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High BP on fasting/ VLCD - oops silly me

CherryAA

CherryAA

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
I've put some weight on in the last month . I'm trying to get back on track using fasting/ very low calorie and carb techniques. Its working ridiculously well ( 4.8 kg in 5 days!! - mainly removing the additional water of course - but satisfying none the less)

There was fly in the ointment. On Sunday I took my BP . I'm normally about 125 / 84 , but Sunday it had shot up to 156/99 and it seemed to be somehow more difficult to get a reading. Much searching of the internet didn't reveal this as a side effect of fasting, I decided to carry on going up my exercise and walking to try to get it back down again. The BP stayed high Monday, Tuesday Wednesday morning. I decided to try a 20 km bike ride Wednesday evening because in the past exercise has brought my BP down. I measured again before bed - no matter how hard I tried and no matter which arm I could not get a reading at all. Clearly my new diet is seriously affecting my health. I went to bed with plans to make an emergency call to my doctor this morning. I slept fitfully having dreams of heart attacks.

This morning I tried again - the machine crept slowly upto about 140 , then gave up the ghost fitfully reading somewhere between 120 and 130 with no sign of it actually completing the test - clearly my need for medical assistance is urgent ! but lets have breakfast first as I am obviously going to be spending hours in waiting rooms today.

Breakfast and morning cuppa finished I tried again - still not reading BUT suddenly I thought - What about the batteries?

So I changed the batteries - hey presto 126/84 and the machine no longer sonuds like it is struggling uphill.

I know brain fog is a symptom of very high blood sugars. maybe total idiocy is a symption of fasting !
 
Thank goodness I'm not the only one that has had this experience. You'd think they would build in a 'battery low' warning!! Unfortunately I ended up at the doctor BEFORE I thought about the batteries. :(
 
Chook said:
Thank goodness I'm not the only one that has had this experience. You'd think they would build in a 'battery low' warning!! Unfortunately I ended up at the doctor BEFORE I thought about the batteries. :(
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That made me laugh out loud. I reminds me of the (many) times I have complained about some item of equipment not working only for the man of the house to look at me quizzically and say " have you thought about plugging it in "
 
My worst is TV remotes. I have recently declared both the TV and TB box to be on the way out, only to have them revived to their best by the Duracell bunny.

Oooops.

It's easily done, or so I tell myself. :)
 
DCUKMod said:
My worst is TV remotes. I have recently declared both the TV and TB box to be on the way out, only to have them revived to their best by the Duracell bunny.

Oooops.

It's easily done, or so I tell myself. :)
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Oh yes. Have you had the one where the TV suddenly starts turning up or down the volume or turns over to another programme without anyone touching the remote - that happens to me when the sky remote's battery is dying. The first time it happened I was convinced that my house was haunted. :facepalm:
 
Chook said:
Oh yes. Have you had the one where the TV suddenly starts turning up or down the volume or turns over to another programme without anyone touching the remote - that happens to me when the sky remote's battery is dying. The first time it happened I was convinced that my house was haunted. :facepalm:
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That just happens to me when the dog is lying on the remote!
 
Bluetit1802 said:
My boxers (now sadly departed) didn't bother hiding them. They ate them instead. My gorgeous Boston (avatar) just lies on them.
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Some dogs seem to get a fixation with remotes, mobiles and the like - my middle dog swallowed my BG meter whole when he was about six months old. I never knew where it went until it re-appeared a day later out in the garden. :woot:
 
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