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Old 16th Aug 2003, 19:14
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Whirlybird

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Well...

In addition to officially having White Coat Hypertension (now down on one of my medical forms) I now apparently probably have "labile" blood pressure (I think that's what he said; is that right QDM?). At my medical a few days ago, my blood pressure measured 160/60. My AME glared at me and said: "Why is your blood pressure always so high when I take it". I said: "Because I'm totally paranoid about having it taken". Anyway, he looked back at my records, and said the diastolic of 60 was the lowest it ever seemed to have been. I agreed, and told him when I take my bp myself, it varies dramatically for no apparent reason. Hence the new label.

All medics here, please excuse me if I say that I now think deducing anything from blood pressure measurements is a complete load of ****e!!!!!!!!!!
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