I’ve been logging my blood pressure readings in my medical notebook, mainly to have a record and also have something to blog about. However, I know that the clinic system is automatically logged the same numbers into my medical records so my nephrologist can see the readings.
Today, I noticed one of the techs coming around and taking notes. She just told me that their computer system is not logging blood pressure readings so they have to do it manually. There are 27 chairs at the clinic and each machine takes blood pressure readings every half hour plus any additional manual readings the staff triggers. That’s a lot of note taking and data entry.
Speaking of blood pressure, it’s high again for me. When I came in today, the first sitting reading was 214/108! Again, the nurse just looked at it and didn’t seem concerned. Since then, the readings have been dropping but is still really high. Weirdly, the last reading spiked up again to 194/114, triggering a systolic alarm. I’m sitting up which should have a slightly lower blood pressure than if my legs are up or if I’m fully reclined. Looks like the new drug olmesartan is not working yet, or the dosage for both drugs is too low.
Life with chronic diseases 