Finally Home From Hospital

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: August 14th, 2009 | 3 Comments

For the past six days i was in hospital. Originally i was only supposed to be in for three days however after a few tests they soon found out that more in depth tests were required to try and find out what exactly is causing the problem.

The reason i went into hospital was to have tests run to see what may be causing my high blood pressure; it is usually unknown what actually is causing high blood pressure however it is always best to be safe and have a check anyway.

I had a lot of different scans and tests carried out. Over the six days i ended up staying in for i had multiple scans including a ultra sound, CT scan, echo scan, chest scan. I also had other blood test carried out on a daily basis, and also had a biopsy.

The list really does go on, quite far! Anyway after this long list of tests it turns out that most likely there is an actual underlying cause to my high blood pressure. Apparently my kidneys are not working nearly as well as they should be so that is the most probable cause of the high blood pressure.

So if a solution to getting my kidneys working better can be found, which is why a biopsy was done on them, then it could possibly fix my high blood pressure :D . Anyway it is great to be home again, being in hospital for a few days really can become boring since you wake up at 6.30 in the morning and usually don't go to sleep until 11.30 to 12.00 that night!

Away Into Hospital Tomorrow

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: August 9th, 2009 | 1 Comments

Tomorrow i will be checking into the hospital in Dublin. The reason i am going in is because about 2 months ago i found out that i have high blood pressure.

I have had some tests done already as i said before, and now i am going in for a few days of tests just to rule out everything and hopefully find out the main cause of it. It is considered fairly rare to have high blood pressure in my age, 19, so just as a precaution more than anything i will be in hospital for the next 2 days.

Posts here lately have been very few; i did start off this month running with a few posts everyday however i soon found it difficult to find time to get online to add some new posts.

As i write this post i have my laptop beside me adding some TV Shows to it so that i can have a bit of entertainment while in hospital, also i have added music to it and also i intend to bring my earphones, so that i can listen without annoying others, other than bringing my laptop i will be bringing a book to read :D .

High Blood Pressure

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: July 20th, 2009 | 0 Comments

For a few years I have always had some very bad headaches. Usually when someone gets a headache, they might let it pass by itself or take some medicine to relieve the pain. However when I used to have really bad headaches I would take some medicine and it would work at times and other times it would have no effect.

The pain in my head I used to get was really bad, the headaches would last for a few hours, sometimes 2 or 3 hours or sometimes more!,  sometimes I would simply go to my room, shut the curtains and turn the light off so that I would have complete darkness and would have less strain on my eyes. I always thought that these headaches might be some kind of migraine.

I had these kinds of headaches for a few years, and I was just too lazy to go to the doctor to see what might be causing it or how I could prevent them. Well about a month ago now I finally had enough of the head-aches and decided I would do something about them.

I went and visited my doctor and he was a bit confused on what I might have. He said it could possibly be a migraine but there are not enough symptoms to be a migraine. He then decided to have a quick look at my blood pressure, not expecting to see anything wrong, and he turned out to be really surprised.

It turns out I have really high blood pressure and that was what might have caused my head-aches. He then went on to prescribe me medicine to try and lower my high blood pressure. Also he referred me to a cardiologist so that I could have further tests carried out.

I got my appointment dates and I had to get a blood pressure monitor put on me for 24 hours, which I am currently wearing as I write this post. And then tomorrow I will be going to get an echo scan and to see the results of wearing my blood pressure monitor.

The idea of these tests are to find out the cause of the high blood pressure and then find a way to bring it down to a normal level. The medicine I am currently on will most likely be either increased in dosage or be replaced. But usually with high blood pressure, once you are on the medicine, you are on it for life.

The doctor was surprised to find that I had high blood pressure because it is apparently rare enough for my age, 19! So I am looking forward to finally finding out what is causing the high blood pressure. I am in no way worried about it, it is easy to deal with, a tablet or 2 a day and you are sorted :D .

One thing I have noticed so far is that since I was given medicine my really bad head-aches have gone! It's great, no more pain :D . Anyway as soon as I find out my results, I will make another post about it.