Question:
My surgery has been cancelled three times because of my blood presser can any one hel

help me some subjestion I have been on so much medicane    — peachesorange (posted on May 23, 2007)

May 23, 2007
have you been seen by a cardiologist? WLS is very stressful, some have BP spikes right before surgery.
   — bob-haller

May 24, 2007
Sally, you have a good question, but your doctor is gonna be the best to answer your question here. I can ask if you have elimated all sodium from your diet (or most sodium), also, I can ask if you are exercising at all, these things help stabelize blood pressure. You may be having extreme anxiety just prior to surgery. Perhaps you don't have peace about having surgery and you are responding to that just before? It is not unusual to have a lot of anxiety prior to surgery. God gave me peace before surgery, as I put my complete trust in Him. I am a Christian, and He is Lord of my Blood Pressure, it helped me. I don't know how to help you, but I would advise you to see your doctor and also check nutritional sites for ways to decrease blood pressure with natural sources as well. Take care, Patricia P.
   — Patricia P

May 24, 2007
Sally.... Blood pressure medications can only do so much. Are your watching your salt intake and limiting it under 1500mg daily. That is not only cutting out the salt shaker, but the hidden salt in the foods. You will be astounded if you are not reading labels now regarding just how much sodium is in canned and frozen foods. I say 1500mg daily as that is what you shouldn't exceed if you are trying to control your blood pressure. An example (pardon me if you already know this, but there may be others who don't) would be canned soups. A can of soup typically has 2+ servings per can. And face it all of us know, that preop, we ate the whole can... When you read the label that single serving can have as much as 1300mg of sodium in it, which would essentially use up your daily alotment of sodium in just that one serving. If you don't do so now, start reading the labels. Frozen foods are notorious for heavy salt as well as lunch meats. Cheese and milk have quite a bit in them as well. Just read them and be safe. Be careful with the salt substitutes as they use potassium for the salty flavor. Doing some exercise, as Patricia said will help in getting the blood pressure under control. I would suggest something in the water as it makes it easier to move around and making it easier on the joints. Are you following closely with your doctor. They are being careful with you cancelling you three times. I would rather have them do that than take the very risk of serious complications during surgery. If you are truly and I mean truly following salt restrictions to the letter, reading labels and taking your medications faithfully and exercising as much as you can tolerate, then go back to your doctor and ask if there might be some hormone imbalance. There are hormone disturbances that can affect how your kidneys retain or excrete the sodium. Good luck to you...
   — Kari_K