My GP just gave me the finger

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Jonny69 said:
Yes, mine is on the high side of normal. I've become very fit since first noticing I had high blood pressure but it has not reduced it much. Some people are just pre-disposed to have conditions such as high blood pressure, so don't get too down if you can't lower it much. As I understand it, unless you're consuming huge amounts of fat, salt is probably more likely to cause high blood pressure than fat in your diet. It causes the walls of your arteries to constrict slightly and you heart has to pump harder to move the blood round, hence the higher blood pressure. Internal body fat will also cause high blood pressure, but you can clear this out with aerobic exercise like running and cycling.
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Interesting. What is your BP if you don't mind me asking and what sort of age bracket do you fall under? Well yeah, salt then. I guess I'm going to have to take that very seriously. I just read this posted by some registered nurse answering to some 47 year old with 150/100 BP: "Do not eat salt!!! Salt holds water in your blood stream causing more fluid to be pumped through your veins and that will raise your BP. Many foods (canned foods especially) contain a lot of sodium. Read labels.
Add no salt to your cooking or at the table."
 
Chances are if you lie down for 5-10 minutes and relax your blood pressure will be slightly more normal. The anxiety and no doubt recent movement will have elevated your BP and pulse.

As for your fissure/skin tag chances are it will heal up of it's own accord. Trying not to strain during 'movements' and letting them occur naturally will help. There are softeners, not laxatives, available to help with this. It could well reoccur if you decide to have a feast and then fire out a chunky stool in a rush :p

With the recent bowel cancer avderts around and having had my father die two years ago from bowel cancer good on you for not being to proud to have your GP's digits up your backside.
 
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Exercise helps, not smoking, getting colestral levels down. exercise helps the most in the long run after quiting smoking if you smoke.
 
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Haha awesome thread. I had similar and had to go to the hospital for a 'probing'. The natural reaction is to fight it :D

"Just relax"

Yeah right, it feels like you are being fisted by an man with bandages wrapped around his hands dipped in glass.

**** knows how the gays put up with it. They should be the toughest men on the planet ;)
 
BennyC said:
Chances are if you lie down for 5-10 minutes and relax your blood pressure will be slightly more normal. The anxiety and no doubt recent movement will have elevated your BP and pulse.

As for your fissure/skin tag chances are it will heal up of it's own accord. Trying not to strain during 'movements' and letting them occur naturally will help. There are softeners, not laxatives, available to help with this. It could well reoccur if you decide to have a feast and then fire out a chunky stool in a rush :p

With the recent bowel cancer avderts around and having had my father die two years ago from bowel cancer good on you for not being to proud to have your GP's digits up your backside.
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Thanks. Good post. :) 'skin tag' , yes, THAT was the exact words she used. Hmm, regarding BP, yes, I do wonder if my normal would be closer to say, maybe 145.
 
Merlin5 said:
Thanks. Good post. :) 'skin tag' , yes, THAT was the exact words she used. Hmm, regarding BP, yes, I do wonder if my normal would be closer to say, maybe 145.
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I've no idea what your normal range would be for a man of your age. I'm only 22 but have had BP readings from 112 up to 150 in the last year, the diastolic is normally between 70-80 for me. During this time I have had resting pulses from 43bpm up to 58bpm however I excercise & lift regularly and reasonably intensely.

As previously mentioned cutting out salty foods and the use of table salt will result in a drop. Exercise would further help both steady state and something of a higher intensity. Stress & anxiety and other emotional states will all effect your BP. I imagine the potential concern of your bleed and the imminent fisting, ahem, inspection you were about to receive will all have had an impact. If you are still concerned buy an eletric BP monitor and test yourself when you are at home.

There is a coniditon I believe, or at least an occurance, when your BP will increase due to anxiety about your BP reading. Whenever my mother tested hers at home it was normal. When ever she went to the GP/Nurse it was reading out stage 1/2 hypertension.

If you're not already exercising regularly you should be.
 
DotA said:
Exercise helps, not smoking, getting colestral levels down. exercise helps the most in the long run after quiting smoking if you smoke.
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I need to exercise more. I'm a drummer so I do at least get some cardio workouts from that. Sometimes I've had to play 2 or 3 hours almost non stop which works all the limbs, breathing and heart. I do unfortunately smoke rollups, albeit only when I'm at home, but I don't really have any excuses and I've been smoking for years.


dannyjo22 said:
Haha awesome thread. I had similar and had to go to the hospital for a 'probing'. The natural reaction is to fight it :D

"Just relax"

Yeah right, it feels like you are being fisted by an man with bandages wrapped around his hands dipped in glass.

**** knows how the gays put up with it. They should be the toughest men on the planet ;)
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Lol, yeah. I guess I was fairly relaxed and it only lasted for a few seconds. Basically you just feel a bit stupid in that position and then it's over.


OminousLatinNoun said:
I think the real question is - did you like it?
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I'd like to say yes, but it was mildly uncomfortable. Guess I'm not cut out for gaydom. :D
 
I had suspected appendicitis last year and had to go to hospital where a doctor shover what felt like every digit up to have a rummage, wasn't nice >.<

I get bleeding every so often for years, guessing if it was anything bad I'd be long gone from this world by now. Just have to keep eating ruffage and fibre to let things pass smoothly lol, oh and no straining to squeeze them out!
 
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