Why don't doctors...

Sue White said:

...have somewhere to park your bike while you visit them?

They might assume if you cycle you won't need them, but don't they
know most accidents happen at home?

Mine has a nice railing just outside the door.
When I went on Thursday, the railing had gone, only the posts remained.
And I was going to get my blood pressure checked.
(Then they sat me for 45 mins in a waiting room that was 80C at least.
Diagnosis - "White Coat Hypertension", because I'd taken along my own
monitor with 48 normal readings over the last 3 weeks. Thank God my wife
doesn't drink & smoke. Now they want me to hand in a urine sample. Any
T-Total non-diabetics out there like to supply me with a sample?)
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And I was going to get my blood pressure checked.
(Then they sat me for 45 mins in a waiting room that was 80C at least.
Diagnosis - "White Coat Hypertension", because I'd taken along my own
monitor with 48 normal readings over the last 3 weeks.

I have my own monitor, which has been checked against those at the surgery
for accuracy, and readings taken at home are always way below those taken at
surgeries, clinics etc.
I was also provided with a portable 24 hour monitor some time ago.
It's now acknowledged that although I have mild hypertension, controlled by
drugs, it's not as bad as it would appear from surgery readings.
My GP is very understanding but I wonder how many folks there are that could
be over prescribed? Eighty quiddish for a monitor seems a good investment.
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Sue White said:

...have somewhere to park your bike while you visit them?

They might assume if you cycle you won't need them, but don't they
know most accidents happen at home?

Why don't bike shops have somewhere to lock your bike? Of the four
LBS round here there's only one with anything convenient to lock to.
Even H*l*o*d* have some hoops. It's almost as if they want your bike
to get nicked so you'll buy another 😉

Chris
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Martin Bulmer said:

Thank God my wife doesn't drink & smoke. Now they want me to hand in a
urine sample. Any T-Total non-diabetics out there like to supply me with a
sample?)

Many cycling newsgroups have a doping thread.
So here's ours :-)

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And I was going to get my blood pressure checked.
(Then they sat me for 45 mins in a waiting room that was 80C at least.
Diagnosis - "White Coat Hypertension", because I'd taken along my own
monitor with 48 normal readings over the last 3 weeks.

I have my own monitor, which has been checked against those at the surgery
for accuracy, and readings taken at home are always way below those taken
at
surgeries, clinics etc.
I was also provided with a portable 24 hour monitor some time ago.
It's now acknowledged that although I have mild hypertension, controlled
by
drugs, it's not as bad as it would appear from surgery readings.
My GP is very understanding but I wonder how many folks there are that
could
be over prescribed? Eighty quiddish for a monitor seems a good investment.
--
Pete
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my pressure was taken by the doctor a few weeks ago: 140/110. She made me
come back 2 weeks later. It was then taken by the nurse: 130/90 in the
right arm, 120/80 in the left arm and 125/85 in the right arm (second
attempt) - all within 5 minutes. The right pressure - taken in hospital in
March - is 120/80. The difference came because I had clenched my fist,
which gave high pressures. A flat hand on the table gives 120/80 every
time.

Sue White said:

...have somewhere to park your bike while you visit them?

They might assume if you cycle you won't need them, but don't
they know most accidents happen at home?

My doctors surgery has bike racks.
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the.Mark

Sue White <[email hidden]>typed

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....have somewhere to park your bike while you visit them?

Some practices do, some don't.

Drop a line to the Practice Manager at yours, extolling the healthy
virtues of cycling. Send a copy to your Primary Care Trust.

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Edgware.

"Peter B" <[email hidden]>typed

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I was also provided with a portable 24 hour monitor some time ago.
It's now acknowledged that although I have mild hypertension, controlled by
drugs, it's not as bad as it would appear from surgery readings.
My GP is very understanding but I wonder how many folks there are that could
be over prescribed? Eighty quiddish for a monitor seems a good investment.

My Tchibo BP toy was £15. Wrist monitor only but appears fairly accurate.

Methinks they'll sell them again just after Christmas.

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my pressure was taken by the doctor a few weeks ago: 140/110. She made me
come back 2 weeks later. It was then taken by the nurse: 130/90 in the
right arm, 120/80 in the left arm and 125/85 in the right arm (second
attempt) - all within 5 minutes. The right pressure - taken in hospital in
March - is 120/80. The difference came because I had clenched my fist,
which gave high pressures. A flat hand on the table gives 120/80 every
time.

You must be superhuman if your blood pressure doesn't vary from minute
to minute.

FWIW mine's around 110/70...
....or less!

Helen aged 47.5

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my pressure was taken by the doctor a few weeks ago: 140/110. She made
me
come back 2 weeks later. It was then taken by the nurse: 130/90 in the
right arm, 120/80 in the left arm and 125/85 in the right arm (second
attempt) - all within 5 minutes. The right pressure - taken in
hospital in
March - is 120/80. The difference came because I had clenched my fist,
which gave high pressures. A flat hand on the table gives 120/80 every
time.

Matter of interest, what do these figures mean? I was getting tested in
hospital every day for the month I was in, typically coming out around
128/79. But I have no idea what the 128 means, or the 79, or whether
this is good or bad.

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the.Mark said:

My doctors surgery has bike racks.

Ours has a wall.

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"Geoff Pearson" <[email hidden]>typed

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my pressure was taken by the doctor a few weeks ago: 140/110. She made
me
come back 2 weeks later. It was then taken by the nurse: 130/90 in the
right arm, 120/80 in the left arm and 125/85 in the right arm (second
attempt) - all within 5 minutes. The right pressure - taken in hospital
in
March - is 120/80. The difference came because I had clenched my fist,
which gave high pressures. A flat hand on the table gives 120/80 every
time.

You must be superhuman if your blood pressure doesn't vary from minute
to minute.

FWIW mine's around 110/70...
...or less!

Helen aged 47.5

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

The hospital measurements were taken continuously and showed little
variation over several hours. The GP was planning treatment if it was
140/110. 120/80 seems to be close to ideal.

Geoff aged 56.4

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in message <[email hidden]>, Geoff Pearson

(') said:

my pressure was taken by the doctor a few weeks ago: 140/110. She made
me
come back 2 weeks later. It was then taken by the nurse: 130/90 in the
right arm, 120/80 in the left arm and 125/85 in the right arm (second
attempt) - all within 5 minutes. The right pressure - taken in
hospital in
March - is 120/80. The difference came because I had clenched my fist,
which gave high pressures. A flat hand on the table gives 120/80 every
time.

Matter of interest, what do these figures mean? I was getting tested in
hospital every day for the month I was in, typically coming out around
128/79. But I have no idea what the 128 means, or the 79, or whether
this is good or bad.

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I think, simply put, the higher figure is mm/Hg when the heart is pushing
and the lower is the return pump cycle. So compared to your tyre pump, the
lower figure would be 1 bar and the higher pressure is what you get when
you pump - 4 bar. There will be a better way of putting that.

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Sue White <[email hidden]>typed

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....have somewhere to park your bike while you visit them?

Some practices do, some don't.

Drop a line to the Practice Manager at yours, extolling the healthy
virtues of cycling. Send a copy to your Primary Care Trust.

Perhaps pointing out the virtues of Sheffield stands as opposed to
wheelbenders....

Cheers, helen s

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Matter of interest, what do these figures mean? I was getting tested in

hospital every day for the month I was in, typically coming out around
128/79. But I have no idea what the 128 means, or the 79, or whether
this is good or bad.

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/hypertension.htm

You're sound!<1>

My own BP is borderline high and although my lifestlye risk factors are low
my ancestors have buggered things up by passing on a genetic pre-disposition
to strokes and heart disease, hence lowering it is considered beneficial in
my case.

<1>Disclaimer: The poster of this is not medically qualified and should
Simon die prematurely from a disease exacerbated by hypertension don't even
think about sueing him (the poster), he's skint!
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On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 23:57:41 +0000, Sue White <[email hidden]>
said in <[email hidden]>:

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...have somewhere to park your bike while you visit them?

Eh? They do. Arrive at surgery, fold bicycle under roof provided,
tuck under arm and walk in.

And for those unfortunate enough not to have a proper folding bicycle,
there are two Sheffield stands outside Balmore Park Surgery. You need
to change doctors, Sue :-)

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

Eh? They do. Arrive at surgery, fold bicycle under roof provided,
tuck under arm and walk in.

Eh? Have you bought a Brompton then Guy? You kept that quiet ;-)

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Tony

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right."
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Helen Deborah Vecht of said:

Sue White <[email hidden]>typed

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....have somewhere to park your bike while you visit them?

Some practices do, some don't.

Drop a line to the Practice Manager at yours, extolling the healthy
virtues of cycling. Send a copy to your Primary Care Trust.

Mine has two Sheffield stands in the car park of the purpose built medical
centre. One of the doctors is a cyclist so plan b is get your doctor out on
a bike....
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Steph Peters said:

Helen Deborah Vecht of said:

Sue White <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

....have somewhere to park your bike while you visit them?

Some practices do, some don't.

Drop a line to the Practice Manager at yours, extolling the healthy
virtues of cycling. Send a copy to your Primary Care Trust.

Mine has two Sheffield stands in the car park of the purpose built
medical centre. One of the doctors is a cyclist so plan b is get
your doctor out on a bike....

Don't. They always get really nice bikes, and thus encourage you to spend
more than you can afford on bits to make yours as good. Also, my doctor's
only 200m away, so it's not worth riding. I just leave the bike in the foyer
if I'm collecting a repeat prescription on the way back from somewhere or
whatever.

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Ambrose