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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 579592" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I know for certain how much stress can affect your blood pressure and your health in general! And it's not necessarily "white coat syndrome". This happened to me in the weeks right before and directly after my decision to retire early when things got so bad at work. It was awful there in those last weeks and months and unbelievably stressful. I have always been basically healthy with no physical problems. And I have never EVER had a problem with my blood pressure. But those last years, especially the last few weeks, were <em>horrible</em>. I was having heart palpitations and shortness of breath, aches and pains all over. And I had constant insomnia and never got more than 2 or 3 hours sleep a night, some nights none at all. And I was gobbling OTC antiacids like they were M&M's. On Sunday afternoons it was like a black cloud gathering over my head, knowing I had to go back to "that place" the next morning and sometimes I would get sick to my stomach.</p><p></p><p>Here in Tennessee, if you retire or leave State employment for any reason, you get paid for any unused vacation time you have but they keep any unused sick leave and some long-term employees have months and even <em>years</em> of unused sick time built up. I had six weeks of sick leave to use up before I officially retired. So standard practice is to go to a doctor and get an excuse, a slip for "whatever" to allow you to use up those remaining sick days before you turn in your retirement papers ... in my case it was for my arthritic knees that gave me fits from climbing all those stairs at work. The first time I went to the doctor to get a slip for my knees, when I was still working, I was shocked when they told me that my blood pressure was high! I had NEVER in my life had a problem with it! I was NOT a bit nervous because all they did was to check me over and xray my knees. They faxed a slip to our HR office at work for me to be off for 4 weeks, told me to come back in a month, and I never went back to work! Done with that place! Finally! And after a month of being off work and getting away from that constant horrible stress and anxiety, I went back to the doctor to get another slip for the remaining two weeks. And my blood pressure was now perfectly normal! Just like it had always been before! Had I not left when I did, I'm sure it would have kept getting worse and worse until it was bad enough to endanger my health, even my life. In addition, I was sleeping well again, most of the aches and pains were gone, and my stomach problems were so much better, all from getting rid of the stress I had been under. Janet, you just can't keep going on the way you have been! With all your other medical problems, you sure don't need high blood pressure too! Is there any possibility that your doctor could have a talk with Tony, so he can really see what a toll all this nonsense with Buck is taking with your health? It sounds like he is finally starting to see the light, maybe this will be enough to finally push him over that edge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 579592, member: 1883"] I know for certain how much stress can affect your blood pressure and your health in general! And it's not necessarily "white coat syndrome". This happened to me in the weeks right before and directly after my decision to retire early when things got so bad at work. It was awful there in those last weeks and months and unbelievably stressful. I have always been basically healthy with no physical problems. And I have never EVER had a problem with my blood pressure. But those last years, especially the last few weeks, were [I]horrible[/I]. I was having heart palpitations and shortness of breath, aches and pains all over. And I had constant insomnia and never got more than 2 or 3 hours sleep a night, some nights none at all. And I was gobbling OTC antiacids like they were M&M's. On Sunday afternoons it was like a black cloud gathering over my head, knowing I had to go back to "that place" the next morning and sometimes I would get sick to my stomach. Here in Tennessee, if you retire or leave State employment for any reason, you get paid for any unused vacation time you have but they keep any unused sick leave and some long-term employees have months and even [I]years[/I] of unused sick time built up. I had six weeks of sick leave to use up before I officially retired. So standard practice is to go to a doctor and get an excuse, a slip for "whatever" to allow you to use up those remaining sick days before you turn in your retirement papers ... in my case it was for my arthritic knees that gave me fits from climbing all those stairs at work. The first time I went to the doctor to get a slip for my knees, when I was still working, I was shocked when they told me that my blood pressure was high! I had NEVER in my life had a problem with it! I was NOT a bit nervous because all they did was to check me over and xray my knees. They faxed a slip to our HR office at work for me to be off for 4 weeks, told me to come back in a month, and I never went back to work! Done with that place! Finally! And after a month of being off work and getting away from that constant horrible stress and anxiety, I went back to the doctor to get another slip for the remaining two weeks. And my blood pressure was now perfectly normal! Just like it had always been before! Had I not left when I did, I'm sure it would have kept getting worse and worse until it was bad enough to endanger my health, even my life. In addition, I was sleeping well again, most of the aches and pains were gone, and my stomach problems were so much better, all from getting rid of the stress I had been under. Janet, you just can't keep going on the way you have been! With all your other medical problems, you sure don't need high blood pressure too! Is there any possibility that your doctor could have a talk with Tony, so he can really see what a toll all this nonsense with Buck is taking with your health? It sounds like he is finally starting to see the light, maybe this will be enough to finally push him over that edge. [/QUOTE]
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