Re: Or Piles - Sunday 11/12 + Mon 12/12

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:07:42 +0000, Nick Atty
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>On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:25:48 GMT, "Steve Brooks"
><steveb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>The moment I hit 40 doctors were falling over themselves to measure my blood
>>pressure. And now I take three pills every morning. :-(
>>I suspect there are now targets for such things.
>
>I'm sure there are.
>
>A few months ago my father collapsed - complete fall from fully
>conscious to unconscious on the floor. Obvious panic for my mother.
>
>Ambulance, hospitals, checks etc. Eventually they decided that all the
>pills they've been force feeding him for his blood pressure had done
>their job and lowered it so much it didn't reach his brain.
>
>So they put a computerised monitor for a couple of days that showed that
>when he wasn't being sat in a chair, cuffed up and threatened with more
>pills if he didn't behave, his blood pressure was fine.
>
We are allowed to take our own BP using a new toy they have at the
surgery. You just go in, tell them you're there, then sit down and
worry about it for ten minutes while all the phones go, people rush
back and forth and the children in the play corner throw bricks at
you. Then when you're nicely worked up you can use the machine and
give them the ticket it's printed out.
--
Andy Minter
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