They have medicines that help lower your blood pressure, if it is still high when you go back.
Yeah, my dad was taking them when he was in his early forties. I may be at the start of a "whole new world" of failing health for myself.
I'm more than a little scared, to be quite honest.
Well, 212/132 is scary high blood pressure.
Of course like you said, you were in a lot of pain at the time.
You could buy a blood pressure monitor for home and take several readings to see what your blood pressure does with normal activities. They aren't very expensive.
Even if you needed to take blood pressure medicine, I don't think that means your health is failing. Taking the medicine would be a way of stayng healthy.