The last week around here has been a bit stressful.  Hubby has been in bed since Feb. 23rd.  He’s been in a lot of pain and it just hurts to go from the bed to the chair and going from the bed to the toilet is sheer torture.  So I’ve spent a lot of time sitting on the bed beside him playing Gin Rummy and otherwise trying to keep him entertained.  Two things we found is that 1) I’m good at accidentally waking him up when he’s sleeping and 2) I can’t play Gin Rummy worth a hoot because I keep losing which doesn’t really bother me to lose.

This last Sunday he was having a bad hurting spell so I laid down next to him, not because I could do anything, but more or less as moral support and I fell asleep.  I slept for four hours.  Hubby asked me to take my blood pressure later that evening and when I did it was 128/80.  That just absolutely tickled him to no end, and it did explain why I was feeling wiped out. 

I’ve had several really good blood pressure reading in the last couple of days.  I’ve also slept a lot because I’ve just felt like I’m drained.  I know that will get better as I adjust to my blood pressure being low.  It’s really weird because when my blood pressure was high I actually felt good and now that it’s going down I don’t feel as well.  It’s good that the doctor cautioned me what to watch for because this being better but not feeling better…it’s the pits.