images from the doctor...

[scottobear]

didn't have much time to scribble... only had to wait about a half hour, and I read for about 20 minutes.

boo-boo spine on left, ha-ha spine on right... can you see the difference?


I really like all the charts at the doc's office.


Although I don't often drink it, I craved coffee something fierce this morn, and acted on it. it was goooooood. hit the spot.


My blood pressure is back to normal! I'm usually 120/80, but both sides shot way way up when I was hurting... it peaked even higher, but this is how far it dropped from last visit.

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[ladynebula.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, I love these pictures.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thanks! :) I'm glad you like 'em!

[sandstar.livejournal.com]

Scott, these are great anatomy pics you drew!

My favorite is the torso one...gosh, it makes me want to go back to work in the hospital ;)

I'm glad your blood pressure is down - 120/90 not good!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

oh... it's down to 120/90... from 140/100.

[sandstar.livejournal.com]

>GASP<

140/100!Whatever caused that?[If you don't mind telling me...the RN in me is curious...]

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I don't mind telling you... herniated disks causing sciatica down both legs. Major pain upped the stress on the body, including BP.

is 120/90 really all that bad? I thought 120/80 was dead average.

[sandstar.livejournal.com]

It all depends on the patient.

I am sorry to hear that you are in the pain you are in. My brother-in-law had a similar back injury at work, late last year, and recently had an IDAT procedure that has helped a lot. It was really scary for him; he had to take 12 weeks off work to recover. [He's due to go back to work the end of this month].

As a nurse, I wouldn't worry to much with the BP 120/90 - if it was during a period of intense pain.

What I would do, as a nurse, would be to relieve the pain, hopefully decreasing the diastolic BP [the bottom number]. That is the pressure of the blood against the vessels at rest, so naturally, you'd want that to be low. If, after the pain medications were effective - the BP was still high on a consistent basis - I'd discuss with the physician about perhaps adding an antihypertensive medication.

There are a lot of other factors to be included...

As long as your diastolic BP is <80 at rest, I wouldn't be worried.

Did you mention the doctor wanting to do an echocardiogram?

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

no, 120/90 is when I'm feeling ok.

140/100 is when I'm in pain.

I am having an echo done to check out the ticker, too.

[sandstar.livejournal.com]

When do you have the echo?

Maybe you could mention the BP to your doctor then, just as a reminder to him. Sometimes, they forget things ;)

I want to make sure you are OK.

You can take the nurse out of the hospital, but you can't take the hospital out of the nurse ;0

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Thanks... so far, so good... I think that BP is why they're doing the echo.

[juliabee.livejournal.com]

You hafta keep doing these snippet pictures. :0)

I got something!! I'll email you. Yay!!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I will, as long as tealpaint holds out on my palm... the file sizes are *eensy-weensey*.

all less than one k.... that means If I decide to make one as an animation for my icon, I can have over 40 frames! :)

[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

I *love* your sketches...

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

oh, the spine on the left has herniated disks. :D

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

that's right! you win a prize! :)