So many of you have heard about my recent blood pressure (bp) events. It started last weekend when I was getting a splitting headache for no apparent reason. Girl suggested that I check my blood pressure. Nothing else was checking out, so I checked it and it was pretty high…even for me. Over the next several days it just kept getting worse. Finally on Saturday I checked it again and wham—it was at 184/110—heart attack territory. And that was at rest. Oh yeah, the pulse was 132 beats per minute (bpm). So we went to the ER. They were less than impressed with my pressure and gave me a small dose of a really strong bp reducing drug. They also wrote me a script and told me to follow up with my regular doc. So I did.
My regular doc didn’t like the pills that the ER recommended so he put me on something else that works on bp from a different angle. I’ll start taking it tomorrow. I also told him of a little black out episode I had last week and asked if it was connected. The doc said that it absolutely could be related. You see, I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth around 0100 hours and the next thing I know it’s 0430 and I’m laying flat on my back on the tile floor. The doc’s first idea was some sort of seizure. Not a good idea, though it’s no worse than his second idea—arrhythmia caused by the fast heart rate. He took lots of blood and did and EKG to see if he can find a connection between the two. I find out in two weeks at my follow up appointment what the news is.
So if you could all pray for me and my little overworked heart, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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