Hey everyone. I had it done today. Heres how things went.
I sat in the waiting room for about an hour, roughly. I got called back by a girl named kelly. SShe was the ones to do my vital signs. They were:
T: 100.2
R:18
P:111
BP:156/90 Left Arm Sitting, 164/94 Right Arm Sitting. They did it with the stupid machine. It hurt my arm.
Sp02: 100
The nurse told memtonwear this gown, get undressed, and keep my underwear on. The doc would be in shortly
The doctor then came in and said lets get this going. She felt my scalp, looked in my eyes and nose, had me open my mouth, and that part was over.
Next was the abdominal exam. She pushed on my stomach in various places, then listened with her stethoscope.
Next she listened to my femoral pulses, and felt around on my groin.
She then said she wanted to listen to my heart and lungs. She listened for about 30 seconds. SShe said she wanted to have an EKG and 24 hour blood pressure done on me. Im hooked up to the 24 hour blood pressure machine now.
She then said it was time for a rectal exam. My first one Ive ever had. My heart sank. She went, got out a thermometer and said since my temp was 100.2, she wanted a rectal temp. She told me to bend over the exam table and to keep elbows on it. She lubed the tip, inserted it, and kept it in until it beeped. It was 101.1 now. She told me to keep in that position and before i knew it, she was finger deep in there. It hurt like the devil. She twisted it all around pushing hardly. She pulled out and said all is normal. She said since my blood pressure was high, shed have the nurse come back in and take it again. At that time it was 172/100 left arm sitting and 178/103 right arm sitting with the machine again. I got fitted with my 24 hr blood pressure cuff and was sent on my way home. This things taken my bp every 20 minutes since 11am. Just 5 monutes ago my bp was 114/82.