The Marvels of Modern Medicine

[tamaranth]

Good things about rainy Friday:
- the river Ravensbourne (outside my window) is rushing and gushing like a simile.
- I don't have high blood pressure any more.

Now I have low blood pressure. 117/78 (down from 214/140 three weeks ago).

Apparently this makes no sense. But the rapid descent of BP may explain why I've felt like a reanimated corpse for the last couple of weeks. Have put it to doctor that I would like to stop taking beta-blockers: a short life and a merry one, etc. He seemed to agree.

More tests next week, just 'cause.

Still corpse-like, so off for a nap pre-anything else.

Comments

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

Oh for God's SAKE, woman, make up your damned mind! :-)

Seriously - is there any idea what actually caused it to rise in the first place? What's to stop it happening again if you go off the beta blockers?

[asynje.livejournal.com]

*pets gently*

I don't think I have any home-remedies for that sort of thing. Apart from things with black roosters and that gets so messy.

Naps are good. Take one for me while you're at it.

[lproven.livejournal.com]

/God bedring,/ nej?

[asynje.livejournal.com]

Absolutely correct. Literally "good betterment". Strange, yes, I know *s*

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Good - I guess...

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

And you think I'm odd?

Get better soon. We'll have no corpses around here, missy :)

[lproven.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're BP is back down. Hope it stays that way. Coming off the pills for a while and V regular monitoring might be the way; of course, it might be down just 'cos the pills are working, and if you come off, it might shoot back up again.

Could you ask if you could borrow a [braces fingers] sphygmomanometer for a while, or possibly even buy a cheap BP measuring device from Boots? I think they exist.

Feeling up to B Movie? If you're talking to me yet, it'd be good to see you.