Blood Pressure...Calendar
I am taking William's blood pressure 3 times a day. I want to get it down. It has been running high. I went to lunch with a couple of friends and they shared that they post the BP readings on the calendar every day. I have started doing the same. I have noticed that William's before meds in the morning readings are high. 140/100. We added a coreg dose. Now at 9.625mg twice daily. But the AM reading is still high. I have decided to give the last dose at 8 or 8:30PM to cover the evening and early morning hours. Guess what this morning at 7AM it was 140/89. Now that is good. We were taking the evening dose too early in the day. I was having William take the meds at 6PM with dinner.
I might even try at 10P when I get home from work. But, I need to have the BP in the evening still low. This dosing and taking of BP's 3 times a day is time consuming. But, I need to get the timing right. I had read that alot of people do not have adequate coverage in the early morning hours when their BP spikes.
I have let William sleep in today. I need to go and get him ready for the pool. Sunday the caretaker let him sleep too much. He was up at 2AM and 3AM. I kept telling him that it was too early to get up. I keep William up most of the afternoon and then he sleeps all evening.
The goal is to get the bottom number in the 80's. I will keep a record and then fax it to his MD when I have figured this out.
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