Tomorrow's appointment is my first one with this PCP so it will be talking and basic blood work. I am going to strongly suggest doing more than the basic panels though. Mine always come back flawless. My blood pressure is flawless, blood sugar was flawless last I checked a couple days ago when I wasn't feeling good. Who knows.
Mojo and hoping the tests come back good or with good info to help you get things good.
This happened to my wife recently and it actually a known thing. My wife went for a checkup and came back with the news that she needed to go back to possibly get prescribed BP meds as it was sky high. We thought it was real because she's been under stress with her parents lately (elderly father is having memory issues etc). But her doctor is clearly experienced and when she went back for the second visit, the doctor put the cuff on her and then started chatting first, after a few minutes took the BP reading almost as a by the way and it was much much lower, certainly below any crisis level. The "stress" at just being at the doctor with the concern of why you are there (in your case a check for skin cancer) can raise BP outside of its normal range for you. The stress of the divorce certainly won't help. Hope things continue to improve for you Steve.
Yep, my wife sees that with her patients quite a bit. If their BP is abnormally high, she tells them to relax, close their eyes and imagine they are sitting at their favorite place. Their BP lowers almost every time.
Yeah, I am definitely "white coat-y" but this is higher than that typically is, and the underlying stress is also a huge factor right now. I am a slightly neurotic, catholic guilt ridden, over thinking lawyer type who really wants everyone to get along and just wants to be a really good family guy and friend and lover to someone who loves him. So the last couple years with a lot of that falling apart (at least in my family's previous form), my mom dying, and just all the stuff we talk about in that other thread has had me on edge, and my habits have slipped. Much less cardio exercise as compared to prior years, snacking for emotional reasons, for a while there higher alcohol intake (that has dialed back and will be further) etc. So I think I may be able to get off some of the meds. He added one yesterday to my prior BP meds.
We did that and it went down some. Especially that lower number, which got down to not too bad at all. the upper number stayed fairly far up there this time but did decrease some. But I know myself and know I can use some help from chemistry in the short run as this is higher than my normal white coatness. I am replacing my BP machine today. Will see if Costco will take it back, even though I don't have the receipt and all that. and I will begin regular monitoring again and will likely see better home numbers again and advise the doc and adjust from there. I feel very lucky to have a practical, chill doc who I can get answers and response from quickly. And he seems good. He is not taking new patients now so am glad I am on his list. Got my health insurance dialed for post-divorce on the exchange, and paid for a higher plan as I like to access a lot of preventative care with my skin checks and all that so all is good. Oh, my PSA was up too last time, and that needs to get re-checked too. it was up one other time and went back down to well within normal so my doc is not too worried. But will keep an eye on that too.
weight gain mojo!
That's a long time to be on prednisone
I may end up on it permanently.That's a long time to be on prednisone
rough! Mojo! and mojo all around.
