worry_bunny
09-03-10, 17:55
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 :huh:
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 :wacko:
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 :unsure:
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 :huh:
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 :)
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 :wacko:
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 :unsure:
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 :huh:
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 :)