OK, so yesterday at work the stress got to me, the pressure went up, and off I went into happy vertigo land. Its a fun place, your notice of pending arrival is the room starts to spin really REALLY fast while you hang on and try to keep the nausea under control.
Lee came and got me and I spent the rest of the day lying down, moving back and forth between reading quietly, doing my yoga relaxation techniques and napping. Well, one nap, but it was for several hours.
This morning many calls were made. I cant get in to see a doctor till next monday, period. Lee called HIS family doctor, they told him to take me to an ER if I needed care right away.* So rather than take up time in an ER for a non-emergency situation, we tried another walk-in clinic. James St. Medical. Nice, new looking facility.
After explaining the situation, including that I had been resting quietly all that morning and the previous day, I still tested at 160/90. Shock and awe, the doctor on duty actually gave me a prescription! He kinda looked sad and told me he’d had four Hypertension patients over the years that went off their meds and ended up paralyzed from a stroke. I admit its dumb as fuck to go off my drugs. I know this. I also know nobody has wanted to give me a scrip till today… even when I had meds they were donations from ye olde sample cabinet. But I guess between his history with hypertension paitents, and the fact that not only did I know what drug I was on, I knew the exact dosage off the top of my head, convinced him that I was genuine.
I wish this guy took regular paitents. And thats High Praise from me, the person who likes to remind folks that MD stands for Motherless Dick.
So I’ve got a hundred days worth of drugs to look for a Doc who isnt an MD.
*This is what pisses me off about the situation locally with health care. There are nowhere near enough doctors in this fucking city. At least in part because large numbers of them only work in “walk-in clinics” which refuse to provide regular care, and of those who are in private practice, many only work part time. I dont know which is worse, when you cant get in to see a doctor because theyre too busy (Canadian system), or when you cant get in to see a doctor because you cant afford (US system) it. Although up here you DO have the walk-ins and Urgent care facilites available. Theyre just uncomfortable for me to use because im a headcase.