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24 hour BP ambulator

Rog

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Location
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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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I started wearing a monitor at 2pm today and I'm not liking it folks . I suffer from white coat and this thing goes of every half hour and as I can't see the results I've been testing simultaneously on my home monitor and I'm coming in much higher than normal and it's really frustrating as it feels like I'm in the surgery every time the thing bleeps and in kicks ( going by my home tester ) the white coat , I'm sure the docs gonna say I've got high blood pressure and hit me with goodness knows what, I don't think I have high BP but suffer from white coat , my average has been 126x70 on the home tester testing morning and night , the doc wanted me to do this to check I dropped at night , anyone got experience of this type of thing ?
 
Hi Rog, Yes, I've had one of these on for 24 hours a couple of years ago and have to wear one again next week . I understand what they are trying to do, ie our blood pressure may be raised at the drs when having it taken but I also think its horrible having this thing blowing your arm up every half hour and as you say, you cant possibly sleep with it going off all the time but some members have given me some really helpful answers on my question about the nurses comments I received this week if you can find those on my name, there are some really helpful ones relating to this. Good luck
 
Hi Rog I've had one of these on twice due to my white coat syndrome causing my BP to go haywire at the Dr's. My advice- try to ignore it as much as possible (not easy! ) but certainly don't keep doing your own testing at the same time. Doing this just gets you worked up and therefore your BP goes up. If the results show raised BP and you're not happy with what your Dr suggests, ask for another ambulatory BP monitor, maybe a 48 HR one. Mine were both fine by the way, despite once getting a reading of 160/90 at the surgery.
 
That's good advice , I'll lay of the after testing with the home monitor , I've got until 2pm tomorrow , I'll ask for the 48hr if this goes haywire at the docs after phone call.
 

Understand your frustration with it going off every half hour @Rog

But thinking about it logically, when we test our bp at home it's only a snapshot of what may really be going on with our bp, so this may be why your Dr wants you to wear the 24 monitor to get a better picture of what is actually taking place.
 
Thx Noblehead for your support . I felt the home monitoring was more than a snapshot as I did it as the doc asked for 14 days times x2 per day , sometimes multiple times a day and the BP was ok , is it the monitors are not really reliable as the nurse expressed today or is it as the doc said just to confirm it drops during the night as I havnt tested during the night ?
 
Well , after starting on the wrong foot yesterday before my 2pm appointment with work and horrendous BT stress my white coat got the better of me .
When I arrived to see the nurse I was stressed from the morning I had had and I also had one of these edgy viruses . As KathrynB pointed out I made the mistake of simultaneously testing on my home monitor and I was seeing 140+x 80+ on a few occasions , and every time the ambulator went of I felt dreadful so after 11 hours at 1am I jumped ship and took it of and turned the monitor of , I feel very down about not making it but this white coat which has come from no where has really got me , it's like a phobia , anyone no if the doc will just let me home test from now ?
 

Not sure how accurate they are @Rog, but I've been in gp and diabetes clinics where they use the Omron bp monitor similar to the one that I use at home.

Some years ago my Dr said that they add a number to the Systolic and Diastolic figures when bp is taken at home, something like 10 to the Sys & 5 to the Dia but I don't know the reason why they do this or if it's widespread practise or just something my own gp surgery does.

Hope all works out well anyway.
 
Thx for that post , I'm just going in now to hand monitor back, also popped a letter to the doc before he calls me for hard time , maybe ?
 
Rog said:
Thx for that post , I'm just going in now to hand monitor back, also popped a letter to the doc before he calls me for hard time , maybe ?
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Sure you'll be fine.

If it's any help, I've been on a low dose bp med (Ramipril) for around 12 years now after developing diabetic retinopathy, I've had no side-effects whatsoever.
 
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