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My mom is a cardio/vascular/thoracic surgeon. She says that she couldn’t do the job without her patients giving her the advice that they Googled about their condition.
My mom is a cardio/vascular/thoracic surgeon. She says that she couldn’t do the job without her patients giving her the advice that they Googled about their condition.
That must be a hoot listening to the instructions/ advice from patients under anesthesia.
I always ask them to do it twice. Once when they normally do, and then again a minute later. The second is always lower. What bugs me is they always tell me to unfold my legs (I sit cross-legged on the exam table until I need to lay down or if they're doing the reflex test on my knees). But dangling my legs over the edge of a table with no back on it is awkward and uncomfortable for me, so it jacks up my blood pressure. Sitting my way is relaxing.
My blood pressure usually ranges from 100/65 to 118/72.
I rarely worry about a high reading, it's never high.
My mom is a cardio/vascular/thoracic surgeon. She says that she couldn’t do the job without her patients giving her the advice that they Googled about their condition.
A very close friend, sold his practice and just quit. He was number one in his specialty in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
He told us that just got few up when patients came in with a stack of Google pages telling him what to do
First, thanks for the enjoyable replies, some I had to read aloud to spouse and dab my eyes.
I am a person with high BP, it used to be just on the edge of a problem but weight gain has made me really work to lose weight and get my BP lower. Harder to do without going into a gym (covid) or playing sports like pickleball (again covid).
To the OP: You are a lucky man to have good BP. Bring your written BP numbers into your GP appt and show them you monitor it. If they don't respect your numbers find a better doctor.
I know someone with much lower BP numbers than me but they also have problems with dizziness when they stand up after sitting and can't look down too long (bent neck) or get dizzy. So low BP isn't a perfect world either.
I ask for it to be done correctly and the nurse will say it doesn't matter. Had a virtual consultation with my cardiologist recently and he agreed with my statement "almost always done incorrectly."
My home device agrees with: machine at local supermarket.
All the blood pressure readings taken when I was in a hospital bed for three weeks over a knee replacement that went bad.
The readings at a doctor's office if I can insist on them doing it again at the end of the visit.
I saw one of my specialists a few days ago. The office tech took my blood pressure with a machine which said that it was high. The specialist suggested that I start taking my blood pressure at home. I bought a monitor off Amazon and it said that my BP was high (146/85).
I saw my main doctor today. He used a regular standalone sphygmomanometer and said that my BP was fine (120/80). I kept pushing him on this so he used another "wall-mounted" manual sphyg and it came back high (140/82). He then tried a third manual sphyg and it came back high (130/80). My doctor agreed to put me on a blood pressure medicine.
What bothers me about this is he said the machines were recently calibrated. I'm glad I pushed this matter but I wonder how many times this happens.
I saw one of my specialists a few days ago. The office tech took my blood pressure with a machine which said that it was high. The specialist suggested that I start taking my blood pressure at home. I bought a monitor off Amazon and it said that my BP was high (146/85).
I saw my main doctor today. He used a regular standalone sphygmomanometer and said that my BP was fine (120/80). I kept pushing him on this so he used another "wall-mounted" manual sphyg and it came back high (140/82). He then tried a third manual sphyg and it came back high (130/80). My doctor agreed to put me on a blood pressure medicine.
What bothers me about this is he said the machines were recently calibrated. I'm glad I pushed this matter but I wonder how many times this happens.
Has there been any followup to determine /why/ you have high blood pressure? In most cases - a change of diet, more hydration, and an exercise routine can reduce it. That way you might need the meds just to get your levels back to normal WHILE you work on preventing it from going up again, once you get OFF the meds. Unless there's something else medically wrong with you, which would require you to be on the meds indefinitely.
If all that's happened is your regular doctor has tossed you a prescription and sent you on your way, I'd find another doctor.
Has there been any followup to determine /why/ you have high blood pressure? In most cases - a change of diet, more hydration, and an exercise routine can reduce it. That way you might need the meds just to get your levels back to normal WHILE you work on preventing it from going up again, once you get OFF the meds. Unless there's something else medically wrong with you, which would require you to be on the meds indefinitely.
If all that's happened is your regular doctor has tossed you a prescription and sent you on your way, I'd find another doctor.
Thank you for this feedback. He wants to keep me on this medication for three months to see how it works. I go to the gym 4-5 times a week and exercise pretty hard. We also talked about reducing salt intake and other things.
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