My first post here, been reading for months. Seems a lot of people posting are in the medical field. I thought it would be cool to hear what fellow sleevers do for a living.

The wife and I are both Respiratory Therapists here in Michigan. I am just starting this journey with my 8 hour information seminar ( pre-op ) scheduled for later this month. My better half was sleeved the end of April. She is doing awesome. Down 84 lbs total including the pre-op weight loss.

Im so excited to get my life back after getting this incredible weight loss tool.

Hope to hear from you guys.

I'm a retired elementary teacher, and taught many special needs students from K to 12th grade. Have supervised student teachers getting certified in Learning Disabilities for A local university as well as doing collections for dug testing for people with CDL licenses at more than 20 Sites in our retirement. First year fully retired!!

Should be drug testing!

Great topic!!

I am 35 and have been teaching high school special education for 11 years in NY. My second job is a single mom to a 3 1/2 yr old! Yesterday marked two weeks that I was sleeved. Feeling great! Down about 17lbs post-op and getting REALLY bored with my liquid diet. One more week and I'm in to puréed : ). Looking forward to the next chapter.

I am a Social Worker and work in Children's Services for the County I live in. My days can be very stressful yet rewarding. Some days can be sad as well.

I am a legal secretary from New Jersey. I had my surgery on May 23, 2013 and am down 60 pounds

I am a dental hygienist here representing the dental community. How would you like your hygienist to be obese? Probably not much...I recently had a patient report back to the doctor that I was messy and unkept. I shower, do my hair and makeup everyday and iron my uniform. Had to be my weight. I'm a pre-sleever!

Midnights did contribute to my weight gain. There are studies out now stating lack of sleep is proven in weight gain. 15 yrs of midnights did a number to me.

Are you northern lower Michigan or northern UP Michigan??

Interesting. I'd like to see those because I've only seen studies that show a correlation between lack of sleep and weight gain, not proof.

Great thread. I'm a chemical plant operator (no....not a telephone type operator). I make detergents that go into your car's engine oil. But I'm about to quit to go back to school full time to be a vet tech. Ssshhhhh....don't tell them.

Oh yeah....part time massage therapist and part time bicycle mechanic as well. I stay busy.

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Great thread. I'm a chemical plant operator (no....not a telephone type operator). I make detergents that go into your car's engine oil. But I'm about to quit to go back to school full time to be a vet tech. Ssshhhhh....don't tell them.

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Give thus a look. http://ijahsp.nova.edu/articles/Vol8Num3/pdf/feldman.pdf

JAMA had some thing out not to

Long ago also.

I am a dental hygienist here representing the dental community. How would you like your hygienist to be obese? Probably not much...I recently had a patient report back to the doctor that I was messy and unkept. I shower' date=' do my hair and makeup everyday and Iron my uniform. Had to be my weight. I'm a pre-sleever![/quote']

I hate people with prejudices against overweight people. Unless they walk in any one of our shoes they will never understand. People stink.

Mom to 2 teen age boys, wife and full time volunteer.

I thought about being a nurse... :-)

Give thus a look. http://ijahsp.nova.edu/articles/Vol8Num3/pdf/feldman.pdf

JAMA had some thing out not to

Long ago also.

Cool I will. Thanks.

I work for Google as a Writer/Editor. Currently working on Google's new version of maps where you can see which restaurants & attractions are around you to choose where to go!

I work for Google as a Writer/Editor. Currently working on Google's new version of maps where you can see which restaurants & attractions are around you to choose where to go!

My hero! I rely on gmaps heavily

My hero! I rely on gmaps heavily

Hahaha, yay! Glad to hear it!

I work for Google as a Writer/Editor. Currently working on Google's new version of maps where you can see which restaurants & attractions are around you to choose where to go!

Stace, could you do humanity a favour? Could you please use your formidable skills, in line with the project you're already undertaking, to develop an 'idiot detector', too? A geo-locating tool that allows you to see the idiots around you and remove yourself from their presence accordingly! I dunno, you could base it on the types of Cookies stored on their computer/smart phone after using Google as their search engine. In a 1984 Orwellian fashion, if individuals have a certain pattern of surfing behaviour, you could give them a social ranking. Anything around the 1-3 is green and 'normal'. 4-6 is amber, with evidence of weirdness present. 7-9, okay, these dudes are starting to get a bit freaky. 10, they're in a league of their own - run for the hills! I know I'd pay a fair amount of money for a service like that! How COOL would that be - particularly if you're in the dating game?! You got skills, girl, get on it!