Post by Rowyn Starr on Mar 15, 2017 16:12:44 GMT
I didn't want to post this, but after the events of the last couple of days, I don't feel like I have much choice.
I've got to step away from actively e-fedding. For how long I don't know. I had to do this three years ago when I simply burned out. This time, it's not a matter of recharging. It's for the sake of my health.
A week ago, I slept on my neck wrong and woke up really sore. A day later, I developed a headache which I still have. On advice that if I couldn't shake it, I needed to have my blood pressure checked. Yesterday, I was able to have it checked and the result was 220/140. Not only is that high, that is stroke level high and I was immediately sent to a nearby medical center. It took them all day to get my blood pressure down to where I could come home instead of being hospitalized. I went back for a follow-up this morning. While above normal, it's nowhere what it was yesterday, but I was also diagnosed as being diabetic, too. I'm not taking this news well, but I'm not surprised by it, either.
While I'm trying to deal with getting my bp down to a safe level, I'm also hit with the reality that I've got to make some major changes in my lifestyle, too. I drink Coke and Mt. Dew like it's going out of style. I can't do that anymore. I'm not a young man and I have the unhealthy eating habits of a child. I have to make a change there. I live alone, but the only thing I don't know how to do is cook for myself (I've actually caused boiling water to catch on fire). I've got a lot to focus on and my priority is trying to get well and to manage a chronic disease in the process.
From a stress level issue alone, I need to step away. While e-fedding can be fun, it can also be a lot of work from meeting RP deadlines, coming up with a good story ideas, segments, or doing work to help make sure the shows go up on time, and I know that putting your heart into this can be a thankless effort, especially for any e-fed staff.. I love the way that the staff has tried to make e-fedding here a lot less stressful. Most of you can relate to this, and at the start of this year, e-fedding was stressing me (but by far, not the only thing that was piling on). I was primed to come back and now all of this has dropped on me.
If Nick and Mason are agreeable, I'd like to finish our feud on the next card and go out on that. I love you all, and if I can get to a point where I'm able to manage my diabetes, get my blood pressure down, and just get in a better frame of mind overall, I will come back. I have to take care of myself first, and I have to focus on this because with life-style changes come hurdles to get over.
I love PW and I'll still be on the sidelines cheering everyone else on and reading, so I won't be that far away. I just won't be active. At this point, prayers, thoughts, and good vibes will be much appreciated and welcome. I'll say it again: I love you all. God Bless!
Martin (Rowyn Starr)
I've got to step away from actively e-fedding. For how long I don't know. I had to do this three years ago when I simply burned out. This time, it's not a matter of recharging. It's for the sake of my health.
A week ago, I slept on my neck wrong and woke up really sore. A day later, I developed a headache which I still have. On advice that if I couldn't shake it, I needed to have my blood pressure checked. Yesterday, I was able to have it checked and the result was 220/140. Not only is that high, that is stroke level high and I was immediately sent to a nearby medical center. It took them all day to get my blood pressure down to where I could come home instead of being hospitalized. I went back for a follow-up this morning. While above normal, it's nowhere what it was yesterday, but I was also diagnosed as being diabetic, too. I'm not taking this news well, but I'm not surprised by it, either.
While I'm trying to deal with getting my bp down to a safe level, I'm also hit with the reality that I've got to make some major changes in my lifestyle, too. I drink Coke and Mt. Dew like it's going out of style. I can't do that anymore. I'm not a young man and I have the unhealthy eating habits of a child. I have to make a change there. I live alone, but the only thing I don't know how to do is cook for myself (I've actually caused boiling water to catch on fire). I've got a lot to focus on and my priority is trying to get well and to manage a chronic disease in the process.
From a stress level issue alone, I need to step away. While e-fedding can be fun, it can also be a lot of work from meeting RP deadlines, coming up with a good story ideas, segments, or doing work to help make sure the shows go up on time, and I know that putting your heart into this can be a thankless effort, especially for any e-fed staff.. I love the way that the staff has tried to make e-fedding here a lot less stressful. Most of you can relate to this, and at the start of this year, e-fedding was stressing me (but by far, not the only thing that was piling on). I was primed to come back and now all of this has dropped on me.
If Nick and Mason are agreeable, I'd like to finish our feud on the next card and go out on that. I love you all, and if I can get to a point where I'm able to manage my diabetes, get my blood pressure down, and just get in a better frame of mind overall, I will come back. I have to take care of myself first, and I have to focus on this because with life-style changes come hurdles to get over.
I love PW and I'll still be on the sidelines cheering everyone else on and reading, so I won't be that far away. I just won't be active. At this point, prayers, thoughts, and good vibes will be much appreciated and welcome. I'll say it again: I love you all. God Bless!
Martin (Rowyn Starr)
