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I've been wrestling with this for about a month. I have three teachers in

my department that have some health concerns. One has Lupus, so I don't know how they are going to handle her case. The other has hypertension and serious family history of strokes. For me, I'm the oldest of the lot (54) and I have hypertension and I've had a-fib pretty much my entire life. The goods news for me is I have O + blood and I'm in relatively good health. Still, do I stay or do I go? I'm just not sure right now. So much still needs to be worked out.

(In response to this post by Guy LeDouche)

Posted: 07/09/2020 at 12:32PM

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I've been wrestling with this for about a month. I have three teachers in -- graycalhoo 07/09/2020 12:32PM

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