Hi everyone......
Well the other day the Red Cross was at my school having a blood drive. At first I had no intentions on donating blood, then something came over me to just go ahead and do it. So I filled out all of the paperwork, they pricked my finger, took my temp. and then went to take my blood pressure. When the nurse was done taking it, she just looked at me and then called another nurse that was across the room to come check it. I guess she thought she must have read it wrong or something. So after taking it again she told the first nurse what she got and it was a tad bit below what the first nurse got. They both just looked at me and said "Oh you can't donate blood, your blood pressure is through the roof. You need to go to the doctors, asap" It was like 140/111!!!!
Now for the past 4 months or so whenever I go to a store that has a blood pressure machine, I take it. It's been prehypertension. Is this normal? I'm only 28 yrs. old, I weight 130 lbs.. I'm 5'5.
2007-03-02
10:55:30
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*tiffany*
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