Uh-Oh
I really hope I don’t have high blood pressure! I don’t want to go on meds. I’ve been really proud that despite my weight, my blood pressure has always been in the normal range. Both of my parents had to go on meds before they turned 40, but both of them had some really bad health habits. I eat too much sugar, but I do exercise regularly and I don’t smoke.
Anyway, remember that Elsa knocked into my chin and caused my jaw to hurt? I woke up in a lot of pain yesterday so decided it was time to consult a professional. I hate going to the doctor, but sometimes it must be done. The doctor had a horrible bedside manner and was mean to my children, telling them to sit down in the chair and behave (they were sitting on the exam table and I was in the chair). She was not at all concerned about my jaw and said it would be fine in a week. Good to know; I just hope she’s right. She gave me a prescription for Tylenol3, but I’m not going to bother to fill it. Advil is good enough for me. My primary concern was not the pain; it was the fact that the pain was not going away. I was afraid there was some sort of serious damage.
The main concern of the appointment was my blood pressure, which was completely unexpected. It was through the roof when the nurse first took it, then went down considerably but was still high at the end of the visit.
I’m supposed to go back next week and get it taken again without the children. The children were crawling all over me. Elsa was using my arm as a bar to do flips over. The room was tiny. The doctor was not child friendly. It was a great situation for high blood pressure.
Hopefully if I can manage to go in without the kids (and how am I going to manage THAT? I have several friends who can take the kids, but I hate to do that to people) my BP will be normal and we won’t have to consider meds. I really really really really do not want to go on meds. I know it’s not a big deal and if the doc says they are necessary I will take them and be fine with it, but I just don’t want to admit that A) I am getting to be of an age when I need meds and B) I’m going to stroke out at any moment without the help of meds.
I should check and see if Claritan increases BP. My Claritan use is really the only thing that’s changed since my health check last year.
I am contemplating ordering a BP monitor to have at home. I occasionally check it at the grocery store and it’s always fine, but I am not sure how accurate those are.
Maybe it was high because I did Zumba before the appointment? I haven’t done Zumba in 3 years. The last few times I tried, my back started screaming about 10 minutes in and I had to leave. My back has been doing much better lately, and I was already pumped full of Advil for my jaw so I decided to give it a whirl. I made it 40 minutes before the first twinge hit! Whoo-hoo! I made it through the whole class and my poor calves are SORE today. I forgot just how painful it is for my calves the first few times.
I am hoping I can get back into Zumba and get back into BodyPump two times a week. I’ve been faithfully going every Tuesday, but now my schedule has opened up so I’ll be able to go Tuesday and Thursday. I’ve only been doing it 2x/week twice now and I have already noticed a major difference in my muscles. I’m going to be buff soon! Fat, but buff!
Now, if only all these classes and my childcare situation stays the same. Gold’s Gym bought out my local gym this morning. Everyone is in a panic, but I don’t have time for that. I’ll worry when we get official word about what they are doing. Obviously they bought the chain because it was doing well. The chain was owned by an old man who was just tired of running it; it wasn’t a move because the business was sinking. I don’t think they want to piss off their current membership. Right?