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Hi ! I have been an RN for 30 yrs and still working....I work 3 12 hr shifts per week. I love my job in the ER. It is nice to have the 4 days off per week also.

I was just banded 3 days ago....I am doing quite well.

Starting wt 244

Banded by Dr. Laura Machado in Sacramento,Ca.

Sacramento Bariatric Associates (They are great !)

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I am an emergency room nurse. I work twelve hour shifts. I get up at 4am to work out before I go the work. I come home around 8:30-9pm. I try not to eat after 7 pm but that does not happen much. My husband works in radiology. Oh and in my spare time I am raising 3 year old twins :>

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Hi ! I have been an RN for 30 yrs and still working....I work 3 12 hr shifts per week. I love my job in the ER. It is nice to have the 4 days off per week also.

I was just banded 3 days ago....I am doing quite well.

Starting wt 244

Banded by Dr. Laura Machado in Sacramento,Ca.

Sacramento Bariatric Associates (They are great !)

I'm from Sacramento! My family still lives there and my aunt is thinking about the lap band. I will tell her about Sacramento Bariatric Associates. Thanks for the reference! It's amazing what you learn by reading these threads.

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I'm a freelance writer/editor. I have to be careful what I eat when I'm on deadline. The nervous energy in the room effects digestion. I keep it light for those few days...soups, fruit, the strawberry/banana drink at Jamba juice.< /p>

The mag I work comes out quarterly;so those light days are far between.

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Before my car accident I was an elevator constructor. Since then I have been an elevator operator at construction sites bringing fellow tradesmen and there tools up and down. Hence my name goingup. Maybe someday after I loose some weight I may return to construction.

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I'm an Administrative Assitant to an Officer of a major corporation, he tells me I'm the boss....but I don't get his paycheck...

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DA (Double Agent) with the Geek Squad (www.geeksquad.com , not advertising - but for those who don't know what it is I do, this might give you an idea).

Yes I drive around in one of those Geek Mobiles (Geek Squad VW bugs -- have you seen me around the DE, NJ, PA area? Have I come and done work for you???? lmao).

Love this new job, been doing PC work for almost 16 years, and can't get enough of it!!!!

Of course, having been an ex-sonarman onboard submarines (was attached to 3 differnt ones during my career) they tell me my insanity comes from the lack of sunshine and 'real' oxygen - truth be told, I was born nutty!!

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I'll be a full time student in college, again in the fall. I took this semester off, due to moving in the middle of semester. So right now, I'm just a pretend housewife. :mad:

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I have been a stay-at-home mom for the last 5 yrs and loved most of it. :mad: Previously, I have been in sales and admin.

OT...Pattman...were you a "spook"?

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