, Prior to getting this monster I was a cook on a tow boat and traveled up and down the MS river, the TN river or one of the other rivers for at least 30 days at a time. I did that for the last 3 years that I was able to work. Before that I was in n

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Prior to getting this monster I was a cook on a tow boat and traveled up and down the MS river, the TN river or one of the other rivers for at least 30 days at a time. I did that for the last 3 years that I was able to work. Before that I was in nursing home and hospital food service as a Food Service Supervisor. I had just enough knowledge of the business to be a dietitian but I never finished up my education in that field. I was also in restaurant management for almost 20 years. My favorite job was the last one. When I was diagnosed with the IPF I had to leave the company that I was working with because I became to much of a liability they said. I was told that since I needed to be on 02 for 24/7 they couldn't take the chance of something happening to me when I was to far from a dock to get medical help. I could see their point but I sure hated to give up my job.

Barbara R IPF 1/2003>> i was just wondering what type of work everyone did/does?> > i, myself worked with dementia patients for 7 yrs.....guess that's > why i am the way i am. lol too much of it rubbed off on me. > (teehee) and no comments from the p-nut gallery peggy sue. lol> > i worked 4 yrs as a prison guard in a maximum security all male > facility. elayan hunt correctional center in st gabriel Louisiana.> because we only worked 14 days a month i had my job still with my > dementia patients on my days off.> > when i moved to Texas, I went to work for the Texas Dept. of > Criminal Justice.........as a prison guard.........and very shortly > afterwards, i told them exactly where they could put their > confederate grey uniform because they weren't paying me nearly > enough for what they were asking us to do.> > then i went into retail for 3 yrs and the automotive > industry,....but behind a desk mostly. which is where i stayed until > i could no longer climb the stairs in the building.......now i do, > um, NOTHING.> > > i know denise is a teacher, we all know what Leanne is....a big > mouth. hehehehe just kidding. teri's husband Jon works for the > dept. of defense after retiring from the military...if sher wasn't a > counselor, heaven knows she should have been.........joyce, peggy > and ginger should have been spiritual healers....and maybe they will > be in another lifetime.> > we have always called my husband the walking webster and his mom the > rolling webster.....those 2 people are so full of absolutely useless > information. it's not even funny. never attempt to play trivia > pursuit with them, you'll get your ass kicked everytime. lol> > P needs a nickname similar to that, only his information is > very useful. > > EG 10-05>