rgp
Well-known Member
- Location
- Milford,OH
My BP has been inching up...level off, inching up...level off...You get the picture. White coat syndrome the whole bit.
I start feeling bad the other day at the bank....but one more stop & I'm headed home, which is what I do. As I turned into my driveway, I started gasping for air....cannot breathe , I knew I was in trouble.....911
At the hospital, after the storm settled , they tell me that my BP was 196/106 , and that it had come down since being in the ambulance ! OX /sat 82% [not good]
The short version of the long story is....medicine changes had allowed my BP to creep up & that caused my body to accumulate fluids at an alarming rate & amount. Causing a 'fog' to develop in my lungs.
They [by IV] loaded me with diuretics / lasix.... extra valsartin , & vitamins by mouth . Put me on 5% OX, then 3% , then off. The lasix of course had me peeing off the extra fluid , [by the gallon] brought down my BP & in 12-15 hours I'm feeling much better. But they did keep me overnight.
BP much improved 125/75 OX/sat 99-100 % on room air. @ the hospital.
Told to weigh myself daily , and start checking BP daily as well. Also suggested that I buy an OX meter [which I will]
At home this morning;.....BP 112/62 weight down 8 lbs.
My point PAY ATTENTION...slight movements toward a negative can add up quickly / slowly , but once THERE .....so is the problem ! In my case the problem was [all things considered] easily corrected. & I feel fine .
The medicine changes....I blame on my GP....of course we will never get one doc [at the hosp] to confirm / blame another ....but that is my opinion.
A change is being considered.
I start feeling bad the other day at the bank....but one more stop & I'm headed home, which is what I do. As I turned into my driveway, I started gasping for air....cannot breathe , I knew I was in trouble.....911
At the hospital, after the storm settled , they tell me that my BP was 196/106 , and that it had come down since being in the ambulance ! OX /sat 82% [not good]
The short version of the long story is....medicine changes had allowed my BP to creep up & that caused my body to accumulate fluids at an alarming rate & amount. Causing a 'fog' to develop in my lungs.
They [by IV] loaded me with diuretics / lasix.... extra valsartin , & vitamins by mouth . Put me on 5% OX, then 3% , then off. The lasix of course had me peeing off the extra fluid , [by the gallon] brought down my BP & in 12-15 hours I'm feeling much better. But they did keep me overnight.
BP much improved 125/75 OX/sat 99-100 % on room air. @ the hospital.
Told to weigh myself daily , and start checking BP daily as well. Also suggested that I buy an OX meter [which I will]
At home this morning;.....BP 112/62 weight down 8 lbs.
My point PAY ATTENTION...slight movements toward a negative can add up quickly / slowly , but once THERE .....so is the problem ! In my case the problem was [all things considered] easily corrected. & I feel fine .
The medicine changes....I blame on my GP....of course we will never get one doc [at the hosp] to confirm / blame another ....but that is my opinion.
A change is being considered.
