i am supposed to take my blood pressure 10 times in the next several days. i went in for a check-up and it was borderline high so my doctor gave me a machine to use at home this week. i keep forgetting to use it during my quiet moments. i need to use it when i am still and quiet, and there haven't been many of those moments since friday when i received the machine. even now...it is sunday morning, and i have been running around like a madwoman trying to get stuff done. i thought about that machine and how i should have used it when i first got up. i just took my blood pressure, and i refuse to write that number down. my doctor said to use it when i am happy and calm. that doesn't describe my mood. blogging makes me happy and calm so i am trying to get to a place where i can use the machine and feel good about what it says. i need a calm quiet spirit. i need to meditate. think nice peaceful thoughts. ahhhh....stillness...
124/89 that's better. still not a great diastolic number, but better.
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I am shaking my head! YOU need to slow down. You need to write all the numbers down. I bet it was higher than yesterday!!
The EMT in me, is saying this... in all seriousness. High BP is no (cuss word) joke... Take care of yourself today.
witty - i know. i am working on it. i will be good. i will. don't worry.
So..put the machine next to your computer...and take it whenever you 'blog'...which means you need to blog more!! Hope things get back to normal soon.
gina - i went to the doctor again today and he said i was in perfect health except my blood pressure. we are just monitoring the numbers for a few days. and i'm supposed to start exercising. which is now possible because the weather is nice!
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