Try talking to Judy again. All you can do is try. But, when she's teaching,
she can't force you to do errands for Sarah. I understand about marital
disagreements and spouses who have ears made of brick... sigh lol  Of
course if you took your car for a drive nobody could call you up and you
could do a meditation parked somewhere in the car. worth a try.  I have to
say, I truly doubt BP medication as it seems to need more and more to work.

Mag

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> [Original Message]
> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 12/16/2005 7:24:52 PM
> Subject: Re: i have a blood pressure problem
>
> first ben is not nearly tthe problem that sara is. he
> is more a nusence if taken by himself. sara is however
> a major problem. i could do what you suggest if i did
> not have an enabler as my wife. sara is a user and
> judy will not let me put a halt to it as i would if i
> had her support. it will only end when i move judy
> away from sara. i have a year and a hafe until judy is
> vested to the point than even if she moves away she'll
> have a small pension from the georgia teachers
> retirement plan. the plan is to leave this area then.
> it just happens to coincide with bens transfering from
> the local community college to a university. hopefully
> the long term fight with the government will be
> settled by then too. that too would relieve some
> stress.
>
> --- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > My doctor, a gp, recomends meditation for dealing
> > with pain too. So, it may
> > help  kill (or help) the both things with one stone.
> > Ken, you sound like
> > one of these people who must learn to say no. Ben is
> > a big boy, he is young
> > and agile, let him come get whatever he needs; same
> > with your daughter.
> > Heck, as soon as I was in college my mom stopped
> > schelping me around.
> > Simply explain to your family that you have serious
> > medical conditions and
> > if they want you to live to be 67 or whatever, you
> > have to take better care
> > of yourself.
> >
> > Mag
> >
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> > "What is real but compassion, as we move from birth
> > to death?"
> > ~~Greg Brown~~
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: 12/16/2005 5:39:29 PM
> > > Subject: Re: i have a blood pressure problem
> > >
> > > I've been told that pain can elevate your blood
> > pressure, Ken, so
> > > it'd make sense that chronic pain would increase
> > your hypertension.
> > >
> > >
> > > Kat
> > >
> > > On 16 Dec 2005, at 20:25, ken barber wrote:
> > >
> > > > i actually do try to do this when i am alone.
> > > >
> > > > someone ask if i had other symptoms. i have had
> > quite
> > > > a bit of pain for years so it would be easy to
> > miss
> > > > another one. actually pain for as long as mine
> > has
> > > > been can be a stress factor itself. and i'll be
> > the
> > > > first to admit that i have over the last couple
> > years
> > > > and the last one in particular have had multiple
> > > > stress factors one on top of another. it has
> > been from
> > > > every angle. so that is the first suspect. there
> > could
> > > > be others.
> >
>
>
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