update on me

Mjp121212 · #1 October 19th, 2009, 09:17 AM

I went to my gyno for my regular exam. He said my exam was great....BUT my blood pressure is a little wild. I have tried and tried to tell the dr's that sometihng isn't right, but none would listen to me....blaming it on diet or whatever. So I changed my whole diet over the course the last year-----rarelye ating out when Iw as eating out every day, little junk food, water only, workingout etc....but yet Is till gain weight and my bp ranges from 122/90-160/110! he told me to get in with my fam. prac dr asap....but they couldn't get me in for over a week!

Ok so the weight gain doesnt appear to dramatic when taken as awhole so that coul be diet related toa point or it could be the tiny tumor I have on my thyroid. But the bp is another issue. I had the same type of diet my whole life, my bp wouldn't just go up. Stress sure.....but even during times of low stress it isi still way up. So I went the walk in clinic and the dr was great! He started asking me all sorts of questions that floored me! No one had asked them before and it wasn't on my chart for him to see: do you have bad af's? yes. Do you bleed a lot...yes.....have you had any episodes of bleeding anywhere for no reason...yes....have you had any miscarriages....yes. he said he thinks i have some sort of blood disorder causing everything! He ordered a ton of blood work and then said some of it was unusual lab work that none of them would really understand fully so he is settingme up with an appt to see a specialist

My fam prac dr had told me to talk to my gyno about BCP's.....but the gyno said absolutely not given my bp is so high. He told me if I wasn't planning on ttc soon to be careful. If I am to be careful lol. He said if I got pg right now he would have to refer me to a different dr in the area that specializes in high bp and high risk patients becaue I'd have to monitored a bit more closely since I didn't carry Brayden to term, chances are I wouldn't the next either. He said that I would deliever early anyway most likely so they would want to get me as far a long as possible. i thought great....just when i made up my mind now I can't!

#2 October 19th, 2009, 10:12 AM

I hope they can figure out what is going on. That bp thing sounds scary

~*sierra*~ · #3 October 19th, 2009, 11:47 AM

wow the bp thing is a bit scary, but its good that you took steps for a healthier lifestyle, props for that! i'm glad your going to a specialist, thats such a good thing.

hm does the doc have stats to back up the claim that you will deliver early on your next pregnancy? i'm a skeptic by nature!

*Anna* · #4 October 19th, 2009, 12:26 PM

good luck Missy! Hope it all works out for you!!!

LisanAndy · #5 October 19th, 2009, 02:16 PM

Good luck, I hope they figure everything out!

Chelnae6 · #6 October 19th, 2009, 04:06 PM

Wow! I hope that they find something fast that doesnt take much to cure and that can be cured entirely

*krista* · #7 October 19th, 2009, 04:35 PM

You've been struggling with this for soooooo long, I hope you can finally get some answers! It definitely sounds promising.

Mars · #8 October 19th, 2009, 05:31 PM

I hope you get some answers soon.

soImarriedAnerd · #9 October 19th, 2009, 09:48 PM

when will the testing come back? I hope they figure it out!

alicenwonderland · #10 October 20th, 2009, 02:33 AM

glad you might finally get some answers. you've been struggling for a long time. KUP!

midnight_starr · #11 October 20th, 2009, 06:49 AM

I hope you get some answers soon!!

Mjp121212 · #12 October 20th, 2009, 10:42 AM

He said that with my blood pressure Iw ouldn't carry to term because it would go up even more like before. And as far as deliever early anyway: My uterus is covered in scarring and adhesions. Even though they stretch to a point, they don't stretch quite enough. i went into PTL with Bryaden at 29wks, carried to 35 weeks....even my RE said that I would deliver him early----but they didn't expect over a month early----and any subsequent ones. My BP with him got a little high, but nothing major. It hovered around 135/90-98 usually.....

I read about the dr he would send me to, and he's really good. Went to Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt. His site said something about havong 1 of only 2 machines in the state that can determine the cause of high bp with out the use of invasive techniques-----not sure what that is. But it said they could tell whether it was too much blood volume or blockages or whatever. And they treat early so there is a high chance of success and a normal pregnancy. So I guess if I do get pg, it wont be that bad.