by chachacha » 15 Nov 2015, 10:06
It's very good that your doctor wasn't overly worried. I saw a news piece on TV recently that said that the medical community now believes that there is a very large percentage of people on blood pressure meds who shouldn't be on them, because all they have is "white coat syndrome". They actually recommend that no patient is prescribed drugs until they've used a home cuff for a period of time and brought those readings in to their doctor for analysis. I was actually one of those people and was on drugs for 2 years back in my 20's (I'm mid 50's now). I can't recall how we determined that I actually didn't need the medications, but my blood pressure has been stellar ever since, except in new medical situations when it is always high. Also, your blood pressure will be higher when you're in pain, and mine was through the roof on the day of my LIS surgery back in January. Those bursts are not reason to medicate though and my pressure is always a desirable 120/80 at my own doctor's office, at home (my husband does have high blood pressure so has a cuff I can use) and my pressure was also perfect in recovery and during the few hours I remained at the hospital before going home.
Fissure since about 2007
Fissure diagnosed in 2011
Diltiazem for two years - didn't work well
LIS January, 2015
Hemorrhoidectomy December, 2017