Well i had my 24 hour BP machine fitted today! I had the reading
of 170/100 at oneof my doc appointments and 165/99 at the
next, so as you can imagine shewas a little concerned!
I was quite apprehensive, as i've never had one of these contraptions
before but all it is, is a cuff on my left arm with a tube going round
the back on my neck leading to areader/pack which is attached to
a belt which i can either wear around my tum (yeah right hehe) or
like i am as a sash (over my head and through one arm) and its
sitting on my hip.
There is nothing uncomfortable about it, just a bit odd when it
inflates by itself, you get a little tingle just before, so at least there's
a bit of warning. It takes it every half hour during the day and every
2 hours in the night, 1am, 3am, 5am and 7am, so thats going to be fun!
I have it taken off at 11.30 tomorrow and they plug it into
their pc for the results. So far itsbeen 145/85 ish, so nothing to
worry about :-D
of 170/100 at oneof my doc appointments and 165/99 at the
next, so as you can imagine shewas a little concerned!
I was quite apprehensive, as i've never had one of these contraptions
before but all it is, is a cuff on my left arm with a tube going round
the back on my neck leading to areader/pack which is attached to
a belt which i can either wear around my tum (yeah right hehe) or
like i am as a sash (over my head and through one arm) and its
sitting on my hip.
There is nothing uncomfortable about it, just a bit odd when it
inflates by itself, you get a little tingle just before, so at least there's
a bit of warning. It takes it every half hour during the day and every
2 hours in the night, 1am, 3am, 5am and 7am, so thats going to be fun!
I have it taken off at 11.30 tomorrow and they plug it into
their pc for the results. So far itsbeen 145/85 ish, so nothing to
worry about :-D
