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Hmm, not sure about blood pressure, although I've had trouble with cholesterol, so you aren't alone. I'm sure there are members here who have dealt with high blood pressure though, hopefully they can provide some advice.

What did she recommend? How high was it? What's your family history of heart disease?

Whatever the answers are to these things, the first thing I did when I got that news was buy an at-home meter, to keep track of patterns over the time of day, how much was white-coat, and so on.

You can lower your salt intake, you can get on medication, you can try to be more active. All of those things will help at least somewhat. And then just keep watching.

If it were serious s/he would've put you on meds.