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Originally posted by 229DAK:

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Originally posted by oldbill123:
Taking a weapon into a immediate care or the doctor's facility is expressly forbidden

Source? Says who?

Pretty sure he wasn't generalizing. Only his personal situation. Each facility has their specific policy regarding firearms. Some don't.

At Immediate care and the mega medical offices, it is posted on the door

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Originally posted by oldbill123:

Taking a weapon into a immediate care or the doctor's facility is expressly forbidden ... At Immediate care and the mega medical offices, it is posted on the door

Depends on where you are. Anything like that, that is "posted on the door" is meaningless here in Florida. Worst that could happen, your weapon is not concealed as well as it should be, it is detected, and you are asked to leave. If you refuse, the charge against you could be trespass, but not a weapon violation.

Every visit to my PCP, no matter the reason, has always stated with updating the record on weight, temp, pulse, o2 sat, and BP.

Over the years I've noticed that most electronic BP devices read high for me, and I ask for a manual reading. My PCP actually doesn't do electronic devices, but late last year the MA got a very high reading for me... I don't have high BP, but her reading was something like 190/130.

Of course the Doctor brought it up when he came in and I said it had to be a mistake as I've never had high BP. He agreed it might be and noticed the MA used their 'standard' cuff. He used a larger cuff and got back a reading that was more in the neighborhood of 130/75.

I didn't think I'd have to point out to the MA that they need to use the right cuff size for me, but apparently I do.

For the fourth time in four years
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The gal at the kidney doctors office takes my b.p. with the electric automatic b.p. gizmo,

Allfour times it's on the high side of fine.

All four times I tell her that her machine is off and needs re calibration.

She dismisses my comment.

6 minutes later the doc comes in and takes another b.p. test , by analog old style ,manual procedure
And my BP is perfect.

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Originally posted by bendable:
For the fourth time in four years
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The gal at the kidney doctors office takes my b.p. with the electric automatic b.p. gizmo,

Allfour times it's on the high side of fine.

All four times I tell her that her machine is off and needs re calibration.

She dismisses my comment.

6 minutes later the doc comes in and takes another b.p. test , by analog old style ,manual procedure
And my BP is perfect.

That may not be unusual especially if you did not get any resting time before the first reading. Often they put me in a room and immediatetly take my BP but ideally you rest for 5 minutes before having your BP taken.

Both my wife and I had WRONG information on our charts. I did not know this until I was able to review each of our's via the health care portal. My chart said I had pneumonia in the past and my wife's showed she had clinical depression. WTF?? I sent messages and both were removed via my request after I challenged them that it was wrong and if they did not believe me to then tell me when/where/who was that diagnosis. My wife takes Celebrex for fibromyalgia but it is also used for depression. I wonder if that anything to do with it?

My PCP years ago told me he personally does a manual BP as he has found the cute MAs tend to raise the BP of the guys.

I always have weight, BP, oxygen saturation, and temperature.

1. Q (12131) has already said what I would have posted about heart failure diagnosis. It's too important an issue to be just tossed up there with no follow-up.
To be clear "heart failure" means the heart's output of blood each beat is less than needed, which has multiple consequences.
It does not necessarily imply one has had a heart attack. There are MANY causes of heart failure.

2. Hypertension diagnosis and office BP measurements: it is rare in my experience for a medical assistant (hardly ever an actual nurse) to have the patient sit quietly for five minutes after arrival before checking blood pressure. Yet that is what was done in every significant clinical trial of hypertension. Serial BP's done at home after rest are much more accurate than office BP's quickly done. The OP's comment about the "nurse's" BP machine being off are probably due to poor technique, not the machine.

I opt out of things like bp checks, weight checks, etc. for any doctor's office except my PCP. No reason my chiro, dentist, eye doc, etc. needs that. They want it, but there's a difference. If they DO need it for a legit purpose other than to just "have it" and can explain the reasoning (example - eye doc wants it for glaucoma testing, etc) then I may allow them to take it.

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Originally posted by akcopnfbks:
I opt out of things like bp checks, weight checks, etc. for any doctor's office except my PCP. No reason my chiro, dentist, eye doc, etc. needs that. They want it, but there's a difference. If they DO need it for a legit purpose other than to just "have it" and can explain the reasoning (example - eye doc wants it for glaucoma testing, etc) then I may allow them to take it.

I've never been asked for that by my dentists, optometrists, etc.

However, I recently went to the county health department to get copies of some records from a few decades back pertaining to a positive TB skin test I had early in my LE career.

When the TB Nurse came to get me, she wanted to take my temperature, weight, and blood pressure.

Again, this visit merely involved retrieving some paperwork. No actual medical complaints, or testing, or treatment, or anything. Just picking up some papers about a 20 year old visit.

Dentists check your BP, and if it's very out of control, they won't work on you. I've had so many uncontrolled hypertensive patients telling me their dentists didn't want to proceed until the very high blood pressure is addressed by their PCP.

In my last few doctor's visits I showed an "oxygen saturation" of 97-98%. I can guess what that is, but how is it determined?

O2 saturation is usually measured by a device that clips onto your finger and has red LEDs inside of it.

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Originally posted by CoolRich59:
I was at my doc today to go over test results.

They checked weight, BP and pulse rate, but not temp.

Same as my doc. Her MA does it just as soon as I get there and am seated. I told her she was supposed to let me relax first and she laughed, "Not gonna happen."

It's always high then. But, my doc engages me in conversation for awhile then takes it manually. Its always much lower.

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Originally posted by grumpy1:
Both my wife and I had WRONG information on our charts. I did not know this until I was able to review each of our's via the health care portal. My chart said I had pneumonia in the past and my wife's showed she had clinical depression. WTF?? I sent messages and both were removed via my request after I challenged them that it was wrong and if they did not believe me to then tell me when/where/who was that diagnosis. My wife takes Celebrex for fibromyalgia but it is also used for depression. I wonder if that anything to do with it?

I bet someone confused Celebrex (NSAID) with Celexa (SSRI).

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Originally posted by bcereuss:

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Originally posted by grumpy1:
Both my wife and I had WRONG information on our charts. I did not know this until I was able to review each of our's via the health care portal. My chart said I had pneumonia in the past and my wife's showed she had clinical depression. WTF?? I sent messages and both were removed via my request after I challenged them that it was wrong and if they did not believe me to then tell me when/where/who was that diagnosis. My wife takes Celebrex for fibromyalgia but it is also used for depression. I wonder if that anything to do with it?

I bet someone confused Celebrex (NSAID) with Celexa (SSRI).

My bad, I meant to say she takes Cymbalta.

https://www.drugs.com/cymbalta.html

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My bad, I meant to say she takes Cymbalta.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cymbalta has many uses, one of which is depression. In the past a physician might prescribe Wellbutrin which has multiple uses, ie smoking cessation and depression.