question: I am a white female age 56 and recently my blood pressure has been consistently high. Last week, at my doctor's it was 140/100 and it has gone up since. In the past few days it has been 158/110, 188/120, 165/114, 150/113/ 179/113 (10 minutes ago as I am sitting at the computer doing nothing strenous). Should I be concerned? My father had many heart attacks, the earliest one at 35 years of age. My mother had several TIAs before having a more serious stroke. Help?