It was very nice of him to respond. I've been blown off before without even deserving it, and then ignored, no response ever again. And I sent one or two sane emails trying to clear up any misunderstanding or ask for the courtesy of an explanation. It's such a horrible, triggering feeling when there's nothing to do but deal with the pain by yourself with no closure.

I understand about the stress from work, too. I had a very stressful job situation I had to deal with that gave me diarrhea and honestly my stomach hasn't been the same since! I also get a very painful shooting pain across my back sometimes from work related stress. Stress is a killer!

I say listen to your body. I know you worked hard to become a nurse and obviously you don't just want to walk away from it, but you might find some area in nursing that doesn't stress you out as much.