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Do I only need a support person to pick me up after MOHS surgery?
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@colleenyoung Everything went well but the first time I showed up for my surgery my blood pressure had spiked to 200 over something and I wasn’t able to have the surgery. They rescheduled it for a week later and I was able to get some medication for my blood pressure. I’d never had readings that high and even though I was given about an hour for it to go down it just wouldn’t budge. But I was glad to learn it had running very high and was able to address that too. The surgeon was able to get the cancer removed in one pass so that was nice. And then the service I had lined up (Quality Care) worked out really well. When I came out to the waiting room I called the number I had been given and a very pleasant woman arrived within 15 minutes and took me by wheelchair back to my room at the Kahler Inn and Suites. She even said that if I needed any other help with anything up to 6:00 pm she could come back which I thought was really nice.
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@pjs7 I am glad your stressful experience turned out so well in the end (I read all of your posts). Procedures, doing something for the first time, postponing etc creates still more stress. Vicious circle. Even though this discussion is about visiting Mayo Clinic, I would like to share that my BP always increases from my normal 116/64 to 125/70 range readings to something higher. Had dental surgery last Monday, lots of Novocain for a back tooth removal, BP was around 180/80, something very abnormal. Stress and fear will do that. Your account of your positive experience on surgery day will be valuable to others.
@pjs7: My husband has "white coat syndrome". His BP can be perfectly fine but as soon as a medical professional walks into a room, watch out systolic! Hopefully this was just a temporary blip for you and all will return for normal soon.
This was the first I learned about Quality Care so I appreciate your sharing about that service. How did you - and are you - feeling physically after the procedure?
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@pjs7, that sounds like an overall great outcome. I bet it must've been stressful to have surgery postponed because of a spike in blood pressure. That alone is enough to increase the blood pressure (bad joke). Like you, I'm glad that the precautions were in place to keep you safe and that surgery went ahead a week later.
Do you continue follow-up with a cardiologist or PCP to monitor the blood pressure? Has it returned to normal or is this a new health issue?