Crikey! I had an in-home physical today for a revised life insurance policy. I’m in pretty good shape ( knock-on-wood) and pride myself on my low blood pressure, excellent cholesterol and low pulse. However, today was a bit of an eye opener.

After fasting for 6+hours as required by the test, my blood pressure was measured three times and consistently below 110 over 60, the lowest reading was 108 over 52.

My pulse was also measured three different times. All three times were under 55 beats per minute.  Bear in mind this was at around 7:45AM.

The lowest was taken using a portable EKG machine whilst laying down and amazingly read 47 beats per minute!!!  That’s one efficient ticker.