High blood pressure

[Jess21]

So has anyone else hit the "too much high blood pressure meds" hurdle?  Is there such a thing?
After my transplant in '09 I didn't really drop down on my hbp meds, but my numbers have been awesome. The last few days I've noticed getting light headed, which normally means my bp is out of whack. Has anyone else found this a good time after transplant?  I am planning on starting to record my numbers, but the issue is by the time I get to the machine I know my numbers are going back up again.  Figuring doing numbers when I take my meds then an hr later? Any advice would be great, as I got a new transplant coordinator a few months back and have never called her.....

[wj13us]

Jess:

I've not started BP medication until a number of years after my transplant but can share some advice.

First if your on BP medication a home monitoring device is necessary.  I've found that just waiting in the doctors office hoping my blood pressure was not high, made it high by just doing that!  The most critical time to take it in in the morning when you wake up, if its high then you need to make an adjustment on medication.  Otherwise take a few times a day at least until your stable again.

I've been through the dizzy phase too.  It would usually happen the day after a long bike ride.  I remember feeling dizzy doing yard work and went inside to take my BP is was less than 100/50.  Needlessness there was an adjustment in the medication.  I don't think that would have been picked up at a visit to the doctor.

Finally, I would think and I've heard there can be a reduction in blood pressure after a transplant.  Remember your healthier now.  Your blood work is more stable, your eating better (I hope), and most likely more active.

Bill