3 weeks ago I was visiting the doc for one thing - actually nothing but a mole as it turned out - and she took the opportunity to check my blood pressure, reading 150/90. I was unceremoniously instructed to see the nurse for another check in a couple of weeks. Having moved house last weekend and this week I suggested a slightly later appointment, but also went out and bought a blood pressure monitor (one that has been clinically validated).
Readings this week are consistently below 120/80, which I hope will be repeated when I visit the nurse in a weeks time.
Given I'm now 48 and some years older and stones heavier than the last time I visited the nurse I suspect I won't get the response I got then. 'Well, you're just about perfect!'
Anyway, fingers crossed.
