<img class="size-full wp-image-1177 alignleft" alt="blood-pressure(sept13)" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/blood-pressuresept13.jpg" width="200" height="150" />Before I retired I was always working under pressure and as a result my blood pressure was higher than the ideal. Since retiring my exercise regime and more relaxed lifestyle kept my blood pressure at a reasonable level.

Over the past few weeks I've been experiencing problems with my right eye with a shadow appearing in the lower quarter. I had something similar in 2010 and this was put down to a temporary blocked artery in the eye. After a visit to the doctor he sent me to Eye Casualty where the consultant ophthalmologist diagnosed a <a title="Retinal Vein Occlusion" href="http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/retinal-vein-occlusions" target="_blank">retinal vein occlusion</a>. I attribute this to my high blood pressure and therefore have arranged to visit the doctor again to see if I can get some pills to get it down.