Although I felt fine when I got up this morning, I fainted again at my desk a little later.
Went to the doctors, he took blood sugar and blood pressure among other things (luckily he had my test results from 2 weeks ago to compare to).
The blood sugar results he didn't tell me, but my blood pressure had gone from 115 systolic to 95 systolic, presumably only in the 5 days since I started LT (as I've had regular blood pressure checks since I started dieting and it's always been 120-115), so that would explain the fainting!!!
He was absolutely horrified, and actually had me eat some of the doctors' biscuits in the surgery before he'd let me go home.
He said he doesn't want me doing this again - in fact that he now refuses to sign off on the VLCDs that require it as he's seen so many problems from them, including gallstones and liver problems in formerly healthy patients.
That said, he agreed he couldn't stop me doing it, and said that it was the sudden drop in blood pressure that had caused the problem - not that the blood pressure was actually low enough to be dangerous.
He told me to leave it for the rest of the week and start at the weekend again, if I still want to, when I can have a couple of days resting up. He then said to come in on Monday for another blood pressure check, and then he wants me to have weekly checkups, and if my blood pressure drops below 90 systolic, I will absolutely have to stop for my own health.
Sorry if there is confusion because I really do not understand medical terms and possibly became a bit confused!
Anyway, thanks for all your support, I am off (reluctantly) to tuck into a tuna sarnie (with low fat mayo lol).
R xxx
Went to the doctors, he took blood sugar and blood pressure among other things (luckily he had my test results from 2 weeks ago to compare to).
The blood sugar results he didn't tell me, but my blood pressure had gone from 115 systolic to 95 systolic, presumably only in the 5 days since I started LT (as I've had regular blood pressure checks since I started dieting and it's always been 120-115), so that would explain the fainting!!!
He was absolutely horrified, and actually had me eat some of the doctors' biscuits in the surgery before he'd let me go home.
He said he doesn't want me doing this again - in fact that he now refuses to sign off on the VLCDs that require it as he's seen so many problems from them, including gallstones and liver problems in formerly healthy patients.
That said, he agreed he couldn't stop me doing it, and said that it was the sudden drop in blood pressure that had caused the problem - not that the blood pressure was actually low enough to be dangerous.
He told me to leave it for the rest of the week and start at the weekend again, if I still want to, when I can have a couple of days resting up. He then said to come in on Monday for another blood pressure check, and then he wants me to have weekly checkups, and if my blood pressure drops below 90 systolic, I will absolutely have to stop for my own health.
Sorry if there is confusion because I really do not understand medical terms and possibly became a bit confused!
Anyway, thanks for all your support, I am off (reluctantly) to tuck into a tuna sarnie (with low fat mayo lol).
R xxx