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Offline Karennina

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« on: March 28, 2008, 21:23:48 PM »
Can anyone tell me please, I am due to fly out to Calis on Friday, I knew I had high blood pressure due to medication I am taking, the thing is I found out this week it has gone up to 190 over what I do not know, I have to see the doctor on Tuesday morning and see if it has come down at all, I just wondered if I had to mention I am flying would doctors be able to stop me if my b.p was still high?
Thanks in advance for any advice.



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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2008, 21:29:03 PM »
I don't think they could actually stop you, but you would probably invalidate your insurance (if you have any) by not taking the advice (or declaring it).


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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2008, 21:34:01 PM »
Oh damn, I never thought about the insurance, the thing is I never expected it to go even higher, oh well I am flying anyway with a view that Turkey will help to bring my b.p down! ( touchwood )
Thanks anyway Scunner.

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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2008, 21:41:25 PM »
I have customers on that flight, try not to burst  ;)

Doesn't the flight bring it down anyway - thinning the blood and all that? If that's right, call it medicinal :D

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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2008, 21:50:01 PM »
It MIGHT be of use if you get yourself a blood pressure monitor  the arm ones are the best & the docs prefer these. You can buy one in Lloyds Chemist usually for £9.99 - make sure they give you the correct sized cuff too!

The reason I say this is I've discovered I have 'white coat syndrome' - I'm NOT at all frightened of our doc. - In fact she's really lovely & we're quite friendly with her & have even socialised with her. I'm not phased by going to the doctors at all BUT the minute they take my blood pressure it shoots sky high & gives a totally false reading. We've laughed about it as it appears doctors too are not immune from this syndrome as one of the other docs is exactly the same.

Just a thought as until we bought our own I actually had higher readings than you. I do take meds but at home my readings are 'normal' when I go to docs they are anything but. They test our BP monitor against theirs  the readings are consistant. - i.e. way high when I'm sat in docs office.  I KNOW it's crazy - so does the Doctor affected BUT it makes no difference. Sit in a comfortable docs office BP is UP UP UP.

Hope you have 'white coat syndrome' too - it beats taking medicine you might not need. Otherwise do deep calming breathing & make sure you take a baby aspirin a day.
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« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2008, 21:56:55 PM »
Oh thanks so much for that info I think I will buy a b.p monitor tomorrow,and compare to what happens at the doctor's surgery, I really hope the "white coat syndrome" is part of my problem, I am flying on Friday no matter what because I can not wait to be back in Calis!

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« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2008, 22:26:06 PM »
P.s Dont worry Scunner I wont "burst and bring the plane down" All the best with your customers I hope you sell some properties.

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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2008, 22:32:33 PM »
Whoops I am such a din you meant flight brings b.p down I got a little confused and thought of me "bursting" and bringing the plane down!

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« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2008, 22:41:51 PM »
You have a greater imagination than I do, I could never have come up with that  ;)

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« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2008, 01:39:55 AM »
My advice would be first accept you have got higher blood pressure and as a consequence that you are at greater risk of having a heart attack. - don't fall  into the trap of convincing yourself you haven't got higher blood pressure because the machine is wrong. Then you must decide whether to proceed with the trip or not or whether to declare it on the medical insurance or not.
I speak from experience when I say that the people who suffer most when someone has a heart attack is not always the victim but the people (usually a wife or husband) who have to go through the anxiety of finding out whether it will kill you or not - a trauma that can last days or weeks!
I would not intentionally want to put my wife through that again and therefore I would do all I can to protect her from this. I hope it all work out well for you and your party, but please take care of yourself.




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