Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 I saw my doc today for palpitations and my blood pressure was 180/108, which is high. I haven't been feeling well for a week or 2, but never thought it would be my BP. I've noticed my BP making a slow climb, but then it would back off and be fine for a while. The fact that I don't like the nurse working with my doc today didn't help, along with a disabled truck causing a back up on the highway making me almost late for my appointments probably caused it to go up a little along with the nurse starting to pump up the cuff and then deflating it and pumping it up again immediately all added to the problem of my frustration and the higher than normal reading. If someone is taking your BP and starts to inflate the cuff, stops, deflates it and starts over, make them wait about 5 minutes before taking your BP again. That's standard procedure most places because it can affect your BP somewhat. My BP hasn't been in question and it wouldn't have caused it to go from a perfectly normal reading to the high one taken today. I did make sure I let the doc know about the additional stressors as well and now I'm on a BP med for a few weeks to try. I did manage to bring up my thyroid bloodwork and Armour and when I see him again in 3 weeks, he's going to order the bloodwork, including the free T3's and is willing to put me on Armour. ) That change alone should also help the BP problems. I did find out that in a month and change I've managed to lose about 8 of the 25 lbs I gained over 3 months on a med for elevated triglycerides that didn't work, so I'm happy about that. I've taken the new med for my BP and am getting tired, so I'm heading off to bed. I just wanted to keep y'all posted. ) I've learned so much from this list. I was even discussing thyroid issues with one of the secretaries at work this afternoon. ===== Kathy >^,,^< KitzCat146@... http://www.chaytongroup.com/modernbill/order/index.php?aid=ka081104 http://www.heartwarmers4u.com/members/?kitzcat kitzcat2001 on Yahoo Messenger kitzcat on MSN Messenger In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats. - English Proverb __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Kathy, sounds like you've got a good one... fantastic... we need more of those, for sure.... About you blood pressure... just a comment.. I went through a BP 'crisis' that had them sending me to the hospital ASAP. Oh... I'd gone to a free city blood pressure screening... mine was WAY high and they told me to go to the hospital.... I got there and they checked me several times and it was still dangerously high. I was talking with the nurse in the ER and telling her that I'd had a crappy weekend and had been pigging out on potatoe chips... she was thinking that I was having a problem with salt... over the next 2 months I had to come in every week to have my BP checked.... it was low normal from the first weekly check.. so she said to do some heavy salt before my next check and it shot right up.... went back to low salt and it dropped back to low normal. So... could you be taking in too much salt? I know that we're not all the same, and how our bodies react to all of this is VERY individual... but sharing experiences and thoughts could lead to answers.... on that note, I've shared my experience. Now... I've added salt back to my diet as a support to my adrenals. I eyeball the amount I use, I'm not exactly measuring it with a spoon.... it's about a third of a teaspoon a day that I've added. I still use very little salt during cooking... and just this small amount divided amoung my mini meals. It's helped a lot with my fluid balance.. I still sweat when I over heat, but not as bad as I used to... and I don't get so severely dehydrated after a heat induced major sweat. My folks were on BP meds for YEARS dad read that garlic helped with that and they both started taking garlic capsules.... within a few months the docs (for both of them) took them off the BP meds.. they were doing just fine on the garlic... That's been 20 years or so now. Does any of that sound like it pertains to you? Topper () On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Kathy Kitzcat writes: I saw my doc today for palpitations and my bloodpressure was 180/108, which is high. I haven't beenfeeling well for a week or 2, but never thought itwould be my BP. I've noticed my BP making a slowclimb, but then it would back off and be fine for awhile. The fact that I don't like the nurse workingwith my doc today didn't help, along with a disabledtruck causing a back up on the highway making mealmost late for my appointments probably caused it togo up a little along with the nurse starting to pumpup the cuff and then deflating it and pumping it upagain immediately all added to the problem of myfrustration and the higher than normal reading. Ifsomeone is taking your BP and starts to inflate thecuff, stops, deflates it and starts over, make themwait about 5 minutes before taking your BP again. That's standard procedure most places because it canaffect your BP somewhat. My BP hasn't been inquestion and it wouldn't have caused it to go from aperfectly normal reading to the high one taken today. I did make sure I let the doc know about theadditional stressors as well and now I'm on a BP medfor a few weeks to try. I did manage to bring up mythyroid bloodwork and Armour and when I see him againin 3 weeks, he's going to order the bloodwork,including the free T3's and is willing to put me onArmour. ) That change alone should also help the BPproblems. I did find out that in a month and changeI've managed to lose about 8 of the 25 lbs I gainedover 3 months on a med for elevated triglycerides thatdidn't work, so I'm happy about that. I've taken thenew med for my BP and am getting tired, so I'm headingoff to bed. I just wanted to keep y'all posted. ) I've learned so much from this list. I was evendiscussing thyroid issues with one of the secretariesat work this afternoon.=====Kathy >^,,^<KitzCat146@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 --- " Feisty(ThyroFeisty) " wrote: > Also, make sure the cuff is not too small! > > Feisty Yes, a cuff that is too small or too large will also cause an inaccurate reading. The nurses originally tried taking my BP with the large adult cuff, but I have quite a " wing span " and the large cuff doesn't fit well, so I got them to start using the thigh cuff once I found out they had one. Well, it disappeared and I learned about taking the BP radially, which is what I have them do now so they don't have to go running around looking for a different cuff. It's harder to hear to get the reading and while I don't normally think bad of anyone, I really think this nurse is fat phobic and just doesn't care if she gets a good reading or not. I'm fat, so I must have high BP. Call me paranoid, but I just don't care for this new nurse. I'm not sure she cares for me either since I refuse to be bullied into getting on the scales for her. I know what I weigh because I check it on my way out the door. That way, if my weight is an issue, I know and can let the doc know. ===== Kathy >^,,^< KitzCat146@... http://www.chaytongroup.com/modernbill/order/index.php?aid=ka081104 http://www.heartwarmers4u.com/members/?kitzcat kitzcat2001 on Yahoo Messenger kitzcat on MSN Messenger In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats. - English Proverb __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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