Medical Intervention

A continuation from the disaster that was my health check on the 24th of Jan.

I wasted little time after that seeing my GP on the 25th. I am pretty sure he had a grim sense of satisfaction from being proved right - after all my refusals to take medication, there I was asking him for help! Ah well.

He kindly disagreed with the SATA's doctors' assessment that it would take 2 to 3 days to get the blood pressure under control. The timeline he mentioned was more in line with 2 weeks to obtain discernible results. That did not bode well at all. In the end, we agreed that before I went down to SATA CommHealth again, that I would get my blood pressure measured at his clinic first to see if the medication had taken effect. I have decided that I'll take a little more than the 3 days suggested by the SATA doctor but less than the 2 weeks suggested by my GP.

He also suggested that I get a blood pressure monitor to guage how it was going on my own. I followed this advice, so for the past few days since, that little machine below, which I borrowed from Dad, was my best friend.

Borrowed this little fella from Dad

The version they use at SATA CommHealth

Incidentally, if you're interested in getting one of these, a quick Google search reveals that they retail in the range from SGD$89 to SGD$97.20. The difference in price stems from the bells and whistles available on each model.

It's been 5 days since that visit and I have been 'heartened' by the results. Haha. The blood pressure definitely has dropped, it's getting under control but it's not there yet. There are frequent spikes where the measurements go above 140/90.

The minimum acceptable standard appears to be Prehypertension

We'll see what tomorrow brings then eh?