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Article: CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS REVEAL TOLL OF UNBRIDLED STRESS ON BODY
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- April 18, 2002
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`We don't even notice how hard we're pushing'
Besides her painful and swollen joints, Barbara Townsend had
endless fatigue and trouble catching her breath. An ordinary stairway
looked like a boot camp's obstacle course. A preliminary blood test
showed a good chance she had lupus.
But there was no time for rest. Townsend was completing her
doctoral dissertation and working a high-pressure job as operations
director for Huber Heights schools. Take time off? What did they
think she was? Some kind of wimp?
"We don't even notice how hard we're pushing," said Janet Byars, a
clinical counselor whose A World of Solutions practice focuses on
stress relief for people and businesses. "No wonder her ...