Daydra 345 Posted August 11, 2013 USAJobs.gov Sorry, shoulda finished reading posts before duplicating. My hubby spends a lot of time surfing USAJOBS as he's federal and we've been through the process many times. Gotta move to move up, so to speak. He could answer questions if you want to PM me. Ha! Hate when I do that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiteeVA 13 Posted August 11, 2013 I am a professor--love my job! Sleeved July 1 and glad I only taught online courses this summer so I could work from home. 1 Noirsunflower reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quelargo 3 Posted August 11, 2013 Medical Technologist, or lab geek for those who don't know what an MT is. When they say they're sending your ______ for testing, that's me doing the testing. LOL. I noticed a large number of medical people had had this done too while i was getting all my pre-op treatment done. Every doctors office I went to had someone in it who had surgery. 1 ProudGrammy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dizzneygirl 9 Posted August 11, 2013 I am a critical care nurse in icu......have lost 113 lbs in 8 months! I lovvvvvvve my sleeve.......never ever have i eaten this consistently healthy in my entire life! 1 ProudGrammy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denise633 86 Posted August 11, 2013 I am a registered nurse in an emergency room.....scheduled for surgery 8/29/13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fat Pat no more 89 Posted August 11, 2013 I was reading a study this morning.. 55% of nurses are overweight or obese.. my profession ??? I am of the oldest profession (Not that! get your minds out of the gutter <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />) I am a mom and a wife. The woman on the block that all the other women send there kids to after school if they are stuck at work.. So much for ... "If a man will not work' date=' he shall not eat" (2 Thess 3:10)[/quote'] You have a great and much needed job. Working (Away from home) moms need someone like you who can and is willing to be their when they can't. The best thing for children is to have mom at home. But now days even more so that's not always an option. So thanks for being there. 3 ProudGrammy, SmilinNC and Kaj reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evelynvsg 136 Posted August 11, 2013 Business Analyst in Newark, New Jersey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew0929 1,101 Posted August 11, 2013 I'm thankful that we have so many nurses in here. If this were not the best WLS procedure, the nurses would know that. Being pre-op, it's reassuring that I've chosen the right path. 2 ProudGrammy and Kaj reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bellbtm 27 Posted August 11, 2013 I am a learning and development specialist for a very large travel company. I have worked in the same industry for the same company for 24 years. I love to travel and absolutely love my job! I am also a single mom to 2 amazing daughters, 9 & 11. Surgery is Aug 14. Getting so close : ) 1 ProudGrammy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ahealthyme2013 39 Posted August 11, 2013 I'm a High School Counselor for the last 9 years. I love it! 1 Evolving reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElaineB 207 Posted August 11, 2013 My reason for being and most important job is mother to three amazing sons. They are 13, 9 and 4. My other full time job is as a speech pathologist in a nursing home. I've worked with geriatric patients for 18 years and I see the effects of obesity in the later years. Later being relative. We've had a recent run of people in their 40's and 50's who have had strokes related to weight, high blood pressure and diabetes. It's not pretty and I plan to do whatever it takes to avoid it. Nothing depresses me more than seeing a young person that I know for sure is going I be living in the nursing home starting in their 50's. That is a horrible sentence. I commend all of us on here who are fighting the good fight and trying to improve our odds. It's worth it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NellieBean 70 Posted August 11, 2013 I am one of the geeks on the board. I manage a Technical Support team for a software / hardware company. My team works with our Enterprise level customers and our products are used by the large fleet / logistics companies in the country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kindle 8,667 Posted August 11, 2013 CVT certified veterinary technician for 12 years. Raft guide, ski instructor and property assessor for an environmental consulting firm in previous life (lives). Surgery in Jan and hoping to get back to my raft guide "fighting weight" ! Course my diet in those days consisted of Cliff bars, coffee and beer so hoping to be a little healthier 2 gamergirl and 1gorgeousgodzilla reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sndmulvahill 1 Posted August 12, 2013 Great topic! I'm a firefighter/paramedic in Washington state. Sent from my iPhone using VST Nice to see some people that are in this state on here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites