Wonderwoman
06-04-07, 14:18
Hi everyone,
Please help reassure me if you can I am worried sick...............a brief history......I have a high BP phobia after a very high reading about 16 months ago at a Pharmacy........and was then told to go straight to the hospital.....my BP was 180/98..............after waiting in emergency for aboy half an hour the Doctor sw me and my BP was 130/70 - so he told me go home and not give it a second thought.............fat chance............anyway this became my obsession until 6 months later I decised to walk into a very dodgy hospital in HCMC Viet Nam where I live and have it checked and it was 110/65...........beautiful!!!.
I then put this (mostly) behind me and tried to focus on getting well..............then I got a cold 3 weeks ago that has (self diagnosed) turned into a sinus infection - symptoms: aching cheek, upper teeth and temple right side - gets worse after I have been up for a few hours and a general right sided headache, stuffy nose and puffy eye.............so I decided after 1 week of this horrible throbbing pain to go to the Doctor to get some anti biotics.................
The nurse told me she would check my temp and BP before I saw the Doctor........as you can imagine my heart started pounding and my mind was racing........as a result my BP was 140/80..............5 minute later I saw the Doctor who didn't want to know about my aching face, just how "alarmingly high" my BP was. She was a vietnamese Doctor and I had never seen her before but I had been to the same clinic 18 months earlier with good BP and my notes said all about my anxiety. I told her this and she just told to lose weight immediately (I am about 7 kgs over weight) and that my BP was causing the headaches/face ache. She then took my BP again 3 times and it was the same. She then decided to do a sinus x-ray even though she said thay my ears, nose and throat were red..............while I was waiting for this my Husband came to meet and I immediately burst into tears - I was a wreck. She then informed me that the sinus x-ray would be $110 USD on top of the $100 USD consultation fee..............I told her that I didn't want the x-ray - so she wrote me a prescription for anit biotics and pandadol (1 tablet 3 times a day)!!!!! My Husband was really angry and said you do know that she has sever health anxiety and you are scaring her to death............but she shrugged it off and again said "how High" my BP was.............so before leaving red eyed and terrified..............I asked her to check my BP again and guess what??? It was 120/70...................to which she replied "oh must be white blouse"......take the anti biotics and get well!!!!!
1 week later and I am still what iffing.........what if my BP is always that..........because I am anxious alot.............what if the facial pain(that I still have) is a stroke about to happen because I have high BP...........what if its a brain tumour..............etc etc etc.
My Husband is great and said her lack of bedside manner and language difficulties are making me question the whole experience and that there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with my BP and the sinus infection feels worse than it is because of anxiety.
So sorry for this long post...................but I can't stop onsessing about it...........I just want my Mum - but she died 5 months ago.
Please if anyone can reassure me on the sinus pain and or BP I would be sooooooooooo grateful.
Please help reassure me if you can I am worried sick...............a brief history......I have a high BP phobia after a very high reading about 16 months ago at a Pharmacy........and was then told to go straight to the hospital.....my BP was 180/98..............after waiting in emergency for aboy half an hour the Doctor sw me and my BP was 130/70 - so he told me go home and not give it a second thought.............fat chance............anyway this became my obsession until 6 months later I decised to walk into a very dodgy hospital in HCMC Viet Nam where I live and have it checked and it was 110/65...........beautiful!!!.
I then put this (mostly) behind me and tried to focus on getting well..............then I got a cold 3 weeks ago that has (self diagnosed) turned into a sinus infection - symptoms: aching cheek, upper teeth and temple right side - gets worse after I have been up for a few hours and a general right sided headache, stuffy nose and puffy eye.............so I decided after 1 week of this horrible throbbing pain to go to the Doctor to get some anti biotics.................
The nurse told me she would check my temp and BP before I saw the Doctor........as you can imagine my heart started pounding and my mind was racing........as a result my BP was 140/80..............5 minute later I saw the Doctor who didn't want to know about my aching face, just how "alarmingly high" my BP was. She was a vietnamese Doctor and I had never seen her before but I had been to the same clinic 18 months earlier with good BP and my notes said all about my anxiety. I told her this and she just told to lose weight immediately (I am about 7 kgs over weight) and that my BP was causing the headaches/face ache. She then took my BP again 3 times and it was the same. She then decided to do a sinus x-ray even though she said thay my ears, nose and throat were red..............while I was waiting for this my Husband came to meet and I immediately burst into tears - I was a wreck. She then informed me that the sinus x-ray would be $110 USD on top of the $100 USD consultation fee..............I told her that I didn't want the x-ray - so she wrote me a prescription for anit biotics and pandadol (1 tablet 3 times a day)!!!!! My Husband was really angry and said you do know that she has sever health anxiety and you are scaring her to death............but she shrugged it off and again said "how High" my BP was.............so before leaving red eyed and terrified..............I asked her to check my BP again and guess what??? It was 120/70...................to which she replied "oh must be white blouse"......take the anti biotics and get well!!!!!
1 week later and I am still what iffing.........what if my BP is always that..........because I am anxious alot.............what if the facial pain(that I still have) is a stroke about to happen because I have high BP...........what if its a brain tumour..............etc etc etc.
My Husband is great and said her lack of bedside manner and language difficulties are making me question the whole experience and that there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with my BP and the sinus infection feels worse than it is because of anxiety.
So sorry for this long post...................but I can't stop onsessing about it...........I just want my Mum - but she died 5 months ago.
Please if anyone can reassure me on the sinus pain and or BP I would be sooooooooooo grateful.