Category Archives: Health

The first (morning) reading, that is. The plummet to 136 (which seems to be a popular afternoon reading) is just too much. Then I forgot to do the evening one.

Then it all went downhill from there 🙁 I felt so awful in the afternoon. Second reading is before lunch again, third is after.

Not far off 200 first thing 🙁 And then a drop all the way down to the 120s in a matter of hours — the second reading is pre-lunch and the third post-lunch. This is really quite punishing. At these … Continue reading →

Another difficult day with an afternoon reading of 136 again. At least the morning readings seem to have stabilised below 200, though I suspect the GP is still not going to be happy with one that high. (Ok, so I … Continue reading →

Morning, afternoon and evening. A systolic reading of 136 is hard for me to cope with. I spent most of the afternoon lying down or asleep 🙁

All falls apart with the evening reading 🙁

Not sure why, but I just squeezed over the 200 barrier in the morning. And whilst the afternoon reading was good, I felt awful. Complete waste of an afternoon, basically.

And looking pretty much like I’m currently expecting. Only just sneaked under the 200 barrier though 😀

I toddled down to the surgery this morning to discuss how things were going and the informed opinion seemed to be “right direction, but not good enough yet”. However, it wasn’t possible to decide what additional medication I would need … Continue reading →

The morning one, this time. But nothing particularly surprising with the afternoon/evening ones.