Summary-line: 17-Apr                 to: immune  #Problems on all ends
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 91 15:06:56 pdt
From: cnorman (Cyndi Norman)
To: immune
Cc: cnorman
Subject: Problems on all ends
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 91 15:06:56 pdt
From: cnorman (Cyndi Norman)
To: immune
Cc: cnorman
Subject: Problems on all ends
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I hate to say it, but it seems there are plenty of problems with the
logistics of this list.  Several of you have complained to me lately that
your messages are bouncing to immune (though immune-request seems to work
fine).  I don't know what's up (even my mail spool has been having
problems--it keeps disapearing!).  My system administrator is looking into
it (I assume) but it's clear this is hardly on the top of his "to do" list.
I think it would be helpful if those of you who got bounced messages
forward them to me so I can compile a file for my sys ad.

In the meantime, I guess we'll have to go back to our old system of posting
by sending messages to me with a *clear* request to post to the entire
group.  I don't mind, though I might fall a day behind now and then.

And the other end?

Then there's stress.  Anybody have some good methods for dealing with it?
My blood sugar goes down, my dyslexia/dysgraphia goes up (thank god for the
backspace key!!!), my temper gets shorter.  It's a vicious cycle.  I don't
have time or patience for shopping or cooking so I don't eat well, which
lowers my blood sugar (hypoglyemia), which raises my stress level.  I'm a
first-year grad student in the middle of my last quarter, taking 3 classes,
teaching, have one more term paper from last quarter to write, and am
preparing for 12 hours of greuling first-year exams that determine if I
will stay in the department or not.

I find that controlling my diet doesn't relieve the stress but it does keep
it from getting out-of-control.  I need frequent, consistant protein.
Fortunately, money isn't an issue now so I can comprimise by buying mostly
prepared food so I don't have to shop, cook, or clean up (it's either have
money or get a wife :-)

My hyperventalation has been a terrible problem lately--I had an attack a
week ago and now I get horribly ill everytime I so much as pass a
cigarette.  My lung capacity is bad too, so I get to huff and puff after
holding my breath to pass the smokers.

I find physical contact helpful too (the old four-hugs-a-day treatment).
At least I have cats :-)

Taking time to relax is not really an option.  I spend some time in my
garden or playing with the neighborhood kids (physcial activity helps) but
I really have too too much work to do.  I won't get a day off until after
my exams in mid-June.

I have always found stress to be a problem.  My immune system just don't
work right.  And, unlike what the "medical experts" think, I don't believe
we can separate mind and body.  Stress, allergies, environmental exposure,
diet, pschological well-being, affection, medical "conditions," etc, all
intertwine.

Comments?  Advice?  Moral support?

Cyndi