Long story short, recovering IV drug abuser who gave myself staph which led to endocarditis
and after 2 months of IV antibiotics finally got cracked open
and given a new valve. I take my bp meds everyday bid (not exactly the same time ALL the time, but mostly). Also every couple months I go a day or 2 w/o it because I dont have enough money for the RX (very rarely though, maybe 2x a yr).