could it be a temporary reading though?
ie the difference between having it taken at the surgery after 15 mins of sitting calmly in the waiting room and having it taken at the supermarket after a couple of hours of shopping, car valeting etc?

or should i go back to the doctor? :(((
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:12, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

That depends
Is he HOT!!!
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:13, Reply)

god you're so fucking shallow

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:14, Reply)

buy a blood pressure monitor
they cost fuck all. Take your blood pressure at the same time every day for a week or so. See how it goes.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:15, Reply)

but, yeah, it could be temporary
mine fluctuates massively with stress.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:15, Reply)

this is practical and sensible advice, i will look on amazon
i would be really fucked off if yeah, my skinny jeans are too loose and yeah i have kicked the diet coke habit, but then i need to start taking blood pressure meds. urgh.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:17, Reply)

sod amazon.
Boots sell BMA approved ones for about 30 quid.

Edit - and you're miles off meds. I've fluctuated between pre-hypertension and hypertension for years and I'm not on meds, and I'm older than you.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:20, Reply)

this is making me feel much better
you're not all that bad really, are you?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:22, Reply)

mine floats around 135/80 ish.
but I have WCS, which means that the standard reading in a doc's surgery is more like 160-170, which is difficult to explain. Oddly when I had my life insurance medical it was 120/80 though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:25, Reply)

funny that
hmm. does the doctor have a hot nurse, wearing nothing underneath the white coat? that could explain it?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:26, Reply)

jesus, no.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:27, Reply)

then my prescription is a new doctor with a new nurse

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Jan 2012, 14:33, Reply)