Does anybody know a place to have ambulatory (24 hr) BP reading done?

[djones748]

Originally Posted by rlrl

i did the ambulatory monitor 2 years ago due to chronic hbp even on meds. glad i did it cos many readings during that 24 hrs were very good. now with my cancer treatments my readings are like 100/60 and ive cut out at least 3 of my bp meds as per my doctor

you should be able to get a monitor for your bp esp if htn has been a problem. it was my nephrologist who ordered the cuff from the hospital they are affiliated with. even if the doc doesn't have one they should be write you an order so you can "rent" one for a day from a hospital or local facility

Thanks for chiming in. I find it weird that it seems to be so uncommon and hard to acquire. None of the cardiologists in my area in queens deal with it it seems. I think I'm just gonna stick to this Friday appt in Manhasset.

Two questions for you since you've done it:

1) Do you put it on yourself when you get home? Or do they start it in the office?

2) How often were the readings? Like every 20 minutes or something? I think I read that.


Glad to see you have things under control.

[rlrl]

the hospital's cardio dept installed it

yeah something like every 20 minutes but i didn't understand what the numbers meant when it was on my arm. only my doctor knew how to interpret what the numbers meant. my point is that you may not be able to know your readings until after its all over. in other words, you don't see 120/80, 140/90 etc you just see a bunch of random numbers flashing

my doc didn't have a monitor so what he did was write me an order for one. they sent me to the hospital they are affiliated with to get it installed. i returned it the next day

[djones748]

Originally Posted by rlrl

the hospital's cardio dept installed it

yeah something like every 20 minutes but i didn't understand what the numbers meant when it was on my arm. only my doctor knew how to interpret what the numbers meant. my point is that you may not be able to know your readings until after its all over. in other words, you don't see 120/80, 140/90 etc you just see a bunch of random numbers flashing

my doc didn't have a monitor so what he did was write me an order for one. they sent me to the hospital they are affiliated with to get it installed. i returned it the next day

Ahhh ok. That's weird about the numbers. I guess it works how it works though.

Did the readings become less frequent during certain hours of the night? I think I read that. Like once an hour or something...

[rlrl]

i wouldnt know how frequent because all i saw were random numbers. i think they said something to me about it being less frequent at night but i don't remember if the cuff squeezed or not when i was sleeping

[djones748]

Originally Posted by rlrl

i wouldnt know how frequent because all i saw were random numbers. i think they said something to me about it being less frequent at night but i don't remember if the cuff squeezed or not when i was sleeping

Thanks for the insight, buddy. It's gonna be annoying having to come home from Manhasset back to Queens with this thing on though. Think I'll spring for a car service. Shouldn't be too bad.

[rlrl]

i drove without any trouble tho the hospital was only 2 miles from where I live

[djones748]

Originally Posted by rlrl

i drove without any trouble tho the hospital was only 2 miles from where I live

No automobile in the djones household unfortunately. Maybe one day. When I move the hell out of the city...

[Kefir King]

I think most decent GP's have one or more. Any cardiologist or nephrologist should have them.

I think it's the best thing for us White Coat Hypertension sufferers to rub our doctors' noses in when they start yammering about high BP in the office.