Sigh, another round of high blood pressure
I seriously blamed the prednisone last time because I took 4 tablets of that and POOF! blood pressure went through the roof. I could not think, I could barely see, and I was a mess for days when it happened. I tried sleeping it off but I could not fall asleep thanks to the enormous headaches. It were long days and scary too. I can't even count the moments I thought I was in need for medical care and what if I'm going to have a stroke/heart attack/die. Not great for blood pressure these thoughts, I reckon. But the reality is, I was scared, and still am a bit to be honest.
Everything was fine
Heck, even my hand pains were much less as I adapted better routines and kept drinking turmeric paste twice a day in a golden latte. It really helped me to get back in the workflow without being in pain all day. I had a bit of a relapse during the weekend where I needed to stop working for a bit to continue the next day. It's fine, I know I over did it. Just a few days of more resting and I was back to not being in constant pain, so I have to learn to stop sooner, not when it starts hurting. It's a learning curve, I guess.
Finally, my appointment for the scan was there
Wednesday, I was supposed to go to the clinic to have the scan of my hand and get to the doctor for the results today. And then Tuesday happened. I had a long walk to run some errands and when I came back, my head started to hurt more and more and every sound around me was making me feel worse. I took a nap, as I usually do when a headache takes over, I also blamed my monthly period because that's usually guarantee for at least one day of extreme headaches, until it's there and then it goes away. It's annoying but I'm used to it, it's became this bad since my last miscarriage a year ago and I think I just have to deal with it.
During the evening, things got worse
I made sure to finish my work and went to bed about 9 PM, I didn't even want to sit on the couch for a bit longer to watch something, I knew all these sounds and lights would only make it worse so I went to bed to close my eyes hoping to fall asleep soon. I couldn't sleep, the headache was too bad, I was hoping the meds I took would do something but it took at least until 1 am before I dozed off a bit. I could only hope that it would be over by the morning because my appointment was at 10 am, which meant dropping the kid off at school and immediately walk towards the bus stop downhill and hope to arrive in time in the next town.
Nothing changed overnight
So I woke up with the same headache and felt I could not do much, asked my boyfriend to bring the kid to school and try to cancel the appointment. I measured my blood pressure and it was not as high as last time but not far off. I took some meds and went to bed hoping to fall asleep. I slept until noon more or less, I kept my calm the rest of the day and tried to avoid screens most of the day. Thankfully, by the time it was evening, I felt a little better and could at least stay up a bit to watch some tv but I asked my boyfriend to take care of the kid in the morning so I could chill a bit longer as we're out for the weekend and I didn't want to jeopardize it.
A little improvement compared to yesterday
This morning I felt better than yesterday morning, but after being up for about an hour, I felt the headache appear again. I didn't drink any coffee or ate anything because I wanted to avoid that affecting my blood pressure again. The best thing I could do was probably go to bed again and hope I'd feel better in the afternoon/evening. I measured my blood pressure twice today, both close to the high values of last time I had it.
Doctor's appointment
Today I went to the doctor, I walked over there, although I doubted a bit because the mornings have been the worst regarding my headaches and walking downhill plus another straight part for 30 minutes at least is not something I felt really comfortable with by myself thanks to the past days, but I decided to do it anyway because I hate waiting for busses that often don't show up at all. That will stress me out because I'll be late so best to get moving instead. I was right in time, full waiting room but I got called in right away, great start!
I came prepared
I always expect to face a doctor that doesn't speak English and I hate going back and forward with my phone to translate in case I can't be clear. This matter was too important and I wanted to make sure the doctor understood the situation and had all the details, including the values I measured at home. I wrote everything down in English yesterday, and translated and printed it in case I needed it. The previous doctor didn't speak English, this one a little, but she seemed to understand it all reading my translation and measured my pressure again.
Treatment
It was again too high, now the under pressure was higher but that's not strange after a 30+ minutes walk so I told her that too. She asked some questions, and decided to prescribe me something to lower the pressure as well as another thing that works well together, all these names are too hard to remember, haha. I also need to get a blood analysis next week so we'll see what they find.
Relaxation ahead
For now, I'm relieved that I went there today and I'm really hoping that the tablets help me because I'm looking forward to the next days when we have a car rented and are on the road a bit plus visiting old friends from before our departure from Spain. It's been 5 years since we saw them so it will be fun to see them again and check out if much has changed over there.
Have a great weekend!