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LiesaAnna
19-09-2005, 11:48
my blood pressure was higher then expected when i had my knee looked at, saw the practise nurse, (have known her for so long more like a friend,) and it is still very high,
i get so flappy before boarding the plane and even more so once on board, but the blood pressure even tho i take medication for it twice a day is still high,
i have got a medical certificate for travel insurance and the company knows of my problems, is there anything else i can do for self help?????
relaxation tapes??? would they help???
any ideas would be so welcome!!
Katys Grandad
19-09-2005, 11:57
Liesa
Have you taken specific advice from your nurse/GP?
As a fellow sufferer, I sincerely hope you don't have a problem but you might be wise to check with both your nurse and the insurers if your readings are a bit high at the moment. If you give insurers the chance to reject a possible claim because you haven't kept them informed they are likely to take it. I had to consult a doctor in Florida a couple of years ago because my readings were high. The cost of the consultation and prescription was over $400 and this fell below my excess so it came out of my own pocket.
I was advised that travel socks might help and have used them ever since. Whether they do anything or not I can't tell but so far so good!
Yes Liesa, use the travel socks, take an aspirin an hour before you fly (if you're ok to take them) and get an ipod or mp3 player with some soothing music on it for sure, and let your family know to leave you alone to relax for a time. The only time Mrs. Macka and I get cranky with each other is at either end of a holiday when we're travelling, it's just rather stressful.
Imagine yourself in your villa rather than travelling to it.[8D]
LiesaAnna
19-09-2005, 13:08
i always use travel socks, and have only recently booked travel insurance, before my op, and before i knew of it, am hoping its just post op stress?
am being monitored by the nurse for weight and blood pressure so she wiil read it a couple of times more before we go, maybe i will have to take an extra tablet for flying???
thanks all xx
CarolAnn
19-09-2005, 16:04
Don't laugh at me Liesa, but due to health problems I practise Reiki meditation, in simple form, each night before I sleep, I just focus on my whole body and imagine a white light is running through me, in a sort of cleansing, relaxing way! It has been very helpful this last year (esecially for any stressful or anxious times!) Worth a try [msnwink]I was a sceptic(?) real fan now!!! :)
[laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh]
Keep on with the diet and whatever exercise you can manage Liesa. In 3 months despite only losing 5lbs my blood pressure came down from very high and I am now borderline having to keep on the bp tablets. So if I have come down in another 3 months I can come off them, and it can't come quickly enough as I get dreadful leg cramps with them and am now having to take quinine!
On the plane try and do those exercises where you move your legs around - BA have a channel devoted to it. Anything that keeps you calm is a good idea, might be worth having a look at Carol Ann's suggestion.
Liesa,
Having had high blood pressure for many years (fortunately well under control now , thanks to two tablets a day) I can sympathise with you. See if your friend/nurse can offer any good suggestions. The nurse practitioners at our local GPs now deal with blood pressure and diabetic conditions, and since going to them I've had more attention and tests than when I used to visit the GP !!
I was advised by them to take a low dosage aspirin every day.
I've tried relaxation tapes/Cds but usually nod off while listening to them !! [zzz][zzz]
Paul McKenna does some good ones.
Only other suggestion to lower blood pressure is to lock Russ in his room !!:D:D:D
LiesaAnna
19-09-2005, 19:45
hes a bit bigger then me and scares the pants off me!! its probably due to him that i have high blood pressure[msnwink][msnwink][msnwink][msnwink][msnwink]
only joking!!![msnwink]
will talk to the nurse on wednesday morning see what advice she has to offer!!
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by KevinT
Only other suggestion to lower blood pressure is to lock Russ in his room !!:D:D:D
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[msnoo] im the one that calms her down [msnsmile2] shes a looney!
Fourdents
19-09-2005, 20:47
Liesa
I don't take asprin regularly, but for about 4 days before flying I take about 75mgs.of Asprin.I Stop when I'm in Florida then 4 days before leaving start the doses up again.
Please before taking any medication **ask your GP * as each person is different with differing circumstances.
Linda
chrizzy100
19-09-2005, 21:25
I think its best to ask your own doctor or nurse...I got my PB back to normal by nolonger going to the doctors and having them worrying me about it.......[msneek].........
I now go to the firehouse if I think I need to....but its normal now....everyone is different....so what helps one person may hurt someone else.......
LiesaAnna
19-09-2005, 21:28
thanx all for the sound advice!! as i said think i will see the GP later in the week!!
:(
chrizzy100
19-09-2005, 21:45
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
thanx all for the sound advice!! as i said think i will see the GP later in the week!!
:(
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If you want your BP looked at while in FL....phone the local firehouse and see if they'll take it for you free of charge....you can just call into one and ask if they do this in your area....
LiesaAnna
19-09-2005, 21:50
oh great Chrissy then do what if its higher???????
am sure i will be ok, will go see the Gp maybe he will give me an extra bp tablet, or prescribe aspirin?
am sure he has given me them before???
chrizzy100
19-09-2005, 22:25
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
oh great Chrissy then do what if its higher???????
am sure i will be ok, will go see the Gp maybe he will give me an extra bp tablet, or prescribe aspirin?
am sure he has given me them before???
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While if its higher...they will tell you to visit a doctor....or just to rest for a few hours and then come back...your PB is high first thing in the morning........so I used to go mid afternoon ...not after drinking or eating...that puts it up for a few hours.....
Ask your doctor to add extra pills a few weeks before you go....then if you feel unwell because of it you're not away.....
I'm sure you'll be fine.....[msnsmile2]
Paula D-S
19-09-2005, 23:18
Leisa if you want to keep your blood pressure down don't look at the picture Macka has posting in the sliiming forum.....he would have anyones blood pressure soaring.
Paula
LiesaAnna
19-09-2005, 23:19
thats not him[msnwink] hes winding you up!![msnwink]
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by chrizzy100
I now go to the firehouse if I think I need to....but its normal now....everyone is different....so what helps one person may hurt someone else.......
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What's the "Firehouse" Chrizzy ? [msneek]
Is that where the firemen hang out ??[:O][:O]
Won't do your blood pressure any good at all!!! :D:D
Shame on you !! [msnwink]
CarolAnn
20-09-2005, 01:39
To Give Macka another laugh...I am one of those people who lost 2 stone on the Atkins diet too:D:DAnd I have kept it off by just eating sensibly[msnwink]
Doctor is a sound answer btw Liesa[msnwink]
LiesaAnna
20-09-2005, 01:45
thanks good peeps!!! will see him ASAP
Just popped into this thread but as I have very low BP its all very interesting[msnwink]
LiesaAnna
20-09-2005, 11:18
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by CarolAnn
Don't laugh at me Liesa, but due to health problems I practise Reiki meditation, in simple form, each night before I sleep, I just focus on my whole body and imagine a white light is running through me, in a sort of cleansing, relaxing way! It has been very helpful this last year (esecially for any stressful or anxious times!) Worth a try [msnwink]I was a sceptic(?) real fan now!!! :)
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am very keen on this tho', have had enough pummping tablets for everything!! maybe i should look into this, what do you think Julie?
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by CarolAnn
Don't laugh at me Liesa, but due to health problems I practise Reiki meditation, in simple form, each night before I sleep, I just focus on my whole body and imagine a white light is running through me, in a sort of cleansing, relaxing way! It has been very helpful this last year (esecially for any stressful or anxious times!) Worth a try [msnwink]I was a sceptic(?) real fan now!!! :)
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am very keen on this tho', have had enough pummping tablets for everything!! maybe i should look into this, what do you think Julie?
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I think if it works for you then great - give it a try it has worked for CarolAnn. I learnt relaxation techniques a few years ago and always use them in stressful situations[msnwink]
LiesaAnna
20-09-2005, 21:05
when i was ill some years ago i had a community psycatric nurse counsel me and he taught me self help measures for relaxation, wish i could remember where i put the tape? he started with unclench your jaw, and relax your shoulders and by the end i realized i was so tensed up!!
LiesaAnna
22-09-2005, 12:15
blood pressure was back to normal for me!!!!!
a relief!!!:D
Madabouttigger
23-09-2005, 17:10
Lisa - what is it about boarding the plane that gets you all worked up? Just a suggestion, but maybe if you could pin point what excatly it is thats gets you in a bit of a tizz, you could then look at perhaps sorting it out? Or is it just the excitment of going to Florida!
Just a thought,
Diane x[msnsmile]
LiesaAnna
23-09-2005, 21:17
i dont know, think my fear of heights that does it, i tell myself its like being on a coach so i can handle it, i have been so [sick][sick] in departure lounge before!!
and had to sit with eyes shut for take off, i end up in tears as well for take off and landing, cant help myself!![msnembarrased][msnembarrased][msnembarrased] yet i sooooooooooooooo look forward to this!!!
i have my diazepan ready along with Rescue remedy and my other tablets (painkillers and bp tabs)
the Gp says if i have 2 diazepan i should be quite relaxed!![msnscared]
imported_n/a
24-09-2005, 02:29
Hey Liesa
With regard to your knee.
What's a joint like that doing in a girl like you!!!!
Mr H.
LiesaAnna
24-09-2005, 03:01
[laugh][laugh][laugh]very funny!!!
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
i dont know, think my fear of heights that does it, i tell myself its like being on a coach so i can handle it, i have been so [sick][sick] in departure lounge before!!
and had to sit with eyes shut for take off, i end up in tears as well for take off and landing, cant help myself!![msnembarrased][msnembarrased][msnembarrased] yet i sooooooooooooooo look forward to this!!!
i have my diazepan ready along with Rescue remedy and my other tablets (painkillers and bp tabs)
the Gp says if i have 2 diazepan i should be quite relaxed!![msnscared]
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I have a friend who takes Diazepan and it works wonders we used to carry it in the sealed Medical Kit on BA in case of emergencies[msnwink]
LiesaAnna
24-09-2005, 19:37
it seemed to work last time Julie, but 6 hours into the flight, everything must've worn off, i ended up crying, and in so much pain!!!!
i will try to make sure it wont happen again!!