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    canuck, have you gotten an electronic blood pressure device to measure it at home? Mine is always very high at the doctor's, and they told me I was hypertensive, but I started measuring it at home where it is perfectly normal... so now the doctor is not worried at all.

    • stupid fucking medical professionhallelujah
    • Could be you're taking it at home as opposed to a doctor's office as well.
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    • huh?hallelujah
    • I had a cuff at home but it never was consistent. You should calibrate at drs office for baseline
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    • ie "white coat syndrome"hallelujah
    • Yeah, I do have one at home and I have started to use it regularly.canuck
    • dr seemed to feel ours was reliablehallelujah
    • My BP has come down to an average of 120/80, from 130/85 at home.canuck
    • i have that too, i think we've discussed that before. once mine was 170/98... the doctor was surprised i wasn't dead7point34
    • At the docs its like 160/90, but I have elevated creatinine levels (related to kidney), so they just want to check.canuck
    • I have found that exercise has definitely had a positive effect on bringing my BP down.canuck
    • Ah, exercise. I wonder what that's like.killthefish
    • 30 minutes a dayhallelujah
    • how much of that involves slamming the laptop closed or throwing the mouse?7point34
    • 120 over 80 is perfectly normal, right?hallelujah

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