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OK, this is freaky. I've been sitting down for a while, feel perfectly calm and relaxed, and my blood pressure is 140/104 and my heart rate is 100.
It was perhaps a bad idea for my mom to get me this blood pressure monitor. I'm getting a bit obsessive here.
Hil, how often does your doctor think you should monitor your blood pressure? At the group homes, there are a couple of residents we monitor regularly - one of them gets it done twice a week, and once a week for the other. Do bear in mind that you need to be sitting still for at least five minutes to get a good reading, even standing up to walk to the other side of the room to get the bp cuff is too much activity.
Doctor hasn't told me how often. I've mostly been taking it each night. I think it's a medication issue -- my bp has spiked since the doctor changed the dosage on one of my meds. I've got an appointment with him on Thursday, so I'll discuss it then. I actually got the cuff because it's also got a heart rate monitor, and I'm supposed to be checking that when I feel like my heart is racing or clicking (which it has been doing lately, which I'm also blaming on the meds.)
Mostly, giving me something like a blood pressure cuff that'll give me immediate data is just dangerous. I get way too "What's my blood pressure now? ... Huh, I wonder what it is now..."
Thanks, Ginger.
Hil - anyway you'll see a doctor about it? It does sound scary.
OK I'm tired. I just stared at the word "bewteen" for a good minute trying to figure out why my spell checker didn't like it. I'm pronouncing it like that from now on.
I get way too "What's my blood pressure now? ... Huh, I wonder what it is now..."
Yeah, I can understand that.
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Oh beth. I'm so sorry.
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