Wednesday 28 January 2009

24hr Blood Pressure Monitor

This is hell!

I'm plugged into an automatic blood pressure machine....that goes off every 20 minutes, and records my results in a little battery powered gizmo that attaches to my belt, that the nurse can download when I go back into the surgery tomorrow morning.

Every 20 minutes it inflates and cuts off all blood supply to my arm, in a death like grip, for what feels like hours.....ouch!

No idea how I'm meant to sleep with this thing going off constantly, but I am assured that between 10pm and 6am it switches to hourly checks...so I'll be able to sleep in 60 minute bursts, whoop-de-do!

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