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Dan Abel wrote:

good grief.. ! did she do that just to tweak your numbers? Numbers taken
standing up are used in comparison to laying flat and then sitting, with
a period of rest between readings. One also needs to see what the pulse
does during those 3 different readings to help determine what's going on
(often dehydration for example) rather than just to get a "prettier
number" for the records. We call that a "tilt test".
She did you no favor, Dan.
 
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Goomba wrote:


I have no idea. I don't pay much attention since they are usually high
when first taken there. I don't think they even use nurses anymore.
When the doctor came in and looked at my computer records, he asked me
if I realized that my reading had gone down by 26 points when I stood
up. I told him yes, and shrugged my shoulders. He kind of shook his
head. I don't know what that meant. I handed him my log, which mostly
had blood sugar readings for the last couple of weeks, but had five BP
readings also. I had been having some low BP readings the month before,
but that had stopped. I get confirmation on the low readings because I
black out when I stand suddenly.


Thanks for the info. I didn't record the pulse readings, although I do
when I take it myself. There was no period of rest between the readings.


No. My readings have been high at first reading in the office for many
years. I don't know why that is. In an earlier post you mentioned:

'anxiety over the results or "white coat hypertension"'

I had a theory that it was the stairs, but it's only on the second
floor, and between registering and time in the waiting room, there's
usually several minutes before my BP is taken. If the doctor is
thinking about doing something, s/he will retake the BP, and it's almost
always down by then.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
"Goomba" wrote

No matter the method used,, if you want trends, follow the same time/routine
to take the pressure every day. Expect that it will change a few points
every day too. If, one day, you happen to get a reading 30 points lower
than normal, don't panic, you probably had the cuff wrong or something.
Wait ten minutes and do it again. Not to say it cannot drop that much
because of a problem or condition. My wife had a drop of 65 points in about
2 hours.
 
On Mar 24, 2:52?pm, notbob wrote:

Begs the question...why would you consult a bunch of amateur home
cooks when you should be speaking with your doctor?
 
I have an "OMRON".... A battery operated Digital Wrist Blood Pressure
Monitor.

Straps to your wrist, according to instructions, and it is quite
accurate.... within plus or minus 2, compared to my doctors.
No pumps, etc., plain and simple....

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:19:33 -0700 (PDT), "Mr. Bill"
wrote:
 
"Mr. Bill" wrote in message
news:04de87af-649f-47f8-bef6-8531dd4d3025@j35g2000prb.googlegroups.com...

Because in reality, he'll get better advice here. We've asked a couple of
doctors and they have no clue what is available for home use.
 
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