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My question is What type of Diet is the Medifast Diet? What type of diet is it? Thanks in advance for any response. Another quick question... Hey there,. |
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I'm stumped. I'm not so sure what is the right answer to your question. I'll do some research in Google and get back to you if I bump into an useful answer. You should email the people at Medifast as they probably could give you an answer..
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I'm sure a lot of people in the medical field have the same issues, so we can use all the support and ideas we can get...
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After Thanksgiving, I ordered 3 different scrub pants online. As I'm sure you know, scrubs sizing varies greatly. I tried the AllHeart brand in an XL and L (XL way too big, L just a little snug) and Grey's Anatomy in an XL (got them on, but def too tight.).
I re-tried on the Grey's scrubs and they fit like a glove.. Super soft too. I'd recommend them, but beware they run small!.. |
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I would love to be part of this group! By the way I love the Greys anatomy scrubs. They are like wearing pajamas. I have found that the sizing is not consistant though. I bought two xl pants and one pair fit larger than the other..
Start Date: 1/7/11. Start Weight 238.6 Goal: 175. Week 1: 234.6 (-4.0). Week 2: 230.8 (-3.8).. |
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I have a job interview tomorrow! Eek. I hope it turns out ok, stress is not good when I'm trying to stay OP!..
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Best of luck to you! No need to stress, I'm sure! Let us know how it goes!..
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Hey Y'all! I'm a LPN in going back to school for RN! I would love to join!..
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Good to have you, Mama..
I'm off to a bad start. No food, no water, and I hiked to my job interview 11 blocks (each way) in heels! Now I'm mandated for my current job because too many nurses called out due to snow....and I get punished for living in the city?.. |
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Here's a question that I may only get a real answer from on this thread.(and not be thought of as sick, morbid, or cold for asking) Do you think I can count 40 minutes of CPR (with trade-offs~compressions and bagging) as Cardio? It's like my 3rd code in 10 days!(and it def gets my heart rate up!)..
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Compressions are TOTALLY cardio. Why do you think you have to trade off?!..
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I'm afraid I'm getting the flu. I'm loading up on fluids, Airborne and sleep, but I can't call out sick at work because it would leave my coworkers too short staffed. I still have an appetite (in fact, I've been ravenous the last two days) but when I'm sick all I want is fruit and carbs..
I don't know how I'm going to make it through the week.. I've tried searching the forums for "sick" or "flu" but I can't find any relevant posts. How do MFers survive during illness?!.. |
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Sorry I haven't been by lately. I had Bronchitis last week.....
Hope you are feeling better and it wasn't the flu. It was hard staying on plan. A few days, I didn't get all my Medifast or lean green in... Hope everyone is having a great weekend!.. |
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Oh I found my fellow healthcare workers can I join. RN labor and delivery up in the great NW..
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Hi all..
I'm trying to rest up on my day off to gear up for working Fri-Mon... |
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Hi nurses and medical ppl! As you can tell from my name, I'm a nurse from Indiana. I work in the OR and so far it's been pretty easy on MF. I always pee right before I go in to a case and I can usually grab a bar between cases. Yesterday I had to work through lunch but I did fine with it. I think I had more problems with hunger before I was on MF..
Being in the OR, I don't have to buy scrubs, but I have noticed the scrubs I usually wear are getting way loser!!. CRP259~Best of luck on your job interview! Don't you just love all the variety in nursing? Thanks for starting a group for us!.. |
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Hi everyone! Here I sit in the emergency room....we have been slammed all week but tonight...just the drunks are out I guess!!! I notice that Sundays are usually worse than Saturdays...I think it's because people don't want to go to work on Monday!!! I've been on medifast since the day after Thanksgiving...have just really made a point to eat my Medifast meals and drink the water even though I make more trips to the bathroom than most! I am an MSW - medical social worker - have been at the same hospital for 7 years so guess people know I'll get done what needs to and don't seem to care how often I pee!.
There are 3 other people I work with who are also doing medifast so I may tell them about this thread! We can do it!!!!!.. |
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Hello everyone!! I am a CMA but as of right now I float and work at the front desk of family practice and Urgent care sites...I don't have much trouble getting in my snacks but leaving my desk to pee every 1/2 hour gets annoying!! LOL..
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Hi everyone.. I am not a nurse, but a Medical Technologist. I work graveyard in the hospital laboratory. I have it easier than the nurses, I can eat when I want (most of the time) and go pee as often as I want..
I started Medifast 2.28.11. After watching my sister loose 80 pounds in 5 months ,i had to jump on the band wagon. My initial first few days have not been bad at all. I have stayed OP. I am going to try to be a weekly weigher as I dont want to get discouraged.. Heres to a long journey!!.. |
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Hi guys! I'm an RN up in rural Idaho (hiya EMTGirl!) and I work nightshift. Hard to say what speciality I work anymore... used to do straight peds and peds er/trauma in AZ before we moved but in our 24 bed hospital I could do anything in a shift... could be a L&D (almost had to deliver a baby girl in the OB triage room by myself cuz the doc didn't believe me that she went from fingertip to complete in 2 hours!!!) could be an ER (usually involving drunks and guns... bad combo!) could be an end of life (we have a LOT of elderly patients)... who knows?.
And on nights we are staffed with ... 2 RNs... 2 CNAs. THAT'S IT. If I need a doc? Call him in. I need lab? Call them in. Got hit with three ERs at the same time last week, two of which needed CT scans... and the doc groused about how long it took to get everything done. Hello???? We have ONE CT scanner. Should I put them in together????. At home, just as crazy, I have seven awesome kid and a husband who is an EMT for the hospital I work for. His favorite joke is "Body washed up on the beach, no clothes, no ID, but they knew it was a nurse.... cuz her stomach was empty, her bladder was full, and her butt was chewed off!!".. |
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Hiya back! Now that last part.....THAT'S FUNNY! Same could be said about 'medics! Hugs & Smiles..
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Hi everyone:I would love to join you. I'm a family nurse practitioner working in an urgent care in Connecticut. I've been a nurse for along time and before I became an NP worked critical care and then home care in NY. I will have been OP 3 weeks tomorrow so we'll see what the scale says. I have the same"pee" problem like you all do. I never can get to the BR so I end up never getting all my water in.
I work a 10 hour shift 3-4 days/ week. Love reading your posts... |
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Connecticut!.
Tho' I claim to be a Montanan now, I USED to be a Branford girl!.. |
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Hello All,.
I'm a nurse from California. This is my first week. On day 5 today. Feel like I could gnaw my arm off. Hope it gets better.. Much sucess to everyone.. Remember, NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS SKINNY FEELS... |
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Hi everyone - would it be okay for a nursing student to preemptively join in? It will give me some insight into the challenges I'm going to be facing when I graduate in December and get a job (I hope) early next year!.
I'm just in from Clinicals - but thankfully I have my professor this course trained to give me a brief mid-shift break to "put down 100" as she termed it. I'm not always so lucky!. Cheers to all from Maryland,.. |
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I'm not a nurse but am an x-ray/CT technologist. May I join, too?.
My name is Laura, and I work the night shift in our local hospital, in small town Louisiana. I am going into my 13th day on Medifast (my 24 hrs run from 7a-7a) and so far I'm doing ok. I, too, have trouble getting all of the water in, for the same reasons. I'm by myself and often barely have time to breathe, much less go to the bathroom. We have two colleges close enough to keep us hopping with students alone, and add in a large local elderly population, and the usual suspects who can't be arsed to go to the doctor during the day for their minor complaints...etc and so forth. I'm sure everyone is familiar with the scenario. Anyway, I was hoping to find a group of folks who would understand the unique challenges of working in medical professions and doing the plan. I'd love to join, if you'll have me. :-).. |
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Hi guys! This is my first post EVER! I am a Labor and Delivery RN, doing travel nursing at the moment. I am going to start an assignment in san francisco on tuesday which I am very excited about because right now I'm in the middle of nowhere on top of a mountain in New Mexico, and bored to tears. Thank the universe that this assignment was only 6 weeks. Friday will be the end of week 4 so we will see how my first month goes...hoping to be in the 160s...I havent seen that weight in 4 years probably..
I am wondering what those of you who work night shift plan your meals on the day you are switching back to nights. I usually just try to make myself sleep all that day, but there is usually more awake time in that 24 hour period than other days and it poses some difficulty. I have stayed OP though despite that. Just seeing if anybody has thought of things I haven't.. I must say though, this has been the easiest diet I have ever been on. No obsessing over points like WW, which always failed me in the end. So straight foward. Other than my best friend, nobody knows I am doing this, so when I am done with my SF assignment, the beginning of june, I hope to be at goal and come home a new person..... |
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Megan, I try to switch by cutting a large volume L&G (like 2 cups eggbeaters in a veggie omelet) into two... and stretch out by having a hot cup of bouillon and keep extra "lean" (because that won't throw me out of ketosis) that is easy to eat (like string cheese or a hardboiled egg) if I absolutely have to... but I really to try to sleep as much as possible on Fridays..
Plus, we're supposed to have 5&1 every 24 hours... so technically there should be 6 meals on Friday, mn to mn, and then 6 Saturday mn to mn, and so on... So at mn during my 12, my tally starts over... which is okay, because on Monday, I really DO sleep well and it makes it easier to space meals at the wider end of things to get back on days again (I love having my 3 12s in a row!!!). This is only my 2nd weekend since starting the program, but after getting a response from RD in the "official" help forum, I figure I'll have three Medifast meals and a cup of bouillon tomorrow morning and then go to bed until time to get up... then have my L&G for Friday when I get up at 5 pm... giving me 2 more Medifast meals for Friday... 8 pm, and 11 pm. (Which gives me a meal to eat while I check the next day's MARs and a meal to eat during NOC report... we have both 12 and 8 hour shifts.) Then a meal at 2, 5, and 8 am for Saturday, repeat until Monday... And I'm back on days for Tuesday!.. |
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Splitting the l & g is a good idea. I might do that. Of course I found out today that I will be on day shift my new assignment next week so no more vampire status for at least a couple of months!..
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Hi All,.
I'm new to MF. In fact, I'm still waiting (and waiting, darn it) for my first box. I'm a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in community mental health. Can I join, even though I'm no longer on the floor?. I'm so glad there's a nurse/medical professionals group!.. |
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We must all be extremely busy! This thread has been kind of quiet lately..
Gingy!.. |
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That's 'cause the patients (or clients, if you are in mental health) never, ever stop. Seriously, I'm not on the floor anymore, but I see 13 clients every blessed weekday and I'm booked out until May. Makes taking a day off a little difficult. But it's still easier than any floor, any day..
Thanks for the welcome!.. |
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Don't know if I could do what you do....when we get a "psych" patient, I usually volunteer to drive!.
I'm more of a Trauma girl!.. |
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Had a rough few nights on the floor... but surviving them. (5 ERs hit within a small time frame and one was an emergency c-section that only spoke Spanish. Good thing *I* do, I'm the only nurse here who does!!)..
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I know for a fact I couldn't do what you do. Trauma wigs me out. Holy cow, give me a schizophrenic any day over a bloody trauma. Geez..
I can do med/surg and stepdown (hiya poo patrol) but never, ever ER or trauma. And you guys who go out to an unstable scene have my undying gratitude, because that takes a type of bravery that I do not possess.. Cheers!.. |
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Aw shucks...Thanks,.
Gingy!. I kinda needed to hear that today! I'm also the training officer for my unit and the "kids" are making me crazy! Certs expire for half the unit 3/31 and I can't seem to get them to turn in their documentation from outside training so I can sign off on it. I've given several deadlines, that have passed, and still only about 10 have complied. That (paperwork and cajoling) is NOT why I do what I do....I needed to hear what you had to say to put it back into perspective....THANKS! ((HUGS)).. |
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Ugh, Steven is working on his paperwork... but it is his first recert and he isn't really sure what he's supposed to do with everything! That paperwork makes less sense to me than my nursing licensure renewal stuff!!!..
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Just went to our annual mandatory HIPAA/EMTALA meeting. They insisted on scheduling it at a time none of our older kids are home... and we both had to attend! So we went with a toddler and a preschooler in tow. (Love working in a small town where you can get away with that). It was a more exciting HIPAA meeting than usual! (Actually, they were really good, but Patrick is a HUGE flirt!!)..
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Is he doing NR or State, recert?.
Try being responsible for 30 recerts! LOL HIPAA can be horrible, but I found a GREAT DVD that I use for all my HIPAA training now. ((HUGS)).. |
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See! What you do is so important! Not only do you save lives and kick a** but you make sure the paperwork is in order as well!.
ROCK ON!.. |
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NR... since we just moved his state one is pretty much brand spanking new...
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After this recert it should be easier...the NR is going electronic...so all will be done on the computer...by the training officer. And you are right...EMT recert can be more involved than nursing relicensing! It's the crazy world we live in! ((HUGS))..
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Hello! Respiratory Therapist here!.
Tonight is my first night on MF, it will end with my shift at 0700. I wanted to chew my arm off at one point, peeing is an issue, and get the hell away from my coffee. That was the extent of my post earlier.. Before Medifast I was lucky to pee once in 12 hours, tonight I was dancing around my one patient thinking, "please don't let me pee my pants.". I also think we burn more calories than normal people? Do you know how many calories it takes to intubate someone? I do, too many. I first have to crawl behind the bed, bag them, tube, tape, and bag until my vent arrives...yes, there goes my brownie.. Ok, back to work, my pager went off... |
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Try intubating in a horder's house where you can't get to the head of the bed, so you stand on the bed, stradling the pt, and realize there is going to be no cord visualization, PlanB? Go for the blind airway, and drop a KING! Or in the rain on the side of the road! Or starting an IV in the back of the ambulance as it's rockin'n'rollin' down the highway....That balance keeping has got to count for exercising the core! I SO agree that we burn more calories!.
What state do you practice in, if you don't mind sharing? Respiratory Therapist at the hospital we run to don't get to do anything except breathing treatments for the most part....they are VERY underutilized. When I even mention that RT's in other 'systems' I've worked in do most difficult 'tubes and ABG's, and more, they look at me like I have horns growing out the top of my head! LOL ((HUGS)).. |
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EMT Freak, we have a lot in common..
I used to do flight transport as an RT, so I'm aware of the situations you can get into!. If I ever worked somewhere that RT's weren't active, I would quit. We intubate, do ABG's, run the vents, RT driven protocols, and basically tell the MD's what to do where I work. We are very utilized here and every facility I've ever worked in. (aka, not a button pusher or neb slinger).. I have a blog if you are interested. I haven't had time lately to write, but I have been trying to keep up with it.. Http://intubationsarefun.blogspot.com/. **DISCLAIMER ON MY BLOG** I'm very straight forward, sarcastic, and to the point. It's my insight on the things I see from day to day. Feel free to comment, but please don't take anything to heart. My last post was about the RT vs RN war. hahaha... |
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Helloeveryone, I have done this job for more years than I care to admit!! I have worked at a rural hospital in CA, where we didn't have a pharmacy, we had a drug rom. That meant we stocked our own meds, mixed our own TPN nd had to know and be able to find all the drugs at a moments notice! Next tele, then ICU. Got bored after 4 went into dialysis for 2 years. Next was home health (probably my favorite so far, (I hear ya on the hoarders!.
), then by a fluke became an OR manager after only 5 weeks of OR training.. After I burnt out on 24/7 on call status for four years, I went into PACU. Loved that too!! Now, I am a lowly med surg nurse and even refuse to charge, lol. I am enjoying being back at the patients bedside, most of the time. , but is it my imagination, or are people becoming MUCH more demanding and rude?. I used to easily work my 12 hour night shift without a bathroom break, if I had to, now I sometimes have to leave my patients room, prior to finishing, just to make it there on time!!. Old and Medifast bladders do not always mesh well.. Love this thread, as I was laughing and nodding my head, with a lot of the posts. Been doing this for two weeks now and it is hard to figure out exactly how many meals to eat when on crossover days. I just finished my 12 hour noc shift, now we are going to the zoo today. Guess even though I ate last night at work, it is now my new day?! That's what I've been doing anyway.. Have a wonderful day everyone!! Looking forward to getting to know you all better. I'm sorr, the traveling nurse who is going to San Francisco, wave 25 miles east to. Walnut Creek, as that is where I grew up and my Dad still lives there... |
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A big ol' AMEN on the bathroom issues and that people (patients and family members) are definitely more rude and demanding these days. Everyone thinks they are entitled to something.....
And I love me some trauma too...I get SO tired of doing chest xrays on goobers who show up in the ER at 0300 with a cough they've had for 3 weeks and now they want a work/school excuse because they have a test tomorrow. (Man, am I a cynical old hag, or what?) Give me someone who *really* needs me, someone who I can make a difference for. I live for those nights. lol. Glad to see the thread pick up some... |
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Trauma is my life..
As a Resp Therapist, honestly a cough and wheeze, bore me. Give me something to intubate and ventilate. Not to mention a dumb reason to have landed them there! hahaha, maybe after 8 more years I won't feel the same way... |
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Good morning. This thread has made me giggle and nod my head. I'm a labor and delivery nurse and can relate - some days I'm lucky to make it to the bathroom once or take a sip of my coffee. Such is the life of a nurse..
I feel so strongly that as healthcare workers we, in some way, owe it to our patients to be an example of healthy weight and healthy habits, especially in light of the obesity epidemic. Just my opinion.. Have a good day, all!.. |
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Intubating a Horder house gave me a whole new appreciation for EMTS. Life has been crazy here the thought my 13 year old had Marfans syndrome of course she's tall like the rest of us and big athlete so our household was all holding our breath for a while. Her echo and Ekgs were great and the cardiologist basically told us our FP doc was overreacting. Sigh.. You know in heart that life is good but than you think well crap what if it isn't. Checking in with the genetist for one last opinion.
I've never seen census fluctuate so much before. Medifast going great other than are floor is a hotbed of unhealthy food. Cupcake get behind me. If I walk really fast past the room maybe I won't be tempted to look ;P.. |
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People are DEFINITELY ruder now! I had a patient we were having issues with due to her heavy smoking. I could only get just so close to her because I have reactive airway and would have ended up in my own ER. I actually apologized about not coming closer and explained it was a health problem of mine. She walked RIGHT up to me, breathing out cigarette smoke (I think she had so much of it in her lungs it just constantly came out) and said, "I don't GIVE a D*** about your health concerns. If I want to smoke, I'll smoke!"..
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Ella, one of my best friends is the oldest of 8 kids..
Her mom calls me their "unoffical". 9th child. Big families are fun... |
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Ella if you were nice to her after that, kudos to you. I couldn't have been. I treat people the way they treat me, and that includes patients. I'm nice to everyone at first, but if they are just an ***, well no one can out-*** me. lol Of course, I take into consideration whether they have some kind of mental condition...but if someone is just plain rude after I've been nice, all bets are off..
I had a jackass last night who kept trying to get me to look at his nasty nakedness. Ugh. Every few minutes his sheet would just magically slip off. Finally I got him two more, covered him from head to toe and told him I did NOT want to look at him. @@. Some people....lol.. |
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It seems as if patients all have an over inflated sense of entitlement. It doesn't matter if the 93 year old patient down the hall is having chest pain, I want MY pain medicine NOW!!! I pity them when karma comes knocking on their door!! Also the people that wont pull over when an ambulance, fire truck or police officer are trying to pass by, if that were your Father, baby, sister or friend, wouldn't you want EVERYONE to move?! My, I feel bitter tonight!..
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She doesn't think I was nice to her, as I still refused to get her cigarettes out of lock-up!!..
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I would like to take a min to ask..anyone ever have a patient come in smelling of cat pee? well, tonight I did, and I wanted to vomit..
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I've had plenty that smelled of pee, IDK about cat pee tho'. LOL Hope your night gets better. ((HUGS)).
Funny story about a call I had last night: Drunk in a ditch, more a steep ravine, but whatever. I grabbed pants in the dark when getting dressed when the tones dropped. While working in the car and ditch I kept feeling branches and metal catching my "beltloops." Turns out it wasn't my beltloops but my jeans' button hole. After loading the patient in the ambulance I kept having to pull my pants up. Now picture this y'all....while flying "code" down the highway enroute to the hospital, I pantsed myself!. They had, unbeknownst to me, come unbuttoned. Thank God the patient was strapped to a backboard and only able to see the celing of the ambulance because my pants were down around my knees! I almost died of embarrassment, then laughing. It was pretty freakin' funny! Hope y'all got a smile out of that one! I sure did! (Glad it didn't happen on scene in front of all the firefighters and law enforcement.).. |
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^^^^^^^^^^^ :::snicker::.
I've not tied my scrubs as tightly as necessary by accident and come close to losing them but was able to catch them before they showed my butt. lol I'm ready to lose enough to move down into a medium pants....these larges are so huge now, but oddly enough I still can't get into the mediums. Annoying, but whatever. lol. And I'm a grandmother again! New little grandson was born on the 5th at 1503 (CST). I'm happy because I was actually there for this one...I missed the first one because I was in Saudi when he was born. My daughter and the wee one are doing great. It was a quick easy birth after about 7 hours of labor or so. :-). I'm also happy because I stayed totally OP while I was there. (There being 4 hours away from here.) Two nights in a hotel and days at the hospital/driving back and forth, and it was easier than I thought to manage the food. Luckily I had just gotten in a shipment of bars, so that made it so much easier... |
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W00T!! Finally made it into the medium scrub pants, and also moved down into a large top from the x-large I was wearing! I may go back to the XL tops, though, because I like lots of room to move when I'm climbing across stretchers and tables to move people..
But the medium pants is a huge NSV for me! ::::doing Snoopy dance::: Still kinda ticked the scale hasn't really moved in a few days, but I'll take smaller pants anyday. lol.. |
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Congratulations Bayou Voodoo! Much celebration your way for the birth of your grandchild and for the medium scrub pants!!! That is SO exciting!.
Unfortunately, scrubs can hide a multitude of pounds, so a smaller scrub pants size is a MAJOR victory!!!. I'm with you on the slow scale, so Hip-Hip- Hooray for non- scale victories!.. |
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Good Evening...I guess this should be healthcare workers, since there are plenty of professions represented. I'm a nurse with 25 years in. Currently stuck in administration with a shift or two a month in the CV surg stepdown. I get to work for a good friend and great clinical manager..
I've been following the thread and I get a kick out of it every time. I also did 4 years in home health and I hear ya! You just never know what you'll find when you get there. I guess because I'm doing regulatory prep most of the time, I've lost a little of my cynical edge and clinical edge. I still think nursing is a good profession. I still would rather be on the giving than receiving side of the bed.I also remind myself when someone is being crappy, I get to go home. My patients are stuck.. At least Medifast fits with the amount of time I generally get for a break. 2 mins q 12.. Be strong out there!.. |
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Hi everyone! i'm an RN and would love to join the group. I just re-started today after reaching my goal of 135 before Christmas. The lbs have begun creeping back on and I decided to start 5 & 1 again before it gets out of control. day one is sooo hard!!..
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Welcome back! Those pesky pounds will fall back off pretty quickly, I'm sure!..
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Thanks! day #2 wasn't so bad. I was at work 7a-7p and it was crazy! unfortunately, I barely had time to eat or drink and I didn't get all 5 of my Medifast meals...
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Hi, I am an RN working in an alzheimers unit nights here in Alaska. You asked if it was your imagination or are people becoming much more demanding and rude. I think that people are now more educated about their health issues due to the internet. You can find anything on the net and what is frustrating is some of what they find is not sound. So they often come in thinking they know more than the nurses or doctors, and sometimes they do. So they expect more. That is a good thing and yet has it's drawbacks...
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Nurses only? Or can a 'medic join too? Some of the same issues.....except my "nurse's station" is a firehall. Finding time to pee is just a difficult when a normal trauma transport can take up to two hours, or more (I live in rural Montana) and that clock starts AFTER we gain access to the patient. Great idea for a group/thread! There's lot of medical/EMS people on the boards. I'll be following if that's ok?!?! Smiles!..
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