I drank a lot last weekend and had a medical examination on Monday, and my BP was 168/116! Fark! I've never had high blood pressure!
The doc was quite worried and told me to come back in a couple of days, so I stayed off the booze (drank nothing but water and tea) and he did the test again today, I was 164/91! As I left he was calling the hospital to book me in for some tests.
I went to the store and bought a blood pressure tester, and bugger me if my first test showed 136/77? I did it 4 more times and the worst I got (after running to the fridge and back to get a beer in the ad break) was 154/88?
I learned two things.
1. Alcohol is your friend, and won't hurt you, no matter what anyone says, and
2. My doctor's BP machine is fcuked!