Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hmm.... Right? Why am I on a statin, Mr. Doc? When I first started this I was on a low dose amlodipine benazepril which didn't work. Then the amlodipine atorvastatin at a higher dose (which is weird because when he prescribed it, he hadn't done my cholesterol bloodwork which he said came back good, but shows my cholesterol is high).
ARGH.
Maybe I should just cut back on the cheese and eat out less and work out more.
In serious and depressing news, I think I'm going to be pink slipped this year. I have over 10 years with the district, but they are pink slipping 11,000 people. I'm sure I'm in that list.
Oh Kat, that's terrible. Is that 11,000 all teachers? Fuck.
Oh jesus, Kat. That's an insane number.
What's the bad number with blood pressure? Or the worse one? Mine was, for the first time pretty much ever, not 110/70 when I was at the doctor last week (I think it was 130/80). Is that bad?
Kat, really? Ten years doesn't keep you??? That's crazy. How many teachers are there? Is this one of those summer pink slips and they'll likely rehire in the fall, or more like "Hey, we have a rental, let's go move to Seattle!"? :)
Also, the beta blocker is metoprolol that he prescribed!
Sue, I don't know. They just said employees in the story. [link]
Oh, that sucks so much, Kat.
Kat,
that is fucking terrible - for you and the students and the other teachers. what madness.
I was listening to This American Life this week (I did not finish it yet) and they were talking about how Trenton, NY cut like 1/3rd or more of the cops and the crime rate has doubled. They cut other public employees and other city services are delayed and hampered.
Ugh.
I would love to move to Seattle. Find us jobs, will you, meara!
The last info I can find on # of teachers is 45,000 in 2007-2008 (35,000 other employees), but there have been probably 10,000 terminated since then. So 11,000 is an insane-o huge number.
Oh my lord, Kat! So, about a third? INSANE. Totally insane. Uggh.
(I think it was 130/80). Is that bad?
That's above normal, and yet not considered high: [link] I think what that translates to is "Keep an eye on it." Since that's the first time it's been above normal, I wouldn't start worrying just yet. It could have been a fluke, you could have had white-coat hypertension, or it could be increased blood pressure.
But bear in mind that it's not within the realm of *high* blood pressure, either.
