Overcoming High Blood Pressure
Overcoming High Blood Pressure
Archie LeJuene struggled to control his high blood pressure for years. He decided to take action and join Ochsner Digital Medicine in 2020 after reflecting on his family’s story. Archie’s father passed away from a stroke at a young age, and Archie says that he did not want to repeat that history with his daughter. He says that many men in his family are “hard-nosed” and “don’t want to go see a doctor,” but he knew that he needed to break that cycle. Since joining the program, Archie says his blood pressure is under control and he feels more hopeful about his future. To learn more about this innovative program, please visit Ochsner.org/digitalmedicine.
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0.28 -> - I started having problems
with my fingers going numb,
3.36 -> headaches every day,
5.64 -> so I took my own blood pressure
6.95 -> and I was like I gotta you
know, I gotta make a change.
8.81 -> I gotta start doing
something because I couldn't,
12.01 -> I felt like, you know, I
did not feel good any day
15.5 -> and it was just getting
worse and worse and worse.
17.95 -> And then I started
thinking about my daughter
20.33 -> and my dad who passed away from a stroke.
23.1 -> Most of my family, the guys
they're all that hard nose
26.86 -> don't wanna go to the
doctor, kind of people.
29.05 -> And I'm like that too as well.
30.99 -> I didn't wanna do that
same thing to my daughter.
33.019 -> (soft music)
35.32 -> After I started that program
36.7 -> and it really didn't
take long within days,
39.4 -> I started feeling better and
better and better every day.
42.54 -> You know, your mood's better,
44.36 -> everything just kind of goes a lot better
46.12 -> with being a little bit more healthy.
48.73 -> My health coach, she's
encouraging all the time
52.41 -> and the program helped
53.89 -> having that person that would call me
55.46 -> and we'd talk about
different things to eat,
57.18 -> different things not to eat.
59.04 -> Even though, 'cause I come
from that background of,
61.46 -> you know, people not
wanting to go to the doctor
63.05 -> and do any of this stuff
64.4 -> and just a little simple phone
call every once in a while
66.68 -> kind of reminds you that,
68.02 -> hey, this is what I'm
supposed to be doing.
69.39 -> I need to keep track of this
for myself, for my daughter.
74.466 -> You know, there's nothing wrong
with having a little help,
76.91 -> having somebody to call
you every once in a while
78.62 -> to remind you what you should be doing
81.35 -> and then knowing what
my father went through.
83.69 -> So it was just time to start doing stuff
86.26 -> in order to help that,
the team has helped that.
88.785 -> They were calling me,
91.19 -> helping me adjust the
medications when needed.
94.96 -> They were really there for me
97.1 -> when I needed them to help me out,
99.437 -> to get at least started and
to continue that progression
103.59 -> to get a healthier lifestyle.
104.683 -> (soft music)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_OoiVk6O8A