no see...........Allen!

I have the opposite effect with my Blood Pressure. Only they never believe me. When I had that major back surgery a year ago last November, it was done on Wed. By Saturday they refused to give me any pain meds period because my BP was so low. It was something like ummmm 85'/60 or a bit lower. I was in so much pain I couldn't even move. Not only from my feet burning, but the incision & not being able to hardly move anyway without help. They said my BP would go lower & I kept telling them it would go back up if they gave me pain meds. I realize that most of the time when people are in pain their BP goes sky high. BUT my body does not react to alot of meds like it is suppose to do. My body wants to react the exact opposite of normal. BUT of course I know nothing about how my body reacts to different swituations. So I called my hubby who was at home & told him to get up, get dressed & get his behind down to the hospital but make sure you bring my pain meds with you cause they won't give me anything & I told him why but he knows by now too I react different than most people do to meds etc etc etc.

About 30 minutes after I took my pain meds after my honey buzzed down to the hospital, which btw took about an hour cause of how far we live from Sacramento, my BP was back around 105/75. Before the surgery my BP was usually high & I was on BP meds. After surgery I have never taken high BP meds since. I even went to a heart specialist clinic to make sure all was A-Okay with me. It was & he said sometimes people just up & change & never have to take them again. To this day though, when in extreme pain my BP is lower than when I am in my normal pain mode.

Good you had yourself checked out. You do need to take care of yourself & your BP. It can kill if too high. And yours was WAY HIGH kiddo.

Take care,
DebbyV

Hey Allen,

TG you went in time, no more Suffering in Silence, if you please....and yes, for anyone, RSD or not, past a certain age, ya gotta watch that BP!

Hi Debby,

Long time no see...good to see you back here...

take care, both of you,
all the best

I was trying to verify that *77 or # 77 number thing- and I ended up finding this-
from TrendMicro
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoax...ial+%2377+Hoax


[ *Threats
o Scams & Hoaxes

Dial #77 Hoax

Type: Urban Legend

Description:

This hoax informs its target recipients of a new emergency cell phone number, #77, which connects to a local highway patrol or sheriff's office. It actually narrates the story of someone's daughter who was saved from a criminal posing as a policeman in an unmarked police car. It states that the girl had immediately called the said emergency number and the police men were able to rescue her in no time.

The Urban Legend Zeitgeist could not find any reported incident that closely matches the described event. According to them, dialing #77 or *77 on a cell phone might contact the highway patrol, but only if the person happens to be in an area that supports the said feature.

Also, the email mentions that the incident allegedly took place in Virginia, which has now converted its emergency hotline to 911. Therefore, #77 may no longer be functioning.

Trend Micro advises all recipients to ignore and not to forward the said email message.

Original Message:

Please read everyone. Very good information to pass on, especially to young women!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never even knew about this #77 feature! This actually happened to one of my dearest new friend's daughter. Her daughter, Lauren, is 19 yrs old and a sophomore in college. This happened to her over the Christmas/New Year's holiday break. It was the Saturday before New Year's and it was about 1 PM in the afternoon. Lauren was driving from here, Winchester, to visit a friend in Warrenton. For Those of you who are familiar with the area, she was taking 50 East towards Middleburg and then was going to cut over to 66 via 17.

Those of you who aren't familiar with this area - 50 East is a main road (and two lanes each side with a big median separating East and West lanes), but is somewhat secluded, meaning mostly residents along the road, rather than commercial businesses. Lauren was actually following behind a state police car shortly after she left Winchester and was going just over 65 mph since she was following behind him. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. My friend and her husband have 4 children (high school and college age) and have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather wait until they get to a gas station, etc.

So Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called #77 on her cell phone to tell the dispatcher that she would not pull over right away.She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there were 2 police cars, one unmarked behind her and one marked in front of her. The dispatcher checked if there were 2 police cars where she was. There wasn't and she was connected to the policeman in front of her and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back-up already on the way.

Ten min later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind her. One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car behind. They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground..........the man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes.

Thank God Lauren listened to her parents!

She was shaken up, but fine. I never knew that bit of advice, but especially for a woman alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car in a secluded area. In fact, even a marked car after dark should follow you to a populated area. Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a"safe" place.

You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them (i.e. put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. I am so thankful that my friend was just sitting at our book club meeting telling us this scary story, rather than us at her house consoling her!

Be safe and pass this on to your friends. Awareness is everything]

the google link with more hoax info-
http://www.google.com/search?q=Dial+...ient=firefox-a


But I do know if you are unsure about your safety - you can signal to the officer real or not real { by using flashers and driving slowly} and proceed to a well lit, safe and busy area before stopping.

You can use 911 to call and verify - especially if you are at all nervous about if a officer is real or not.

So far I haven't found out what *77 or #77 is for, if anything.

Hey Everyone.

It is a very good idea to not stop for police, unmarked or other wise, until you are in a more populated area. It IS perfectly legal for you to proceed to a well lit parking lot, or even the police station it's self when a cop is trying to pull you over, as long as you DO NOT act like you are trying to flee or give him the slip, or anything else.

You CAN call 911 to let the dispatcher know what is going on....and they can verify if the police officer behind you is a real one or not. They are in contact with the police, and can let him know exactly what you are doing, and you can hear directions from him (via the 911 dispatcher) also.

In some areas, along some Highways or Interstates, there are some of the blue information signs that give info on how to contact the State Trouper's office by dialing * and some other number. Here where I live, going up and down Interstate 20/59 it is posted that *HP (so that would be *47) will get you in touch with the High Way Patrol office, and that you can use that in the case of an ER. Everyone might want to look on the Highways and Interstates around where they live, and see if there are such signs posted. You might also be able to find out this type of info by calling your Highway Patrol office and asking them if they have such * codes (or whatever they are called). Seems to me that they should be able to give you some kind of answer to that question.

As far as anything that cell phones do, the only thing that I know that is about universal here in the states is their ability to call 911. Even a cell phone that has no service (but that has power/is charged) can call 911. That is why they have those drives where they ask folks to donate their old, but working, cell phones to battered and abused women's shelters. They are trying to get cell phones to as many women as they can, because they are so useful in ER situations, even when there is no service to them.

Another good reason to keep a cell phone with you all the time when you are out, is so that if there IS an ER that happens, and you are unable to talk to rescue workers for whatever reason, they can look in your cell phone to see who your "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) people/contacts are. Just put them in your phonebook feature on your cell phone, and it will help in a ER, if ever one should arise. Again, you can even do this with phones that have no service.

I want to thank Allen for his post that got this line of discussion started. Also, because he is always trying to look out for all of us here, the best way that he can. So, Thank You Allen!! I am glad that you went to the ER, and that they LISTENED to you, finally. You said that "they said" you needed to have BP meds AND Pain meds..right? So, does that mean that you will be able to have something to help with your pain again? Were they able to set you up with a doc that might be able to help you out? I know that sometimes ER's can do that. Or they can at least refer you to someone. The one here does it all the time for all different kinds of problems that they need to have followed up on, but that don't necessarily require another trip to the ER (although if there is no other option, then they have the folks come back to them for the follow up stuff. Usually, this happens because of Insurance issues/lack of insurance). I am just so glad that you went, because that BP was scary high! Mine goes up too, when my pain levels are up. Just about EVERY time that I go to the doc or to the hospital to have procedures done, my BP is elevated because of the trip up there (remember, my doc is in another town and it takes me about an hour and a half to get to him). But, it doesn't STAY that way.....it just likes to go up and down a lot, I guess. But, I would be scared to death to have it ever read as high as your got! Please, please promise that you will take the meds, and take care of your self, ok?

Alright..this wound up being longer than I meant for it to be (what's new with that? ROFL...all of you "Oldies" know that I can't seem to ever write anything "Short" no matter how I try! LOL), so I am going to end this here. I will try to be back with a better post, catching everyone up on all the happenings around here. I have LOTS of Big News to share!

((Hugs))
Jose