By Amy Payne, Executive Director of The Gathering Place The other day, I was out to eat, and I heard a table of people discussing high blood pressure. It started when someone said that they had gone to their doctor that day and they were told that they had high blood pressure. Another person said, “I do too, and I take…(medication name)”. Another person at their table said that their dad found out he had it and it was a symptom of heart disease and now he is eating better