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2007-06-28 21:46:12 UTC
Hi,
I went to the doctor today for a check up. The nurse took my blood pressure
with an automatic digital monitor that had it's own wheels and stand. She
said my pressure was good (124/80 I'm a 44 y/o male). A few minutes later
the doctor came in and when she found out my parents had hypertension she
decided I must have it too. She took my blood pressure again with the using
the old fashioned wall mounted monitor that had a dial and a hand pump bulb.
She got the results she wanted: 142/90. Then she called in the nurse to take
my blood pressure again, and then she tried my other arm and I had my blood
pressure taken four or five times. Now I have to come back for another check
up and maybe start on blood pressure medicine. Wouldn't the digital machine
be more reliable? It looked more expensive.
Do you think I should go back to that doctor? Is this a scam to rip off my
insurance provider?
Can anyone recommend an inexpensive home blood pressure monitor that is also
reliable?
I had one of the automatic digital one's that wrap around the wrist. It was
easy to use. Are those reliable? (I was able to excavate it from under the
detritus of the centuries that accumulated in my closet but the lcd display
seems to have perished with the ravages of time. The machine knows my blood
pressure but can't tell me which I prefer to the doctor who doesn't know my
blood pressure but can.)
Thanks,
I went to the doctor today for a check up. The nurse took my blood pressure
with an automatic digital monitor that had it's own wheels and stand. She
said my pressure was good (124/80 I'm a 44 y/o male). A few minutes later
the doctor came in and when she found out my parents had hypertension she
decided I must have it too. She took my blood pressure again with the using
the old fashioned wall mounted monitor that had a dial and a hand pump bulb.
She got the results she wanted: 142/90. Then she called in the nurse to take
my blood pressure again, and then she tried my other arm and I had my blood
pressure taken four or five times. Now I have to come back for another check
up and maybe start on blood pressure medicine. Wouldn't the digital machine
be more reliable? It looked more expensive.
Do you think I should go back to that doctor? Is this a scam to rip off my
insurance provider?
Can anyone recommend an inexpensive home blood pressure monitor that is also
reliable?
I had one of the automatic digital one's that wrap around the wrist. It was
easy to use. Are those reliable? (I was able to excavate it from under the
detritus of the centuries that accumulated in my closet but the lcd display
seems to have perished with the ravages of time. The machine knows my blood
pressure but can't tell me which I prefer to the doctor who doesn't know my
blood pressure but can.)
Thanks,