Cake, please....

[vanillafluffy]

I went to the doctor today---actually, because it was Friday, I got to see his physician's assistant, who had x-rays taken of my cervical vertebrae...according to her, everything there is perfectly normal, my disks are all properly spaced, nothing pinched, no abnormalities.

She prodded my shoulder, and said that my muscles seemed to be spasming. She recommended an injection of steroids and lidocaine...I've been worn down enough by the pain that I agreed. The shot itself didn't hurt, but at the moment, I hurt more than I did before. Hopefully, this is temporary.

So, I'm missing yet another day from work. I'm still in pain, and my BP is a stratospheric 160/120. No wonder I feel like crap.

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[ang5fam.livejournal.com]

Keep an eye on the blood pressure- my high BP surfaced last summer while being seen about my back.
When you get to be our age (and esp if it runs in your family) you need to start taking a simple water pill - they are like $4 RX at Wal-Mart and will help keep your BP in check. Unfortunately, I also had to start a beta-blocker as my pulse was racing and my heart was beating fast. I take a pill for that now as well-- I call them my heart attack meds. I would go to Publix to take my BP before I consulted my family doc- it never went back down to normal before the meds and mine was always low-- even while pregnant and giving birth...

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

It was okay a few weeks ago when I was in there getting my throat looked at, something innocuous like 130/78. It's the stress.