Today my mom came over and I painted. I was leaning forward and must have unknowingly/obviously unintentionally pinched my catheter. My mom noticed that I wasn’t urinating like I usually do, I was starting to get splotchy and I was shaking/spasming for absolutely no reason. If you know me and spinal cord injuries in general, you know that’s usually a sign something is wrong. I wasn’t feeling right so we took my blood pressure. 202/128! Definitely one of the highest I ever remember having. I took my blood pressure pill and it brought it down to 89/48. A little low but it feels a lot better than being too high. It’s been a couple of hours and my blood pressure has stabilized at 103/69. Just another interesting
day with a spinal cord injury. It’s not just not being able to move my arms and legs which some people fail to recognize or know. You would think that would be enough but I guess not! Good thing I am as tough as nails. It is NHL’s opening night and the Penguins are on TV! I’m going to go watch and enjoy my evening cocktail. Hope you all are well! Thank you for following! 🙂

When I stand it can be a lengthy process because I have to raise my chair to the standing position slowly. Not only that, I really should have someone with me because my blood pressure should be checked periodically. It tends to sometimes drop quickly when attempting to stand. This is in part of why I do not do it often. Also, there may not be a person that’s able to take the time to be with me and I really shouldn’t be left alone for too long. Well, after two months from standing last, I finally got the opportunity today. I figured because it was so long ago since I last stood, today would not be a long day of standing. Maybe an hour. Two if I’m lucky. Well, I I was way off and smashed any previous record I had and stood for 3 hours and 20 minutes! I couldn’t believe it. The only reason I came down was because my blood pressure started dropping. I still felt fine but didn’t want to take the chance of It getting any lower (78/59) and passing out. Hopefully I’ll get more opportunities to stand sooner because it really is good for me and it feels good! Thanks for reading!

Hello! I’m not sure how many people still follow my page but I definitely have not done a great job of keeping it current. I’m going to change that and get back into blogging. My life isn’t the most exciting but I think there are at least a few people that are still interested, so I owe it to them/you. I also enjoy writing, as difficult as it is using speech recognition.. I hope there are some of you out there that are reading this message and I’m not just talking to myself! 🙂

Stay tuned…

Sorry I’ve been silent the past few weeks. I will write something up over the next few days. In the meantime, here’s a new playlist for this week. I hope you enjoy!

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We are having a fundraiser to hopefully help offset the cost of an upcoming medical bill. $20.00 per entry. Please pass along to anyone you feel may be interested. The more we have the bigger the pot and the bigger the payouts. Your participations is greatly appreciated! Thanks! 🙂

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Looking for some new music? Check out this week’s playlist!

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Check out this week’s play list! It’s a good one!

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I’ve experienced an entire day of elevated blood pressures, as I normally do, but it’s only 5:30 PM. My first BP this morning was 145/92. 2 hours later I was feeling weird so I asked someone to check again. 151/74. Half hour later it went up even more to 155/95. I then took my blood pressure medicine, which I’m supposed to take if my systolic number is above 150. It worked and my BP was 106/77! When my BP is around this range is when I feel my best. Only one problem. It’s now 5:50 PM and my blood pressure is back up to 157/96. Should be an interesting evening. I will keep you posted!

Happy Memorial Day! I’m having some major blood pressure issues today. From as soon as I got up this morning until a little while ago this evening. My first blood pressure reading was 161/95. I took it again an hour later and it was 167/105. I took my blood pressure medicine. It came down for a couple of hours before elevating yet again. It jumped back up to 170/107. I took another BP pill. It came down to 95/57. That’s where we are right now and it’s 7:45 PM. Who knows what the rest of the evening will bring. I hope you all had a nice Memorial Day..

My blood pressure started out pretty good this morning – 137/84. That was about as good as it got before going downhill fast. At 11:20 AM it was still pretty good (140/89) but definitely higher. By the time it got to be mid afternoon I was definitely feeling off so we checked again. At this point it jumped to 166/106. I took my BP medication and it definitely worked. It dropped significantly – 85/55 at 3:50 PM. After a little bit it had evened out – 119/80. I have not checked since then but I have felt fine. It’s great to have medication that helps but I wish I didn’t have the problems I do in the first place. It’s crazy what medication can do. Very helpful. Just my drama for the day. Hope you all are well!

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