Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Stress

Thank you to all who wished me well with my cataract surgery.......it didn't happen. This morning at 7am I was to have cataract surgery - I was all prepped, IV in, ready to go but my blood pressure went sky high, which is not normal for me. I do have white coat syndrome but nothing like this, usually just on the high side of normal. I kept trying to remain calm hoping it would come down but it wasn't coming down enough and they gave me a lot of time to relax. So, they then brought Sam in to see if that would help - no go..........and he almost passed out from low blood pressure, he was worried to death about me.  So, I was off the table, he was on hooked up to the monitors. His finally got back to normal and they felt ok with letting us leave. So now I've got an appointment with the regular doc to find out what the issue is - once my BP is under control he'll give the eye surgeon the go ahead and I'll reschedule.  This sure wasn't the way I expected my day to go.  Now I think it's time for a nap since I slept very little last night worrying about the upcoming surgery and then had to get up at 4:30 to get there in time.  Best laid plans..........life does go awry at times.........

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  1. Oh Cindie, I'm so sorry to hear that. I know that if my dentist started taking blood pressure at each visit I'd never even manage a routine cleaning!! I hope that your doctor can find a solution for you so that you can get the cataract surgery taken care of.

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  2. Yes, when my dentist takes my blood pressure it's on the high side of normal because I hate going to the dentist. Interesting thing is that I was just at the dentist 2 weeks ago and got that high side of normal result - nothing like what it was this morning which was scary high to me.

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  3. I can relate! I have knee replacement surgery in 2 weeks time and I'm very nervous. I had my hip done last Dec and I introduced myself to everyone in the OR (all 7 of them) and thanked them. My voice was like a little pipsqueak. They couldn't knock me out fast enough for my liking.....
    (I'm also a 'white knuckle flyer' in the dentist chair too... )

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    1. Susan, I have thought about you often with having the hip surgery and now the upcoming knee surgery. Major surgery like that would probably due me in stress wise. I'll be thinking of you later this month.

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  4. Oh dear, Cindie I am sorry this happened to you. I am sure your doctor will be able to get to the bottom of this and your eye surgery can then proceed. You might try a little meditation to help you with your anxiety - it really helps.

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    1. Good idea on the meditation. I was trying my deep yoga breathing while hooked up to monitors yesterday but it wasn't doing enough. Once I get back to the eye surgery center I'm telling them to make Sam stay in the waiting room until I'm ready to walk out the door - he obviously can't handle much!

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  5. So sorry, cuz -- you share our family curse of being a great worrier. How frustrating to get all the way to the surgery table and be forced to back out. Hang in there! (Try "giving" some of your worry to Sam -- bet he can take it.) Too bad you can't bring Bailey with you into the operating room!

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