t
communicate with them and when I got to communication with them then I began to ask
questions. I think that’s good to, to ask your doctor questions about different things they
give you. I began to do what the doctor tell me to do
IV: What advice would you give other members of the community who are also dealing
with HBP?
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Julia- Take your medicine, communicate with your doctor. Be with somebody; we can be
helpers one with another. If you got HBP, and I got HBP we can come together and work
this thing out together. Whatever is working for you to keep your BP, then I can try that
thing too, and what ever is helping me, it can help you. We got to learn to communicate
with one another.
IV: Silent nod
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Julia- Tell somebody. Whatever you are going through, talk to somebody. Don’t just try
to carry it to yourself; don’t try to hold it within yourself- I don’t want my husband to
know this, I don’t want my children to know this. Tell them, let them know. If you are a
mother and got HBP, tell your husband, tell your children, so you can work it...It’s good
to work it together. And then you become helpers together and everybody around you, in
the home, can help you; and it can help bring it on down. Because we can beat it. We can
beat anything there is, we can beat it. All we got to do is put our trust in God, believe
God for our healing and take our medicine and thank God for our doctors
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