I posted a thread the other day as I had been for a preop check at the hospital and they were concerened as my bp was 140/107

i made an appointment at my gp and have of course been anxious and worried all week about what that would say and to top it all off its a new docs so I didnt know what to expect

So I went in today and saw the nurse and they were all really lovely. I told her about my bp and they checked it for me. The problem was that they couldnt get a reading on the electronic bp monitor. They tried 5 times and couldnt get the blooming thing to work right. Of course I convinced myself that she wasnt telling me the reading because it was so horrific and all these different senarios were going through my head

In the end they did it the old fashioned way and said that the reason they couldnt get a reading was because I have deep veins

Finally they got a reading and it was 140/98 which they said was still high but a lot better than my original reading and that it was probably becuase Im anxious about my op on saturday and because it had been such a kerfuffle to get a reading. She said that although it was still higher than ideal it wasnt dangerously high or anything and to just relax which is easier said than done of course.

Im feeling a lot better about it all now and am going to start a walking regieme to try and get it even lower