Anyone having blood pressure issues following surgery?

Hi  Anne I went for my pre med last week, and my blood pressure was high , and I was told they would,nt do the op if I could,nt get it down , I too have never suffered from high blood pressure . Could feel myself getting more uptight about it . Currently going to nurse to be monitored,  and also bought my own monitor, it's keeping lower but feeling nervous that when I go in for op it will shoot up again. Was given good advise on this forum to get bachs rescue remedy, think this is actually doing some good. Anything is worth a try . Hope you get sorted soon . Warm regards lynne 

Dear Anne

I'm sorry that this has happened to you.   My experience of five years ago was much the same I think however this was following ankle replacement surgery so in case it helps you in any way.

Within a few hours of my surgery...the same morning actually I felt something uncomfortable in the area of my heart and brought it to the attention of the nurse.   She organised an ECG and there did not seem to be too much concern but when the same thing happened the following morning there was considerable concern and as this was a hospital without heart specialities.    I was blue lighted to one hospital and on arrival after much waiting around was told they did not have any space for me so off we went again to another hospital.

I had many tests over the following days being moved from ward to ward. I felt pretty unwell and at one point I was told that they may have to fit a pacemaker but in the end that did not happen and I was released without any conclusion.   It was thought that the general I had had for the surgery had triggered my condition.

Eventually after having a portable ECG strapped to me for a day it was decided that I should be put on blood thinning tablets Warfrin being the normal one here in the UK.   As some here may know this precluded eating some green vegetables, means going for blood tests quite often with changes in ones dose and if you ever have to have antibiotics the whole testing procedure has to start again.    I realy, really did not want this for the rest of my life especially as I had been so fit and healthy and being reminded that I had had a problem was an alien prospect for me.

I did some research and found that there was a much more expensive type of tablet that one takes morning and night that does not involve watching what greens you eat of any testing, you just have to remember to take them.   The downside is that if you have a severe bleed there is no antidote and as I was involved in stuff where cutting oneself was a high probability I have had to be more careful.   Oh yes I've recently had my hip revised and had to stop taking the blood thinning tablets a couple of days before the surgery and this time I had a spinal and a low level general with no further heart issues though of course I was somewhat apprehensive.

That was four to five years ago and everything has been fine and my heart has been working as well as before the surgery on my ankle I'm happy to say.   If there is anything anyone wants to ask that's fine by me....on or off forum.

Cheers

Richard

Hi Ann thankfully you have had your op so at least that can cancel it, it sounds as though you are now very anxious regarding BP this will as you probably realise send it all over the place, please try not to worry too much about it and it will probably settle down again, as for the arythmia that could also be something or nothing, did they glue your hip or was it a straight forward hip replacement were the bone heals round it?? Can I also ask your age

Hello Anne,

My bp has been all over the place since the operation also.  Not way high but it's been under control, with meds, for many years now.  My PCP said to keep an eye on it and that it was caused by anxiety and the trauma of the op.  Hopefully it'll settle back down for both of us.

Wishing you well,

Kelvin