High blood pressure

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Hi everyone week 1, day 3 and I got called for a blood pressure check after treatment and my normally perfect blood pressure has gone sky high! Anyone else had this issue? It’s come down a bit since I got home but it’s still unusually high. 
regards

Jane 

  • If they are not worried abut it then you should not worry.  You are under a lot of stress and that, along with "white coat syndrome", can cause your BP to be elevated.  Mine was off the chart on occasions but they knew it was stress related and nothing to worry about.  Once treatment had finished and I had a clear PET scan it was back to acceptable levels.

    Peter
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  • Thanks Peter that’s very reassuring, actually it’s come down a bit more. My husband’s just had emergency surgery as well as me starting treatment so I’m sure you’re right about the stress! 
    regards

    Jane

  • Hi Jane has Peter says  stress won’t be helping I was on b p meds and I can’t recall my bp being taken during treatment. But do remember it dropping quite low when treatment finished. I’m on one 5 mg tablet a day and just continued tk take it. Try to relax easy to say hard to do white coat syndrome in hospital won’t have  helped. 


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