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Original poster

To not go to work with a 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor?

190 replies

Hyacintharehighersincelasttime · 19/03/2019 06:54

ie.
i cant drive so will need to go on the bus.
i wont be able to use phone - that's ok, i can get away with that
but the noise, everyone will know, and i dont want them to

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Lifecraft · 19/03/2019 13:19

no i cant drive because it inflates every 20 minutes and my drive is longer than 20 minutes., insurance company wont cover it apparently.

What a load of tripe!

beeyourself · 19/03/2019 13:23

This may not be much help for the OP but can't you get wearable blood pressure monitors (similar to fitbits) that can measure bp all the time?

SchadenfreudePersonified · 19/03/2019 13:25

Cool

I can appreciate that OP may be anxious, but why ask AIBU not to go, if she has been told she needn't? I can even understand her not wanting colleagues to know about it - it's a private matter, and not everyone wants the world and his wife to know their business (it's different here as it is anonymous).

Why not just say "I'm a bit anxious about wearing a monitor'?.

coolcrispsnow · 19/03/2019 13:29

Schaden, have you never checked your own views against people who might challenge them? It's one of the best tests of intensity of resolve.

norrismcwhirtersfridgemagnet · 19/03/2019 13:31

I've got White Coat Syndrome too. Every time I see the GP I'm 2 stone heavier than I think I am.

coolcrispsnow · 19/03/2019 13:31

And also people might have erroneous nagging doubts and they need to see if they stand up to challenge.

Pearpickinpenguin · 19/03/2019 13:32

Yes you are being unreasonable and a bit precious. I manage a two hour commute and an 8 hour day at the office with one on every year or second year. its a pain in the arse but not so much a pain that i would take time off!

pootyisabadcat · 19/03/2019 13:34

Why can't you use a phone with one of these? Or take it off to shower? I'd be whiffing if I didn't shower for 24 hours. I also wouldn't be able to sleep with one on.

Ispywithmycynicaleye · 19/03/2019 13:34

Familialhypercholesterolemia (FH). Unfortunately the men in our family suffer from huge heart attacks or strokes by their mid 30s and the women early 50s. A family feud meant I grew up far away from the side of the family who have it so I was unaware.

Pearpickinpenguin · 19/03/2019 13:36

pootyisabadcat You can take it off to shower. You can make and take phonecalls with it on and it is possible to sleep with it on as it only goes off once an hour in your sleep. You can do anything and everything you normally do you just have the monitor on you too. Such drama by the OP!

coolcrispsnow · 19/03/2019 13:41

Ispy, thank you for answering. Hmm, yes. I can see how medication would provide a fail safe for you although I know people can show cholesterol changes with different diets and lifestyle there is a lack of full understanding regarding this issue and much controversy regarding what is considered the best course of action.

Lifecraft · 19/03/2019 13:45

I've got White Coat Syndrome too. Every time I see the GP I'm 2 stone heavier than I think I am.

I have a similar problem, I'm too short for my weight.

Thisnamechanger · 19/03/2019 13:48

We used to dish these out in the clinic I worked in - never heard of anyone being advised not to go to work! One guy wouldn't stop asking if he could still have sex with it on. I said yes, just don't break it Grin

Ispywithmycynicaleye · 19/03/2019 13:55

Again lifestyle changes won't work for me. I have the faulty LDLR gene so lack the proteins needed to remove bad cholesterol from the blood, therefore it builds up very quickly. So I've always had high cholesterol, even as a child. Unfortunately I've passed it onto my children and they both have high cholesterol as well.

coolcrispsnow · 19/03/2019 14:03

Well, thankfully you can still control it with medication, ispy. My perspective is more regarding the potentiality of lifestyle changes with regards to the future.There is a lot we don't know regarding lifestyle and purposely effecting autonomic nervous system but I fully appreciate potential knowledge doesn't help you right now and given your choices, most people, I think, would take the help which is actually there and available to them.

BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou · 19/03/2019 14:07

My DH has had a 24 hour ambulatory BP monitor TWICE. The first time he was booking it in he said “oh that’s handy as I’m not at work that day” and they changed it because it had to be done on a NORMAL day. He has also had a 24 hour heart monitor - he went to work, worked out and we had sex while he was wearing it.... I’ve no idea of they queried THOSE readings.... 😊

Original poster
Hyacintharehighersincelasttime · 19/03/2019 14:10

Again, I told not to shower, but mn argues even with this!

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Original poster
Hyacintharehighersincelasttime · 19/03/2019 14:11

I was nervous, anxious, embarrassed, and didn't feel comfortable going to work

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Hyacintharehighersincelasttime · 19/03/2019 14:13

Just had minor disagreement with dh, that is Normal

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slalomsuki · 19/03/2019 14:20

I just disconnected mine when driving and then replugged the tube in once I'd stopped. It was no hassle the rest of the day and very quiet. I went for lunch with friends and no one noticed. The biggest problem I had was finding a sleeve that could go over it while inflated.

pigsDOfly · 19/03/2019 14:43

slalomsuki What is the point of disconnecting when you're driving, something that might actually have an impact on BP rate?

They need to get a reading for the twenty four hour period you're supposed to be wearing it. If you take it off when you're driving part of the reading is missing.

I don't understand all this angst. I've twice had to wear one and, apart from being a bit bulky and making it a bit difficult to sleep, it really didn't impact on my day at all.

Omzlas · 19/03/2019 14:49

DH had this done twice, he worked both days, drove both days, made no difference other than getting in the way a bit. His was on his left arm so just made sure he straightened his arm out when he knew it would inflate.

Sounds like you're making a bit more of this than it needs to be. If anyone asks, just tell them that you're having your BP checked, it's hardly a smear test or anything intimate

coolcrispsnow · 19/03/2019 14:49

Maybe there are different models of monitor the NHS uses. Some might not be suitable for showering or driving in.

pootyisabadcat · 19/03/2019 14:55

I'd ming if I didn't shower so I'd take it off anyway. Don't see how two minutes is going to make a difference.

toomuchtooold · 19/03/2019 14:58

I did it two years ago. 20 minutes after I left the GP's I got a call from the kindergarten to go pick up my kid who had fallen off a swing and cut open her chin. We'd to go up A&E and then, as she's needle phobic, they had to give her several doses of sedative before she could be restrained enough to get the local injected was calm enough for treatment. It was a good test - GP was like, what happened at half past 10? But as it returned to normal after that one reading, it was a perfect test actually.

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