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HEATHROW DIRECTOR
I have had WCS for 40+ years and it was a real problem trying to relax for each medical. My last medical was 15 years ago but recently when I had a pneumonia jab the nurse said it was very long since they checked my BP; of course, she found it "above normal". I took home a BP machine and for a week I recorded BP and pulse several times daily. The numbers looked a bit high to me but when I presented the readings to the nurse she did some black magic with her calculator and held up a large piece of paper with "124/77" on it - now, stop worrying!!!
I have very similar experiences. Yesterday I went for my annual visit to my optician. She has a brand new machine that photos the retina and flattens it out like an old fashioned map of the world so you can see everything like the blood vessels and optic nerve. Expensive test but she said it was worth it. Whilst reviewing the results (all was well) I mentioned that I had been hounded by doctors for 40 years about "high" BP. I asked her if it was possible to run high BP 24/7 for 40 years and have no effect on the picture we were looking at. Absolutely not was her reply. The eyes apparently cannot conceal genuine hypertension in a thing called the AV ratio. Next time you go to your optician and suffer from this ask them about it.