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I had my sleeve done in February and was immediately taken off my blood pressure medications after surgery. I haven't been on any medications (except my psychiatric meds) since then. I have a FitBit that tracks my heart rate and my resting heart rate is almost always below 55 BPM. Before surgery my resting heart rate was at least 70. I have confirmed several times that my FitBit is accurate. I use an at-home blood pressure cuff every so often and I find that when my heart rate is below 60 (which it often is), the bottom number on my blood pressure is always high. If I move around a bit to get my heart rate above 60, my blood pressure is then within the normal range. Today I did this and when my heart rate was 57 my blood pressure was 137/101. I did it a few minutes later with a heart rate of 63 and my blood pressure was 128/84. Has anyone else had this happen to them? I have a physical scheduled in January and I do plan on bringing this up during my appointment.

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Bring it up to the doc for sure. 137/101 is too high. My group told me to phone if my BP went over 160 on top or 90 on the bottom. I had a couple days over 90 when I was first taken off my meds, and did half a BP pill for a while and it helped. Then my BP dropped again for a few days and I went off completely. Have not been back on since, and it's been steady high 120's over mid 80's. i'm happy with this.

But yeah, keeping track and keeping your team in the loop is the way to go for sure!

PS...my heart rate dropped significantly, too. i'd been on BP meds and a diuretic for over 20 years! No more:)

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12 days post op and Im dealung with very low blood pressure 95/56 and I was dizzy and felt terrible all day could hardly breath, just weak. I have dropped 20lbs ib 12 days. Finally got my pressure up 104/67 feeling much better. Trying to get more fluids in. Have to stay on Clear Liquids for 2 weeks! I very weak

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