IFJane, wow! Your dad was in exactly the right place at the right time!

I guess my fingers were typing faster than my brain was thinking, because upon rereading my post, it sounds like I'm opposed to meds. Quite to the contrary, I've taken medicine to keep my blood pressure down for 30 years. I've had high blood pressure since I was 6 or 7, but prefer to handle my health issues behaviorally if possible.