High blood pressure and driving

I normally don't drive when my blood pressure (BP) is high. I was once prescribed to take aspirin to make my blood "thin". It took about three months for me to develop hyper-acidity. Immediately my doctor advised me to stop it.

To replace aspirin, I took gingko biloba upon the approval of my cardiologist, with a warning not to take it before meals. Its been over a year now and my BP is within the normal limits. Even my annual physical exam (APE) on November 2008 showed no irregularities.

Hypertension (high blood pressure) may have any combination of the following symptoms:

• Recurring headaches


• Dizziness


• Bluzzy vision


• Drowsiness


• Nausea


• Palpitation


• Shortness of breath

The experience having three of the mentioned symptoms prompted me to see a doctor. Now, I monitor my BP every morning. "Prevention is better than cure", to this I agree.

About Yield

Yield is about experiences and insights as we go back and forth into the necessities of life. It is at the same time an advocacy to a healthy, fair and safe sharing of the roads.

Basically, there are three things to prioritize before starting up; life, property, and time. These should be in this respective order. They are the factors that will guide us in our decisions whether to speed up or slow down, to stop or go, to yield or not.

The life (property and time) we save may not always be our own. It could be someone dear to us.