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Posted by Racer on November 15, 2000, at 20:11:27
It just hit me, something about high blood pressure: studies indicate that many people with diagnosed high blood pressure only have high BP in one setting. That setting is usually the doctor's office!
Don't think that means much, but hope it makes you feel better!
How's the desensitization program going?
Posted by shar on November 15, 2000, at 21:34:51
In reply to Coral, were you the one afraid of BP tests?, posted by Racer on November 15, 2000, at 20:11:27
My mom, who has heart trouble, has to take her BP at least 2-3 times per day. She has a little cuff thing that fits around her wrist, about 3-4 inches wide. It's attached to a little LCD thing that looks like a digital square timer or something. She pushes a button and away it goes. It is quick easy and the pressure from the cuff does not seem anywhere as great as a regular sphygmomenomitor (sp).
About fluctuating pressures...I participate in studies where you get paid when the experiement is about high eye pressure. (I have high eye pressure.) Most often for a complete study they will measure eye pressure up to 8 times per day because of how it changes over the day. Also for the study, the pressure can't drop below a certain or you get sent home. Apparently for eyes, the pm is likely to be highest (there was one guy they called Rocket Man because his was so high, and highest at night).
Posted by coral on November 16, 2000, at 18:52:03
In reply to BP tests +, posted by shar on November 15, 2000, at 21:34:51
Tis me who has the BP Phobia... I KNOW the cause, which is the year spent in the... :::cough, sputter, spit:::: care of a so-called doctor who kept prescribing thyroid meds (which shot my BP through the roof), tri-AD that didn't work, and refusing to do thyroid tests. It was the first year of my first depression and black was all I could see, and I was a complete idiot to stay with him as long as I did. So, there's a whole bunch of rage tied up with helplessness in the development of the phobia. Intellectually, I know this, but emotionally, I'm not there yet.
As far as the desensitizing, in true Lumptonian fashion, it's not even on the priority list at the moment - it's been supplanted by the upcoming holidays, my SFH, trusting that my therapist is right when he says we're at the 'core', smacking down cellar demons, and general lumping. It'll probably be spring before I tackle it. Thanks for your thoughts! :)Coral the Whip
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