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Subject:    [Quanta] I'm back from my doctor ordered rest
From:       Eric Laffoon <sequitur () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-06-30 7:08:21
Message-ID: 200606300008.21611.sequitur () kde ! org
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Hi all!
I just wanted to explain why I haven't been seen on the list lately. Those who 
know me know that I've usually got something to say. I'm also not as young as 
I used to be. So this is what happened...

Last year I was starting to get headaches and have trouble concentrating. I 
went to the dentist late in the year and they refused to clean my teeth 
because my bloodpressure was too high. I went to my doctor early this year, I 
see a naturopath, and she promptly sent me to the emergency room. If you know 
about bloodpressure it's supposed to be 120/80 and by the time I was in the 
emergency room it was over 220/115. This is consistent with me not doing 
things halfway, unless you count halfway to a heart attack. After responding 
well to drugs I was released with a light prescription and went to see my 
doctor again. The goal was to get me healthy and hopefully off drugs.

My doctor ordered bloodwork, dietary changes and had me stop taking all 
nutritional supplements that could elevate blood pressure. Unfortunately this 
includes B vitamins for stress. I was also ordered to bed rest for weeks and 
forbidden to go to the gym and lift weights. That could blow a blood vessel. 
My bloodwork came back with less than glowing numbers for cholesterol profile 
and blood sugar, but at least not a disaster. We're making progress now. My 
headaches stopped right away, but my energy was not so good and much time in 
my office meant I had to take a break and rest. 

Effectively I had to stop all but the least stressful work and I backed away 
from any other drain on my energy, like my open source projects. It's likely 
that cramming 20-40 hours a week in on top of my work and not sleeping much 
had something to do with my bloodpressure. To add to all this I had to locate 
a new farm plot for Kitty Hooch on an emergency basis. While that went behind 
schedule and added financial strain it appears that it will not be a disaster 
and our personal income should jump this year. I've had a lot more going on 
too. Feel free to check out some of my fun at http://kittyhooch.com like the 
cat run I did for Waldo and Tink Bastian (Long term KDE people). 
http://kittyhooch.com/walkway.php

I'm now getting back to a more normal schedule and working on plans for Quanta 
and Kommander for KDE 4. I'm a very busy guy. I'm seeing my doctor weekly for 
nutritional and wholistic treatments and things are looking good. I hope to 
be off prescription drugs by next year. I hope to get some programming time 
in later this year.

We will need to get three of us to the conference this year and I want to 
update developer hardware too. Any financial support towards our project is 
very welcome as we work on getting the new version ready and giving you 
something to cheer about. http://kdewebdev.org/donate.php

I have enjoyed wonderful support and encouragement from the community so 
thanks to all of you in advance for your best wishes.
-- 
Eric Laffoon - Quanta+ Team Leader 
http://quanta.kdewebdev.org
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