Fun times

Rosalie and I were in Nanaimo for me to get an ultrasound on my leg. We arrived an hour early so we went for a Timmy’s.

Back at the clinic in the waiting room, I started to feel more dizzy than usual in fact, I thought I might pass out. I cancelled the appointment as it wasn’t that important and Rosalie drove me to Emergency. 

I explained my symptoms at check-in and they told me my BP was 192 over 90. They gave me an ECG and sent me to the waiting room. After an hour and a half a nurse took my BP again, and now it was 222 over 92. 

She then took me to a room and I was prepped for the main event…the doctor. They put in an intravenous thingy and after a bit of a wait, the Doctor showed up. 

He asked a gazillion questions, did his usual poking and prodding and then gave me an ultrasound of my heart and lungs. He then pretty much pronounced me healthy except for the BP. 

Just to be sure, he sent me for another X-ray, a second ECG and a whole lot more blood tests.

They also did another BP test and it was still way too high.

In the meantime, Rosalie took off for a haircut. Then I foolishly suggested that she go to Peter and Suzie’s as I might be a while. 

So she took donuts with her and they sat eating and drinking wine, while I was suffering in Emergency drinking water. Worse than that, they started texting about the fun they were having. 

I was so bored, that I wrote this while waiting for my blood results. It wasn’t too bad, I had a nice lounger to sit in at least.

The Doctor came and told me that all was okay but they still didn’t have an answer so I needed to go for a CT scan as I may have a clot on my lung. So now I had to wait for the results and whatever that may bring. After an hour they came back negative!

So, after seven hours in emergency, three ECGs, one ultrasound, about six BP cuffs, one X-ray, one CT scan, a series of blood tests and two doctors…they still didn’t have an answer. My BP was still 222/92

Before I was discharged the Doctor did one more PB test and it came up as 231/95. Then he told me that he had set up an appointment to get a stress test. And of course, the test was on the same day that Rosalie had an appointment in Victoria. Anyhow, we worked it out and now I wait.

Me, at the end of the day!

Thanks to Rosalie, Peter and Suzie for providing entertainment to keep my spirits up.