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Clinical Data Specialist for Kaiser Permanent. I have my RHIT. I want to go bsck to school and then do Biomedical Informatics.

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Wow all interesting jobs!! Great post in forum.

I am a chiropractor. I sold my practice (which consumed me night and day owning a business) to get in shape and finally lose weight. My excuse (one of many of them) was I didn't have "time" to work out and eat healthy. So I did something about that! I am currently working for a chiropractor 14 hours a week for some income. I LOVE WORKING for someone else, the stress of owning your own business is horrible! I had my surgery Dec 4 and down 34 pounds ;) I am so pleased and I started working out again!

My days are very flexible so it gives me time to cook and workout. I do spend time on here chatting, texting and emailing with others about our surgeries, sharing experiences, recipes and our progress. This is my plan for one year to 18 months until I get to goal weight and at that point I will decide what I want to do with the rest of my life!! I know one thing for sure I am sure as hell going to enjoy it!!

Good luck to all of you!! I love hearing all your stories, a lot of them so inspiring!!

Irene ;)

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I am a coding and OASIS-C specialist working from home as a home healthcare auditor. Basically, I am privately contracted by home health agencies to review the work of their nurses and therapists to make sure they are paid as high as possible without being fraudulent under Medicare guidelines.

And now that I've put you to sleep...!

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I am a Senior Systems Administrator. My group manages the Data and Telecommunications network, and the virtual environment for a national staffing firm. In other words I am a geek and proud of it. :lol:

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I work as a part time post master in two of the local post offices, I am a full time college student going for an associate in business and full time mother and wife.

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I'm a deli clerk at a grocery store surrounded by food & people so I know what the chef thinks lol but I don't eat chicken but I can sure fry it it's when I have to make sandwiches it gets to me cause I just want to taste half of the meat or avacodo or cheese or well u get the picture so I try to stay full so I don't want it lol,because my customers always come back and tell that was the best sandwich the've had then 2 days later they ask for the same thing , but yoo hoo I have lost 50 lbs since Sept so I guess I'm doing something right.

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Wow... i'm surrounded by amazing people....

My first job was a mom at the tender age of 16. Started working as a waitress... and LOVED every minute... I did that mostly till 94' when i went back to school and got my degree in Business. But i have been the following: Mom, Waitress, phone telemarketing, video clerk, sandwich artist..(lol), worked in a fabric store and Accounts payable clerk. One of my most fun jobs was a Crane operator..... My last job (10 Years) was in purchasing and then moved to casualty claims at a Major LTL freight company before the laid me off and now:

the past two and half years I have worked for an company that manufactures and install erosion control concert mats... I'm a logistics coordinator After Oil companies (shell, exxonmobil, tx gas, fl. gas.... etc) come to us with an erosion problem, we go out and install our product. I find and purchase and or rent everything needed to complete the job..... from finding hotel room, porta potties, dirt, 80,000Lb excavator, track loaders...and EVERYTHING else...

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WOW

everyone has such exciting jobs!

Unfortunately, I just graduated college and am getting temp jobs but nothing permanent

I recently worked as a pharmacy technician, substitute for a high school math class, and as a receptionist. Nothing exciting and right now i'm out of a job, but at least this gives me time to really focus on myself and really spend time at the gym (really my life sucks at the moment, just trying to make myself feel better)

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WOW

everyone has such exciting jobs!

Unfortunately, I just graduated college and am getting temp jobs but nothing permanent

I recently worked as a pharmacy technician, substitute for a high school math class, and as a receptionist. Nothing exciting and right now i'm out of a job, but at least this gives me time to really focus on myself and really spend time at the gym (really my life sucks at the moment, just trying to make myself feel better)

:unsure:

You should be proud of yourself. You are half way to your goal and you graduated college. The job will come in God's time. I can empathize with you, I am back in school (at 40 yrs) and I just did find a part time job with the post office after losing my job 2 years ago. Keep your head up and keep on trucking :rolleyes:

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WOW

everyone has such exciting jobs!

Unfortunately, I just graduated college and am getting temp jobs but nothing permanent

I recently worked as a pharmacy technician, substitute for a high school math class, and as a receptionist. Nothing exciting and right now i'm out of a job, but at least this gives me time to really focus on myself and really spend time at the gym (really my life sucks at the moment, just trying to make myself feel better)

:unsure:

You are on a great path....You are a college grad, you are making great contacts... stop thinking your life sucks... you have made the choice to have LB to take control of your life... this is HUGE... Embrace every pound and every inch lost...

Temp jobs a great..... think of all the contacts you are making and the different things you are learning and one day someone will look at your resume' and say.... Wow this girl is well rounded... Always be up for learning something new... and go into every interview thinking... These people need me, and when you leave, leave with them thinking.... Damn we need her.

Your permanent job is only a one temp job away.....

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I'm an RN and currently work as an Administrator in my niche field of Infusion Therapy. That means I'm an IV nurse, working with intravenous drugs as part of a

IV pharmacy. I manage 3 sites across Montana, servicing Montana and Northern Wyoming.

I've been in the specialty for 25 years and love doing it in this rural state. It does add a different flavor to business operations to cover such a huge area. Sometimes the corporate office has trouble seeing that life here is not the same as in Chicago, LA or Seattle. We have less than 1 million people across the 4th largest state in the U.S. Same quality and standards, but less resources and lots more space to do it in.

I love my niche. I get the nursing part of helping people get better and the analytical side of figuring out how it all works together across the multi-disciplinary teams and offices.

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