I just took my blood pressure; several times running I got a reading of 126 over 72 with a pulse rate of 60. How long do I have to live? My wife is panicked over the pulse rate.
A pulse rate of 60 is great for adults. Page 2 of this article on WebMD says that adults should have a pulse rate of 60-100 and conditioned athletes should have a rate of 40 - 60. You’re in very good shape.
My resting pulse rate is 55. When I go to donate blood, they always ask me if I’m athletic.
I’d call those absolutely healthy numbers. A low resting pulse rate is usually the sign of someone who’s in good shape. Athletes often show a lower number than that.
You will probably live a lot longer if you don’t take medical advice from a bunch of anonymous bozos on the internet.
However, as mentioned, a pulse of 60 doesn’t mean much by itself. In addition to being affected by how athletic you are, your pulse rate can be affected by taking medications like beta blockers.
Hey, just because I’m wearing an orange wig, a big red nose, and floppy shoes, that doesn’t give you the right to call me… Oh, wait, yes it does!
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Have you asked her why?
Quit running and it’ll probably drop even lower.
I’d bet that her pulse rate is somewhat higher, because women tend to have faster-beating hearts than men, and this is what makes her nervous, because she doesn’t know why his pulse rate is lower than hers.
Those are generally good numbers; a low pulse rate is a good sign (I’ve had nurses ask me if I did a lot of running because my pulse was slow).
I’m not a doctor, but those numbers sound great to me!
I am only 35 and I would love to have those numbers. I have my blood pressure taken all the time and those sound good to me.
To know how long you have left to live, it would help to know how old you are. Your stats, however, don’t sound alarming to me. I’m 41; my pulse is ordinarily between 60-63 bpm, and at my last checkup in March my BP was 102/72. Doctor was happy.
I second this - on the surface, those numbers are great. What’s she worried about?
Is she panicked because your numbers indicate a long and healthy life, obviating your life insurance policy and nullifying the chances of her inheriting the estate in the forseeable future? 
I didn’t mean to abandon this thread.
I’ve had a problem in the past with an addiction to or a dependence on codeine; the severity of my problem depends on whom you are asking. My shrink says it was dependence; my wife says it was addiction. My shrink and I share a joke about calling my wife Dr. Marcie; she is convinced she is a medical expert. Anyway, to Dr. Marcie, my low pulse rate means that I must be abusing either codeine or Xanax----I take one 0.5mg Xanax tablet per day.
As for my stats, I’m a 69 year old retired and worn out male.
How’s this for depressing:
Mine (31M) - 110/65 with a pulse rate of 75 (my pulse rate has always been high AND i’m in great shape)
My Father (60) - 92/59 with a pulse rate of 41
Edit: My brother is a pretty interesting case (25): 139/75 with a pulse rate in the mid 30s. He is in absolutely phenomenal shape.
Assuming your shrink is an MD or PhD, I’d go with what the shrink says - most laypeople haven’t a clue what the difference between dependence and addiction are.
Well, she’s wrong. My bp is 105/60 and my pulse in the low 60’s and I’ve never ever taken a Xanax in my life, and haven’t had a reason to take codeine for nearly 15 years. So much for that.
Anyhow - bp + pulse isn’t terribly meaningful out of context, unless either is so low as to be unable to sustain life, in which case the context is “emergency”. If your doc ain’t worried you probably shouldn’t be either.
My dad’s bp is something like 120/70 and he’s 80.
And maybe it’s your wife who needs the Xanax, she seems a bit twitchy from your description.
IANAD, but pulse rate of 41 is rather low. When my pulse dropped into the low 30s, though, I ended up with a pacemaker (set to 60). But first they did a 24 hour cardiogram and discovered that there were intervals of up to 7 seconds when I wan’t beating at all (all while sleeping) and that is truly dangerous. I was told not to drive for the ten days before they inserted it (too much chance of fainting, which never happened).
As for the OP, those numbers sound superb to me.
My Darling Marcie does have a high blood pressure problem; she takes two medications per day. I don’t know which two she takes nor do I know her numbers; she says her BP is “under control.”
I honestly don’t know what got her hyped about my numbers; she suffers from ADD and her responses are often erratic. To say the least. I stay with her for two reasons: 1) She is perfect and 2) She is the most beautiful human being I’ve ever known.
Resting pulse is doesn’t tell it all. Sure it’s an indicator, but you need to test it when you’ve been exercising. I’ve seen totally out of shape people go from 60bpm get on a treadmill and 30 seconds later they’re at 150bpm. They’re fine as long as they require no exertion.
You should take your resting pulse as soon as you get up in the morning. As soon as you wake and then at various times thoughout the day.
I participated in a study at U of C with pulse and heart rates, and it was facsinating to see how your heart compensates thoughout the day. For example on days when I exercised hard, my pulse would go up much higher, but a night when I was asleep (I had a halter monitor) the rate was much lower. And in the end it basically was simlar. On days I didn’t exercise my average pulse throughout the day was around 75 and when I exercised hard it was 72. So you can see if I exercised hard the pulse would raise to 145 but at night fall as low as 50. When I didn’t exercise it would stay roughly 70-80 thoughout the entire day