The anxiety of just being in a doctor’s office raises my blood pressure...
>>>It also makes a tremendous difference for me whether my BP is taken in the much more gentle way with a softer cuff and stethoscope rather than those horrid suction machines that make you feel like your arm is about to break . . .
Most of the time, my providers are satisfied with my readings since I’ve been taking Lisinopril for about a decade now. Generally 130 over 70.
I had an exam required for employment in Denver. I was sitting on the exam table with my feet dangling. A nurse came in carrying a large tray with only a very large blood drawing syringe in the middle. She carried right it in front of me, then took my pulse.
The doctor came in later, looked at the chart, let out a guttural sound, then took my pulse himself. I suspect that she had pulled that stunt in the past.