In the US, 92 percent of adults are actively avoiding going to the doctor because they can’t even afford copays if they have insurance, never mind those without, so I’m assuming the number is much higher here.

122/72 today. cheap watch/tracker. 'pulse pressure' is 122 - 72 = 50. 40 is healthy, 60 is unhealthy, so guess i'll live.

I recently started paying more attention to my blood pressure because of some new meds, and I was actually shocked how easy it is to measure it in the US. Pretty much any pharmacy let's you measure it for free. I ended up buying a monitor to use at home, and it was less than $20.

Before this though, I had no idea about these things. I didn't even know what the numbers meant, any time a nurse would tell me during a checkup.

When detection was added to the Apple Watch, I was notified after the first month of analysis. And went to the doctor.

It got me on the right track, and a year later I’ve gone down to minimal medication for it. I might be off of it completely sometime next year.