23-05-2021, 09:37 AM
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Re: This beats everything!!
Originally Posted by Barry
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If the reading is high then go to the doctor's! It is surely a waste of both yours and the doctor's time to go there just to check it regardless, if you could easily do it in a few minutes yourself at home?
The way I see it is: The doctor takes your blood pressure once & if it's high he puts you on medications.
So why do you have to keep checking it? Surely the medications are keeping it level?
23-05-2021, 09:42 AM
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Re: This beats everything!!
Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles
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And buying a blood pressure monitor to save them time, is not really a professional thing to admit to a patient, in my opinion.
That was what I thought when she mentioned it.
Not professional at all!!
23-05-2021, 09:50 AM
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Re: This beats everything!!
Originally Posted by carol
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Yes I see that Barry but Tony is going for other issues too.The way I see it is: The doctor takes your blood pressure once & if it's high he puts you on medications.
So why do you have to keep checking it? Surely the medications are keeping it level?
I have one and I bought my dad one and I told him to keep a once daily record of his readings for me to keep an eye on it.
So far so good and no extra bp medsxare needed .
Buy one carol they are worth their weight in gold. I think we are responsible for our own health to be honest.
23-05-2021, 09:52 AM
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Re: This beats everything!!
Originally Posted by Barry
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But eminently sensible with the pressure on doctor's time these days?
"It might be a good idea for you to keep an eye on your blood pressure, by purchasing a monitor, and this way you can alert us if the reading are above such-and- such"
for example.
Not "Can you just buy a monitor because we don't have time to check these things"
23-05-2021, 09:57 AM
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Re: This beats everything!!
Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles
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We don't though...we have been used to free national healthcare with a personal face to face service, and now its all changing for the worst - to be like those countries you mention, it looks like. This is my objection - I don't mind paying an extra pound or whatever on my N.I if it helps the NHS return to normal. And buying a blood pressure monitor to save them time, is not really a professional thing to admit to a patient, in my opinion.
Yes I agree the nurse was tactless and they often are .
I was send to the nurse by the doctor to redo a dressing.
She told me testily she was seeing me in her tea break!
As she was very overweight I was sorely tempted to say a break from the tea and bikkies might be a good thing .
Wisely I kept schumn .
23-05-2021, 09:58 AM
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Re: This beats everything!!
Originally Posted by Barry
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But eminently sensible with the pressure on doctor's time these days?
So no Doctor's time is saved.
But, last year they installed a do it yourself device (where you just stick your arm through a machine and it gives your reading), in the waiting room.
That device stands idle, now & the nurses appear to be gone.
The waiting room is only used for Vaccing now.
I took the option, of buying the device, and have the new hassle of trying to pass the info gained to the surgery!
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