Just Discovered He's Got High Bp Posted: 09-19-05 18:02pm
Hi :( my son (21) has just heard from the
chemists that his bp is 14.9..Which is
quite high for sb. His age.
He doesn't want to take time off his work,
and only thru much persuasion has he
agreed to have thurs. Off to go to
doctors.
I wanted him to go to urgencies (it's nice
and small - and not as gruesome as the
hospital one!). But he's not going I
fear. At least they could have put his
mind at rest and prescribed him sth. Till
his appt. At doctors' which is still 2
day's away....
He's tall, slim and the only thing I know
is that he does eat macdonalds' meals
occasionally, on a saturday.....But not
always. And he also takes fads of eating
choc. Biscuits..... But not every day.
We've told him to cut out coca - cola
(sorry to the coke people !! He just
loves it.....But the caffeine it contains
can't be good to take too often.
He doesn't drink alcohol or
smoke........And he's a good
golfer....That's also his job........He's
a caddy master at a club here.
Tonight he was rather red in the face
(which is not due to the sun--------)
i am besides myself with worry, I have
rather low blood´-pressure whereas his
father has had bouts of slightly raised bp
himself.
He's always been the one who never caught
colds or had anything except your regular
measles, etc. Etc.
He's insisting on going to the doctors'
alone (which is fine - but he's being very
stubborn about all this, and just doesn't
want to miss his work as I think he thinks
evythg. Will go wrong for the others if
he's not there..He's in charge of a small
group who do the same work as him, just
going round the course seeing if
everyone's dressed appropriately, if
they're keeping any one back on the
course, you know anything that could go
wrong.......
I think there's a stress issue involved
here, he doesn't seem to stop at his work
either.......But there's no telling him.
Please give me some advice, talking about
nice-looking healthy (otherwise) young lad
with a nice life-style just starting for
him.
I would appreciate any suggestions...
Mailinka55