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I continued to follow the prescription recommended by my doctor, and I have not been recently due to final exams and winter break, but recently I purchased a meter and the readings have been just as high, which has concerned my mother thinking I should go to an emergency room. In my visits to my doctor, that was never recommended, and I wasn't medicated at the office or anything.
Should I be more concerned and consider emergency care at some point? Again, I have no insurance (and have already a hefty bill because of tests that I wasn't aware were not covered by my plan), and my current plan is to try to maintain for the next 2 weeks until I'm back at school, and visit my physician.
I really just think my blood pressure is supposed to be high, hence the fact it wasn't considered an emergency by my own MD. I am black and overweight.View Thread
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