I'm Your Pusher.....
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Edit This 6 Comments »
When I was sick a few weeks ago, the doctor in urgent care told me that I need to make an appt with my primary care physician because she noticed my blood pressure had been high the last few times I'd come in. I made the appt, went in, and again my pressure was up. Not sky high but it was up enough for him to be a bit concerned.
This made him look at my blood pressure since 2006 and low and behold I had been consistently on the higher side. This was my 1st time meeting with him (previous appts had been with an intern under his teaching and prior to that I had another doc who left.) Nevertheless, he said had he been monitoring my pressure he would have had me on medication already.
To that, I was a bit astonished and I told him that since this was my 1st time hearing of this that taking meds was not an option for me. I mean, I've heard other doctors assistants make comments about me being nervous but no one was ever concerned, not my ob gyn, not my endocrinologist, not my primary care doc, no one... (they are all in the same practice so all my bizness is in one database)....
I realize that my health is my priority so I'm not really blaming them. Especially since that office sees hundreds of people per day. I dunno, maybe there needs to be an alert in the system or something that would force someone to look at things like blood pressure, cholesterol, prescriptions etc.?
Anyway, the thing that really made me think to myself that I really needed to step up my game and really take responsibility for my own health was his comment about it all. He said that because so many Americans have high blood pressure and take one pill a day it was no big deal. It was ironic because he said this after he told me the health risks of having high blood pressure.
Why push the pills before encouraging to do other things that I know I need to be doing anyway, like eating right and exercising... I dunno. Who am I "mad" at more? Me or my pusher? Probably a bit of both.
Anyway, he gave me three months to work on getting my weight down and then we will make decisions then about what to do next..... deep sigh...
On a positive note, he let me know that my cholesterol was excellent.....
This made him look at my blood pressure since 2006 and low and behold I had been consistently on the higher side. This was my 1st time meeting with him (previous appts had been with an intern under his teaching and prior to that I had another doc who left.) Nevertheless, he said had he been monitoring my pressure he would have had me on medication already.
To that, I was a bit astonished and I told him that since this was my 1st time hearing of this that taking meds was not an option for me. I mean, I've heard other doctors assistants make comments about me being nervous but no one was ever concerned, not my ob gyn, not my endocrinologist, not my primary care doc, no one... (they are all in the same practice so all my bizness is in one database)....
I realize that my health is my priority so I'm not really blaming them. Especially since that office sees hundreds of people per day. I dunno, maybe there needs to be an alert in the system or something that would force someone to look at things like blood pressure, cholesterol, prescriptions etc.?
Anyway, the thing that really made me think to myself that I really needed to step up my game and really take responsibility for my own health was his comment about it all. He said that because so many Americans have high blood pressure and take one pill a day it was no big deal. It was ironic because he said this after he told me the health risks of having high blood pressure.
Why push the pills before encouraging to do other things that I know I need to be doing anyway, like eating right and exercising... I dunno. Who am I "mad" at more? Me or my pusher? Probably a bit of both.
Anyway, he gave me three months to work on getting my weight down and then we will make decisions then about what to do next..... deep sigh...
On a positive note, he let me know that my cholesterol was excellent.....
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Well - good thing you got checked out before anything was worse.
so true so true!
Yep - better to find out now than later *sigh* I reckon you can do it, 3 months of solid focus on your health will make all the difference - only wish we lived closer so perhaps we could team up in this cos I'm in need of a serious health kick or something. I've been using my pregnancy as an excuse to over indulge and not exercise and I think it's going to come back and bite me if I don't watch out!
Which, as I just found out, you didn't know about...am I really that bad a communicator? *sheepishly looking at the floor* Yep, baby No.4!!! I'm actually 6 months along - due mid May. It's very exciting, but very exhausting and I think this is it after this one :)
I just wish I wasnt such a "crack head" when it comes to sweets.. thats my downfall.. the foods I eat are great.. :(
and CONGRATS on the little one! I am really out of the loop.
Yep - it's those tasty foods that are our downfall. Why can't the healthy stuff be irresistable to our tastebuds *sigh*
tell me about it.. it has truly been a challenge
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