Comments | annieover: Health Issues

annieover

Health Issues

Jan 25, 2010 19:46

Last week the insurance nurse came by to take my vitals. She went easy on my weight, rounding up my height and taking off 7 pounds for "clothing" weight. However, she wrote down my blood pressure as 160/100. I thought that was weird, because my blood pressure is usually 120/80. So I looked it up after she left and Web MD said, "Oh my fucking ( Read more... )

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dimfuture January 26 2010, 01:57:21 UTC

Poor kitty. I hope he is back to stealing waffles soon.

annieover January 26 2010, 14:44:52 UTC

I hope he gets better too. Right now he thinks I'm a witch because I keep shoving medicine in his mouth.

drmagoo January 26 2010, 02:21:17 UTC

I can empathize with Hen there. I, too, suffer from an overactive gag reflex, and it wasn't until I was an adult and not willing to put up with the embarrassment of eating pills with jelly or something that I forced myself to swallow them whole. It sucked.

annieover January 26 2010, 14:45:22 UTC

Even with the jelly he couldn't swallow it.

drmagoo January 26 2010, 15:18:57 UTC

When I was younger, it did have to be crushed. I did eventually make the transition to whole, as long as it was in jelly, but it still sucked.

lifepart3 January 26 2010, 02:33:41 UTC

You might want to look up "whitecoat hypertension" - my Mom and I both have it. If I as much as walk into a doctor's office, even my dentist, my BP can shoot up 30-50 points. Take your own readings every day for a week and send those to the insurance company (or to your GP).

annieover January 26 2010, 14:47:21 UTC

I think it was that I was trying to tidy up the house before the nurse arrived when the insurance company called for the medical interview. So I was explaining every single doctor's visit for the last ten years while the nurse took my blood pressure.

a_kosmos January 26 2010, 04:18:59 UTC

Poor kitty! It is so hard when they aren't feeling well, and with cats it's kind of tough to know what's going on with him.

I also have a lot of sympathy for the dentist situation. Not fun.

annieover January 26 2010, 14:47:56 UTC

Especially since he just avoids people when he doesn't feel well.

jimbow8 January 26 2010, 13:31:34 UTC

OMG! You have a nurse that comes to your house?!?!

Seriously, I hope all of you are well.

annieover January 26 2010, 14:48:20 UTC

Only because the insurance company wants to know if I'm still a good bet.