Comments | katie_m: How you know I don't like doctor's offices

katie_m

How you know I don't like doctor's offices

Jul 27, 2015 20:35

My heartrate was a full 25 bpm over its resting rate. At least I've got the trick of not letting my blood pressure go up ( Read more... )

random, movies

Comments 16

jenlev August 1 2015, 00:14:19 UTC

Ouch, I hope you'll be feeling much better and very quickly too. *hugs*

katie_m August 3 2015, 02:44:46 UTC

Thank you! It is better, though still not 100% - I'm going to try doing a few not-too-strenuous miles on Tuesday and see how that goes.

jenlev August 8 2015, 20:10:06 UTC

Just back from Maine, hoping this week went well.

wishfulaces August 4 2015, 01:59:50 UTC

Teach me how not to raise the BP when I get to the doctor's office. Seriously, I give her my sheet of six months' worth of readings from home where they're all normal and she still doesn't believe me.

Also, icing totally helps, y/y??

katie_m August 13 2015, 00:22:04 UTC

Well, when I say "not raise" I mean "I got over that panic reaction I had for a few years after I had a bad experience with a blood pressure reading." Which is ridiculous, but this guy couldn't get the reading and wouldn't deflate the cuff and it took me a while to stop being jumpy about it. So I talk myself through it logically and the nurse doesn't take very long and everything's fine. (I have pretty low blood pressure anyway, though ( ... )