Normal Blood Pressure Returns!
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Summary: After a thorough investigation, the author’s GP confirmed her blood pressure was normal at 109/68, dispelling her hypertension scare. However, adopting a morning walking routine during this scare has been a positive change that she’ll continue. All blood tests, including cortisol, were normal, challenging the author’s theories on cortisol’s role in diabetes. More mysteries to explore.
I have an update on my blood pressure. I wrote here about how my diabetologist diagnosed me with hypertension.
I went to my GP and had a more thorough investigation undertaken. I wore a blood pressure monitor for 24 hours, whilst exercising and resting and everything in between. It turns out that there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong with my blood pressure! My average blood pressure was 109/68.
Interestingly though, whilst going through this health scare, I adopted the habit of walking every morning… And I kinda like it so I’m going to keep it up! I think maybe God has intended this to be the outcome. Who knows…?! He has filled me in on his plan!!
My GP also ran a series of blood tests, including a full blood count, folate, cortisol, creatinine, sodium, potassium, ferritin. vitamin D and TSH. All of my readings were completely normal! So, for a chronically ill person, I’m pretty healthy!!
My normal cortisol reading leaves me with questions. It kind of throws a bit of a spanner into my fight-flight theory of diabetes! I started wondering whether it’s not the amount of cortisol being produced that is a problem but some other part of the cortisol system. I found this study that showed how Type 2 diabetics had normal cortisol production but cortisol is still high in the human body. That suggests a problem with the way cortisol is processed. An interesting thought for now.
Bye for now!
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Natalie is a blogger with Type 1 Diabetes. Natalie's special gifts are questioning the status quo and being a rebel. She is using these gifts to question medical 'knowledge' and find a true cure for Type 1 Diabetes.
