You know, my doctor pooh-poohed the stress factor in my elevated BP too, and I really think that was bullshit.
Particularly since they've documented "white coat" blood pressure increases for people who are stressed by doctors.
Mal: Can I come in? Inara: No. Mal: See? That's why I usually don't ask.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Ginger - May 16, 2014 8:39:29 am PDT #10842 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Trudy Booth - May 16, 2014 8:50:23 am PDT #10843 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I agree. I love cheese but you can always add more at the table, you can't take it away.
Which is just, imho, nature's way of saying you CAN'T have too much cheese.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 16, 2014 10:39:37 am PDT #10844 of 30002
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
My BP was suddenly borderline high recently. I've put on some weight in the past year, but I'm not sure it's that. Stress seems just as likely, but doctors seem to discount it.
TG and I were watching the May the 4th episode of the Big Bang Theory, and I learnt that she doesn't like Star Wars. Nine years together and I never knew that. Well, I suppose she hid it well, at least.
sj - May 16, 2014 11:03:26 am PDT #10845 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Seska! How are you?
My grandfather's blood pressure has been high the last few times he went, but first they make him wait an hour after his appointment time and then they tell him that the doctor won't be there and he'll be seeing the physicians assistant. So he gets angry and his blood pressure goes up. My cousin is a nurse and takes it for him at home, and it's always fine.
Typo Boy - May 16, 2014 7:27:33 pm PDT #10846 of 30002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I did the 4 oz of Romano as suggested. The Pasta Primavera was good.
le nubian - May 16, 2014 10:11:59 pm PDT #10847 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Particularly since they've documented "white coat" blood pressure increases for people who are stressed by doctors.
ME ME ME
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 16, 2014 11:56:13 pm PDT #10848 of 30002
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Seska! How are you?
Good thank you! Happy to be back in London, and doing many presentations on my PhD research, which continues at a variable pace. How are you?
ME ME ME
Yeah, I wonder if I get 'white coat syndrome' too. I have issues with doctors! (It doesn't help when they take the reading a second and third time, saying "breathe... relax" all the while, which is guaranteed to make me do the opposite.)
sj - May 17, 2014 3:09:31 am PDT #10849 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
We're doing well. We both wish we could come visit you and your DW in London. Best of luck with your PhD research.
beth b - May 17, 2014 3:35:13 am PDT #10850 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Even if the doctor doesn't know why your np is high, it is best. To get it down. One of the things they think is that people that have white coat syndrome, have tendencies toward getting high blood pressure.
My current theory ( based on no medical knowledge) is that high bp is a symptom .i have two chronic systemic conditions that is my reason for high bp
Sue - May 17, 2014 6:59:30 am PDT #10851 of 30002
hip deep in pie
You know, my doctor pooh-poohed the stress factor in my elevated BP too, and I really think that was bullshit.
OMG, anxiety about getting my BP checked just boosts my readings. Fortunately, my doctor has figured this, and now usually gets the nurse to give me a BP True test. They hook me up to a machine that takes readings every 2 minutes for 10 minutes and then displays the average. AND...they leave me alone in a darkened, quiet room to do it. That makes all the dfference.
I just had a test on Monday, and the first reading, while the nurse was still in the room and I was still anxious, was 154/90. After she left, it went right down and my average was something like 134/82. (Normal for me.)