I'm not in any way recommending you freak out about it, and my initial thought is that perhaps in addition to you getting checked while doing your shopping so you've been moving around which would make some sense for the higher numbers, could you possibly be feeling some stress due to coming off warfarin? A lot of people are nervous about that and of course that could spike the numbers too.

In any case, I'd recommend you take notes on the numbers you're getting and just talk to the doctor about it when you see him again. Try to control the worry because you could start a cycle. But it's good to have the conversation with the doctor, it's good to have some dependable numbers to give the doctor. Do you mind me asking if your doctor asked you to keep track of this since coming off coumadin, or is this something you always do? I never had to keep track of it after my PE, although I've seen it slowly climb as I recovered. BP tends to be low after PE. In a way it seems good to me that there is a correlation in higher BP and higher HR. Symptom of PE would be an unusually low BP with high HR.

I agree with ShilosMommy! I would be much more concerned with a low BP and high HR. My HR went up pretty drastically for the first month I was off warfarin, and I can definately attribute that to the fact that I was an anxious mess! My BP is always higher if I'm anxious, with the exception of when I had my PE, and then I was in a complete panic with a very low BP. I actually find it somewhat reassuring to have a high blood pressure these days! I got really excited when my BP was 130/80 at the Dr. one day and the nurse thought I was nuts! I don't know how long ago your PE was, but my heart rate didn't start to make a significant drop until I was over a year out. My resting HR is now in the low 70s as opposed to the low 90s a couple months ago. I can still get my heart rate much higher with much less effort, but at least now my HR is generally back below 100 when I'm just walking around. For a long time even standing up would make it jump into the 120s.

Thanks for the feed-back. Yes, I'm a little stressed out with both going off Coumadins and the fact that I'm having a gastroscopy and colonoscopy on Monday.

I also think it's a good sign that the BP and HR are in synch because, since my PE, I've tended to have high HR and lower BP.

On the bright side, other than feeling much fatigue, I feel a lot better these days.

I check my BP regularly, because before my PE, it tended to be on the high side. And, since my PE, the HR tends to be higher: best I can hope for is high 90s.

I will sure keep monitoring it. At least, a doctor will be with me on Monday, should anything go wrong.

BP changes so much during the day, I wouldn't freak out too much about one reading unless it stayed high over several readings spaced out over several days. When you are worried about it, just the act of taking your blood pressure can raise it! Hope you feel better soon.

I would really chalk at least some of this up to anxiety, for sure. I know the day after I got out of the hospital, I felt my heart rate jump (while I was just sitting at the computer researching PEs) and wound up going back to the ER via ambulance. It turned out to be just anxiety and the increase HR was a result.

I mean, if you're constantly getting high numbers, then probably time to ask your doc. And, in this case, it might also be time to check in with your doc, just to get his/her opinion on it. I mean, it is hard to tell what's going on if it is causing you stress (and if stress is causing it). Maybe get through everything you've got going on this week and re-evaluate in another couple weeks and check with your doc.

I had a colonoscopy years ago, years before my PE, and I know my BP and heart rate were elevated then due to stress and anxiety. Hopefully once those tests are over you can relax a bit, and maybe the numbers will come down. Good luck with everything, and please let us know how things go.

Thanks for the encouraging words. I'm in the midst of doing that prep for the colonoscopy and my heart is racing due to pure disgust.

I'm keeping well hydrated, but it's hard.

Once tomorrow is gone by, I'll hope that the heart and BP will get back to some sense of normal. Then, I only have to make it until mid-April, when I go for the blood tests and can get back on the Coumadins. Because, added to everything is else the fear of clotting again while I'm off the the blood thinners. But, it will be good to know if there is, or isn't, a blood-clotting factor in my genes.