Thursday, October 20, 2011
Feeling Better, Finally
Today was my Friday, and it couldn't come soon enough for me. I need a few days at home! I've been feeling crappy for quite awhile and it all came to a head on Monday. For the past couple of weeks I've been having headaches (I even had a migraine two weeks ago tomorrow), and have just been feeling bad. Then last weekend I started feeling dizzy every time I stood up or moved too fast. Well, it finally dawned on me to take my blood pressure. High blood pressure runs in my family and it's something that my doctor has had me watching for a while now (that is, when I remember to check it). Needless to say, when I got around to checking it, it was high. Then on Monday morning I was feeling so dizzy at work that I went across the hall to the Cath Lab and had one of the nurses take it. It was 198/89 with the auto, they are sometimes unreliable, so she took it manually, it was 150/99. I called and got an appointment for that afternoon and when I left my doctor's office, I had a little something extra--a new prescription. I hate having to go on medication, but I hate feeling like I'm going to fall over too. It's only been a few days but, I'm feeling much better!!
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wow, your blood pressure was really high!!!!!! So glad you figured things out and are feeling better Jessie! I have also been told to watch my blood pressure. I blame the stress at work for my blood pressure "issues". It is not super high, just boarder line I guess.
Thanks, Lorie! My stress level has been really high lately too, so I'm sure that adds to the problem. Also they have changed the guidelines now so 120/80 is borderline where it used to be "normal".
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