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I guess that is a small pleasure for those of you who have lowered your expectations for the company you work for. 

Bet you're married to a fat bald guy too. 

I know that what you are doing is a major undertaking.  Just remember that this is what you want and that you CAN do it!  It won't be easy by any stretch of the imagination, but once you have accomplished it, you will truly know what you are capable of.  I think you are very brave.  Please know that all of us are pulling for you and are here to help you if you need it.  Go to the hospital if you are feeling at all unsure or unstable.  Don't give up because the reward will be great.  Please let us know how you are doing.

Pulling for you!

should give the name of the company.  It's not fair to make such a statement that may blanket other companies who are not under investigation. 

To the person who made the origian post:   Please give the name of the company !

My husband works out of town and is gone for weeks at a time, but I can go and visit him at any time, I have a key to the apartment that he gave me.  One weekend he decided he wanted to hang out with the guys instead of coming home to see me and our daughter (Labor day weekend).  I automatically became suspicious.  He was adamant about me not coming and it was nothing to the weekend, just boys weekend.  I took my daughter to my mother's house and headed to the town where he was.  I was the one who truly got the surprise.  There was nothing going on but the boys really having a weekend.  I felt bad because I did not trust my husband and I felt low for sneaking around because he had never given me reason not to trust him. 

Just be careful.  You could be in search of something that is not really there.  My husband also works long hours and several days straight.  I see the evidence of it when we are together and he wants to take a whole day and just sleep and relax.  Don't let your mind play tricks on you.  One day goes by extremely fast when that is all you have to recuperate and start over again. 

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO MEAN THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON OR SOMETHING'S FISHY, ANOTHER WOMAN, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH....

I had a phone interview also with Amphion, which was informative and painless! The woman I spoke with was very, very nice and answered all of my questions. It's mainly just a get-to-know-you thing, I think. Don''t fret about it, you'll be fine...BTW where in GA are you? I'm about 40 miles west of Atl...peachy!!!

not worth the headache and expense involved.  A few years ago probably was a better idea but now with all the VR coming into play it's just not worth the hassle.  I think the biggest obstacle now is you won't be able to charge a high enough rate to break even after your expenses and your salary on top of that. 

You might consider starting with a few local physicians and trying it out though.  Plan on working 24/7 though if you do take it on.  Vacation?  Forget about it.  When all is said and done you might have more control being on your own but I think the hassle isn't worth that perk.

You statement "I don't have capital..." sends up a huge red flag.  You want to take on work to distribute to your "group of MTs."  How do you intend to be able to pay them?  I'd hate to see that group of MTs on here 30 days down the road announcing they haven't been paid by you, their MTSO. 

and like the idea of a shipping company.  I believe they help with packing your items.  Also, I don't know how much it would cost now, but I had rented a medium(?)-sized U-Haul truck and towed the car behind us to go cross country.  Good luck!

I have been in many hurricaines, living on the east coast, but nothing like Katrina.  Good luck to you. 

In the last three years going through the hiring process twice I have never seen more than 8 cpl with five years experience.  I wish 10 cpl, but you just don't see it.  If you are acute care you may get more, but I do clinic work. 

Wal Mart knows what it is doing. They are very generous with donations to local communities and the local governments eat it right up.

As I posted above, our local Wal Mart, which was obviously thriving, just had to move across town to open one of those obscene Super Wal Marts and built it directly behind Kmart and a large supermarket.  Kmart  and the supermarket are hanging in there, but I don't really see it lasting much longer.

I used to go to the old Wal Mart for office supplies, but I'll pay the extra buck or two now.

Just the way the store layout goes ought to tell you something. If you want to go in and grab some food and you need dog food, cat food or shampoo too, you need to walk all the way to the other end of the enormous place, passing all the "bargains" in between.

Like I said, they know what they're doing. The sad part is that the majority of the general public actually want a Wal Mart.

Good thing is that when our Super Wally World first opened there were major traffic jams and no parking spaces, but even during the holidays the hub bub had died down considerably and you could get in and out of there in a jiffy.

Okay, I admit I went there at Christmas. It was the only place in the state that had any Q20's left.

I have no real advice as I have the same problem. You would think our hands would get hot as it seems they are busy.  It must be something about the rest of our arm staying still. 

I had DeQuervains about 10 years ago. and occasionally get tendinitis in my thumb when I am sewing a lot.  I have had hip joint achiness (maybe bursitis? who knows) from time to time since 1990.  Doing MT 35-40 hrs per week is probably not the best idea for me in light of all of this.  I'm fairly new to it and think this will be a temporary career for me. I thought sedentary work would be easy on my body - wrong!  I think my body needs variety.  I'm only 35 and between the tendon/synovial/joint problems and the Raynauds, I feel much older than 35 if I don't take care of myself physically. Right now as a matter of fact, my right wrist is starting to ache on the ulnar side and I have logged only 27 hours so far this week. Time for some Aleve.

Hope your hand feels better soon.

To finishing up your BSN!

That sounds great, good luck to you!  That has been one concern of mine too for MT'ing solely as a career, the uncertainties of the futuring of MT'ing.  The different possibilites of nursing are very appealing. I have thought about becoming a NP eventually too, as well as what I mentioned earlier, doing some operating room nursing or possibly nursing research, I really like all the different growth opportunites and possibilites of nursing. Email me too anytime!