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I work in sales selling to the industrial and commercial world. Located in Snohomish County Washington.

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I believe like another poster said its because its our nature to be caregivers to everyone else before ourselves. We think of ourselves last or not at all. We work long hours with few breaks. Night shifters have those terrible sleep patterns which all by its self adds to the risk of obesity. It's said to say but there are a lot of unhealthy nurses out there!!!!!

Couldn't agree more! I work the night shift.....and sadly lots of 12 hour shifts with no breaks. Eat what you can, when you can. We're busy taking care of our patients......

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I'm in public health too' date=' a professor. I do research on mhealth.

hw-272, preop diet day 1-267, day of surgery- 255[/quote']

We have something else on common besides VSG.......I teach public health and epi.

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I get so excited to see other public health professionals! The field is vast, and every division does extremely important work and deserves a huge amount of respect! I sure wish that knowledge would filter up to those that make funding decisions. We are so often thought of as providing services to the disadvantaged, but we're really a 3rd leg to the public safety network along with police and fire!

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Hi all, I am still pre op and am enjoying reading everyone's stories, they are so inspirational. I work midnight shift at residential home for developmentally disabled adults. I agree with previous posters that working overnight is horrible on our bodies. We never get enough sleep amd it is impossible to get on a good eating schedule. Plus when I get super tired and am just trying to function I tend to reach for tasty comfort type Snacks, not a well portioned salad.< /p>

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Hi, Alene here. I am an EEG Tech ( brain waves) I work for our local trauma hopsital for adults, and pediatric patients. Love Love Love my job! :-D

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Bank call center supervisor. San Antonio Texas

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How cool - I teach program planning and evaluation

I'm a recovering academic lol! I used to conduct research on how to teach drug addicts better decisioning, and would evaluate drug abuse treatment programs and ways to reduce needle sharing amongst HIV-drug users.

Still evaluate programs now, but for large Fortune 500 companies mostly, and it's their marketing programs we're focusing on, not so much on their crazy, drug-using populations. :)

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I'm a recovering academic lol! I used to conduct research on how to teach drug addicts better decisioning' date=' and would evaluate drug abuse treatment programs and ways to reduce needle sharing amongst HIV-drug users.

Still evaluate programs now, but for large Fortune 500 companies mostly, and it's their marketing programs we're focusing on, not so much on their crazy, drug-using populations. :)[/quote']

Nice- I'm making a break into student affairs.... HIV was also my area but not so much anymore :)

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I am a flight attendant. Surgery is 8-21-13.

I've dreamed of becoming a flight attendant but never pursued it because of my size & I figured it wouldn't be conducive to raising my children. You'd really need a supportive family willing to help out with kiddos. How do you like it? Do you get to travel all over? I want to travel EVERYWHERE! Im stuck in a cubicle for 40 hours a week crunching numbers.....

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I am an OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner. Waiting to be sleeved when my schedule will allow. Hopefully around Christmas.

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Interesting thread...

Besides being a stay at home mom to my two kiddos (one is on the autism spectrum), I am in my final year of school -- a couple requirements shy of a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies.

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    • Aunty Mamo

      Iʻm roughly 6 weeks post-op this morning and have begun to feel like a normal human, with a normal human body again. I started introducing solid foods and pill forms of medications/supplements a couple of weeks ago and it's really amazing to eat meals with my family again, despite the fact that my portions are so much smaller than theirs. 
      I live on the island of Oʻahu and spend a lot of time in the water- for exercise, for play,  and for spiritual & mental health. The day I had my month out appointment with my surgeon, I packed all my gear in my truck, anticipating his permission to get back in the ocean. The minute I walked out of that hospital I drove straight to the shore and got in that water. Hallelujah! My appointment was at 10 am. I didn't get home until after 5 pm. 
      I'm down 31 pounds since the day of surgery and 47 since my pre-op diet began, with that typical week long stall occurring at three weeks. I'm really starting to see some changes lately- some of my clothing is too big, some fits again. The most drastic changes I notice however are in my face. I've also noticed my endurance and flexibility increasing. I was really starting to be held up physically, and I'm so grateful that I'm seeing that turn around in such short order. 
      My general disposition lately is hopeful and motivated. The only thing that bugs me on a daily basis still is the way those supplements make my house smell. So stink! But I just bought a smell proof bag online that other people use to put their pot in. My house doesn't stink anymore. 
       
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    • BeanitoDiego

      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
      Surgery was in August of 2023. A bill shows up for over $7,000 in January. WTF? I asks myself. I know that I jumped through all of the insurance hoops and verified this and triple checked that, as did the surgeon's office. All was set, and I paid all of the known costs before surgery.
      A looong story short, is that an assistant surgeon that was in the process of accepting money from my insurance company touched me while I was under anesthesia. That is what the bill was for. But hey, guess what? Some federal legislation was enacted last year to help patients out when they cannot consent to being touched by someone out of their insurance network. These types of bills fall under something called, "surprise billing," and you don't have to put up with it.
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      I had to make a lot of phone calls to both the surgeon's office and the insurance company and explain my rights and what the maximum out of pocket costs were that I could be liable for. Also had to remind them that it isn't my place to be taking care of all of this and that I was going to escalate things if they could not play nice with one another.
      Quick ending is that I don't have to pay that $7,000+. Advocate, advocate, advocate for yourself no matter how long it takes and learn more about this law if you are ever hit with a surprise bill.
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    • BeanitoDiego

      Some days I feel like an infiltrator... I'm participating in society as a "thin" person. They have no idea that I haven't always been one of them! 🤣
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    • ChunkCat

      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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    • BeanitoDiego

      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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