Blood pressure issues after surgery

[Guest guest]

When I had to have my stomach removed, my blood pressure stayed up for quite a

while afterward. I had to take blood pressure medicine for the first time in my

life. I think it was caused by the trauma of the surgery and adjustments my

body was trying to make. It eventually went back down. The doctors didn't seem

worried about it at all and I think they probably even expected it. I was also

in pain. Even today, when my pain is bad most people don't know it because I

hide it well but I can't hide it when they take my blood pressure because it

always goes up when I am in alot of pain.

Also I have had to have cortisone shots in the past and they always make my

blood pressure go up for a few days afterward so I wonder too if the steroids

don't contribute to high blood pressure.

Terry

[Guest guest]

Steroids do, mine was really high but has finally dropped back to normal now

that my steroids are down to 5 mg a day.

" Sweet Goat Mama "

CarAlyn Eddy

www.goattracksmagazine.com

[Guest guest]

so I wonder too if the steroids don't contribute to high blood pressure.

Terry

I am on a lot of steriods, have been for a number of years. In my opinion

steriods can contribute to a rise in blood pressure but it takes a lot of them

to do that. However everyone is different so what is true for me may not be true

for you. Gwen