Just been to see the GP again. Honestly, I should move in. He now considers my blood pressure to be just about acceptable given the circumstances, but still a fair bit higher than he’d like it to be (he measured it at 147/98). It’s all a bit academic anyhow as he’s prescribed me as many BP drugs as he’s allowed to.
He thinks the reason I feel so shit might possibly be down to an under-active thyroid which only showed up once in a blood test earlier this year and may well be a reaction to the drugs I’m already taking so I’ve had more blood taken (quite how I have any left at this point I really couldn’t say, but amusingly he struggled to find somewhere to take it from).
If that shows an abnormal result then it looks as though I’ll be prescribed more drugs to counteract the effects of the existing drugs and we see where things go from there. If it doesn’t then I’m being referred to a cardiologist.
My gut feeling based on how I feel is that I don’t now have enough blood circulating fast enough to do all the things that my body needs it to do, but I understand little about all this stuff so I can’t claim that my opinion counts for much.
It’s just all really pissing depressing.