Wake-up call

So I had a pretty interesting evening yesterday. I went to Kaiser Urgent Care because I’ve been having pain in my side for a few days now and I’ve also been having a problem with a little bit of blood in my spit in the mornings for about a month now. They took my blood pressure and said, "Wow, that’s way too high for a 28-year old!" So, being worried about it, they took it again, and lo and behold, high again. So I ended up having to do all these blood tests and urine test and all that, PLUS they put me on an I.V. in the exam room and gave me morphine for my pain (of which I had hardly any to begin with). They really gave me that because my blood pressure wasn’t coming down and I wasn’t able to calm myself down enough, apparently, to get it to come down, so they gave me a Clonidine (BP pill) and I had to lie there on a bed for about an hour and a half with the I.V. in and freaking out, thinking I was going to die and thinking the worst. Thank God Jake was there, because if I’d been alone, it would’ve been worse.

So I’ve been officially diagnosed with hypertension, and I am now on a blood pressure med for possibly my whole life. If that wasn’t a wakeup call, I don’t know what is! I definitely needed that kick in the ass. They didn’t find a cause for the blood, but they did give me an antibiotic, so if that doesn’t clear it up, I have an appointment with my doctor in a couple of weeks anyway so we can figure it out then. I’m really hoping all this is taken care of by the antibiotics, though. So really pray for me (if you pray), otherwise keep me in your thoughts that I can start to change my lifestyle and get these problems under control.