On Mon 08 Sep, Hallvard wrote: > Dear List Members! >=20 > I like it when people ask me difficult questions! >=20 > Ida Kamphuis wished me welcome to the List with the following question: > "Will you be capable in the future to do your job and will that be safe > for heart patients in K=F6benhavn(Copenhagen) and if not what else can you > possibly do=94? Hello Hallvard, When you wrote your first email, I, like Ida, found myself wondering about whether you should continue in your present job, with the=20 associated risk to the patient. I find myself wondering what your colleagues think is happening. (You may think they have not noticed, but I suspect that=20 they will have noticed, and are probably very worried. My experience may be helpful; I had a fairly high pressure job as an=20 Engineer which I loved. Eventually I decided that it was time to step down=20 out of the firing line (All my fellow workers were fully aware of my PD) Looking back, some months later, it was clear to me that I should have=20 stopped about 3 to 6 months earlier - the reduction in stress was wonderful, and I think that we need to be a little bit selfish, and go for what YOU want, rather than what others may say. =20 Regards, --=20 Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>