~AvedaAngel

See people??? This is what happened when you spread yourself too thin! You lose too much weight to quick and your blood pressure gets sprung! I think I went 3 or 4 weeks w/o a day off. Between my fulltime job, my modeling, my hair and makeup for photoshoots, my son's Autism therapy schedule and this mess of a house, last weekend I lost 4 lbs in 2 days. I took my blood pressure with our home monitor and it was 144/99. So the next day I called the doctor and they told me that with that weight loss and blood pressure, if I went there they would put me in an EMS and send me to the ER. I called another docs office for a second opinion and they said the same thing.

My normal blood pressure is something like 112/73, but when I got to the hospital is was 152/100. So before I could finish filling out the paperwork I was taken back to have my blood tested, hooked up to an IV and an EKG done. They tested my thyroid among other things, and all my levels looked normal. Of course the doc told me to relax, try not to stress, take time off and so on. He wanted me to stay home from work until Monday, but I couldn't. Saturday's books were full with prom and wedding hair and makeup. Brad and I have a blood pressure monitor at home, and I've not reached those levels since thursday, even though they are still not normal. I go to the Docs office tomorrow to follow up. They probably want to run more tests. I suspect they are going to label me with prehypertension. Not looking forward to this.

I'll say that in the hospital, I had a pretty substancial headache that wouldn't let up with normal tylenol. So they gave me Vicodine and some Valium in my IV. That was some kinda fun while I was conscious! He also prescribe 6 nights worth of Ambien to make sure I'm resting enough. That stuff is pretty nice. I always wake up for hours at a time in the middle of the night. It makes me think that maybe I should get a normal prescription for the stuff.

I think about how my brother did working multiple jobs and going to school, plus being a dad. I'm a pansie! I mostly feel fine now. I just have moments of lightheadedness and when I stand up too quickly my heart starts beating hard. I can function just fine and had a good day at work on Saturday. Plus my husband stayed home with me on friday and we had a leisurely day of looking at furniture. He ended up buying me this: [link]

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I'm doing better now...

TMT