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By night/weekends: I make jewelry for my online shop and boutiques: www.pomgranateandeye.etsy.com

Hey Nooshie,

I tried to go to the website you referenced and this is the message I received: Uh oh!

Sorry, the user you are looking for does not exist.

Am I doing something wrong?

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Kinda what I do...I am a histotech at a Childrens hospital. 17 years later and yep! its the best job ever!:tongue2:

How neat to find another pathology person :cheated: I've only been grossing for a year but it never ceases to amaze me how high the rate of job satisfaction is in the field. I might be cross training in histology in the coming year, at the moment I don't get any farther than loading and maintaining the processors.

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So many jobs....I was originally hired as "Girl Friday" 6 years ago. Now I am Executive Secretary/Banquet Coordinator/Webmaster/Membership Marketing Director/Family Activities Director for a private country club. I think I enjoy the pressure of always having something that must be done.

And on top of that, I am the wife of a Marine and the mother of a 13 year old drama queen. (Also have 2 grown boys) In my free time (occassionally I have that) I like to redecorate our house, sew and read true crime.

I love my life right now. However, sometimes when I have a few seconds to think, I wonder if I stay this busy and continue to take on more and more in order to not have time to deal with the past/pain.

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I work in the editorial department at a literary magazine, and am also a playwright and theatre director.

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I am a Lead Business Analyst in the IT department of a very large U.S. Airline. Love my job, hate the constant uncertainty of whether or not I will be one of the unlucky ones who gets layed off.

Yea, I understand that feeling. We keep getting slower and slower and we are over staffed! SCARY TIMES...

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I am a Nurse Consultant for the Bar Code Office at the Department of Veterans Affairs. We coordinate all bar code applications (medication administration, lab collection blood administration) for all 172 VA hospitals nationwide. Best job I've ever had!:tongue2:

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I am currently a SAHM for a 2 year old and 8 year old. This fall I will be starting school for Health Information Technology. I then plan to get my bachelor's in HIM through KU's program as well! What a coincidence!

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Will you be working on your RHIT? What part of MT? I'm a hop skip and a jump from Billings - can't wait to hear back from KU the waiting is KILLING me!

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1. full time mother to one son (11 going on 40) and wife (husband is 36 going on 12)

2. full time electronics tech for a telecommunications company (if they are reading this...I LOVE my job!)

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I'm a civilian working for the local Sheriff's Office. I run the county Jail Diversion Program which removes the mentally ill from the justice system or jail (if they meet established criteria) and gets them into treatment instead. It's federally funded through a grant, so I worry about my future employment as well.

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I am a CMT, certified massage therapist, worked in a physical therapy office. I was their lead therapuetic massage therapist. I loved my work! Now, I am at home with my 2 young children, almost 6 and almost 2! I miss my job, but love being at home with the kiddes....doing all over again!

I have a great husband , he is so supportive!:confused:

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I am a Domestic Engineer, Mistress of my Household, Dispenser of Fig Newtons and sugar free Kool-aid, Assembler of small plastic battery operated toys, Household Chauffeur, Therapist, Pack Mule, Translator of Toddler-speak, and full time Chef. I am expected to have the patience of a saint and a memory like a steel trap. I could go on but I think you see what I mean!

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I work full time as the Recreation and Leisure Services Director at a Long Term care Facilty about an hour away from home. I am still working on my degree and have one class left! for Therapeutic Recreation, it is sortof comparable to occupational therapy, and im a single mom!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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