The Flying McCoys by Glenn McCoy and Gary McCoy for March 20, 2012
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Transcript:
Doctor: 'Your blood pressure is too low. I want you to sit in the waiting room for another two hours"
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While I was going through my pre-induction physical, they couldn’t get a good reading on my BP with a standard sphygmomanometer , as the diastolic (lower number) was below the calibration range of the instrument (IIRC, the at rest reading was 60/25).
I pointed out that my pulse was 25 bpm, and I only breathed 3 times a minute.
As they were preparing to get concerned, I explained that I was a long distance runner who ran over 100 miles a week in training, and would run 10 miles in less than 70 minutes 3 times week.
40 years later, as an overweight , out of shape, sedentary white male, I still have 115/72 and a 63 pulse.