@BennyProfane , I hate linking something from another thread but I looked up here if anyone else was getting treated with this on here and your name popped up.
After being the same age and crazy high stage 3 hypertension as you, I’m on Valsartan/HCTZ now and I have to say I think it’s slowly saving my life. Are you still being treated and if so, what is it like long term on the medication? I’m also finding what @Balasarius said about it to be true, which is I went from a man with an iron bladder who could cross the country without the need for a bathroom to -almost- the same bathroom schedule as my wife. Almost.