161/117
Not the best day today, since a regular visit to my GP revealed that my blood pressure is hovering around the batshit side of crazy. Of course this new knowledge has not done me any favours in the ‘reducing stress’ department.
The initial measurement was taken this morning in my doctor’s office, and I assumed then it had to be a temporary aberration, but a reading I just did at home (12 hours later) shows pretty much the same result. If it’s still like this tomorrow I’m heading back to the medical center to ask for something to bring it down.
This scares the crap out of me, but I post it here because getting it off my chest might help me to not obsess about it as I try to sleep tonight.
UPDATE: 24 hours later and I’m getting readings approaching 150/100 (My peak reading yesterday was 173/127). Hoping to see it fall further.
These are familiar numbers to me. Lose weight. I did and my readings are now 115/65 pulse rate in the 50s.
don’t get any aberrant ideas about exercise either – i didn’t do a single push up. just lost weight.
That makes me feel slightly less anxious, thanks :)
I’ve been trying to lose weight for ages but not really getting anywhere. These readings may provide the giant scary kick in the arse I’ve been needing.
Thinking of you bro’…just think yourself lucky you had that GP visit to make you aware that there was even a problem…and yes, there will be solutions to this!
I know right? The only reason I went was because I needed a new referral to my eye surgeon. Until the doc got this ‘uh-oh’ look on his face I was feeling fine.
I’ve been on BP pills (and cholesterol pills) for a while now – yeah, I need to lose some weight too. When taking readings on my home unit, the first reading is still always high, but subsequent ones drop to a more reasonable level. Unfortunately, my GP always wants to take just one reading and panics at that :(
drink water, walk everyday, less bread, less alcohol, more sex, more greens, less browns, more laughter, get massages, take aspirin, use rice bran spread, use olive oil, get sunshine, need vitamin d, sounds like a distant radiohead song, fitter, better, no longer kisses with saliva.