It’s my last day at work and I’ve got loads to do before I leave for 6 – 8 weeks or so. Still I’d rather have something to take my mind off things as I really am nervous now. Considering I’ve had 5 arthroscopies you’d think I’d be fine, but I’m really not and I’m not sure why.
Anyway I’ve collected all my nightwear, slippers, books, Nintendo DS, mobile phone and toiletries ready for going in the morning so there’s no mad rush. Last time I packed for a hospital visit I was giving birth!
As part of my pre-op assessment they discovered that my blood pressure was a bit high so the nurse suggested I see the doctor to get it checked out prior to ‘major surgery.’
I made an appointment and went to see him and when he took a reading it was 154/103 – probably a bit high! Anyway he said it was quite a short amount of time to get it sorted as it usually takes several attempts to find the right medication for an individual. He prescribed me some tablets and I paid £7.20 for them at the pharmacy. £7.20!!
I read the accompanying leaflet and scared myself with all the possible complications, but then found the list of complications of untreated blood pressure and decided to go ahead and take them. The normal dose is apparently 10mg per day but I’d been prescribed 2.5mg which I should take at the same time every day although it didn’t matter when.
As the complications included possible faintness and dizziness after taking the first dose I decided to take it before bed when I’d be lying down anyway. Happily I didn’t even know I’d taken it as I went straight to sleep.
The following Monday after I’d taken 3 tablets I went to see the nurse at the surgery who took my blood pressure again and it was 154/89 which she said was fine.
Thank goodness for that – one less thing to worry about.