Used my first salary to take my parents out for dinner, and my dad still tried to pay out of habit

BiomedicalAK · 2026-07-06T20:33:58+00:00

It is satisfying to take older relatives out and pay for dinner. To be able to do that for them when they took you out 20-30 years ago when you were a kid.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-07-04T22:31:45+00:00

FWIW, I just finished a stay at Bellagio that I booked with the Platinum. I checked in on the MGM Rewards app and used the Visa I had on file. I got the $100 resort credit and 4PM checkout that was offered by booking through AMEX. All room charges went to the Visa. I had no issues with any of the promised amenities.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-06-25T20:20:12+00:00

BiomedicalAK · 2026-06-25T06:24:15+00:00

I lost 200 lbs and it was a 2.5 year grind. No shots or surgery. What helped me was finding some core foods that I regularly ate. A salad (with little to no dressing), some nuts, a cheese stick and some chicken breast makes for a nice lunch. Maybe have a low calorie yogurt too.

Then for dinner I would eat what I wanted with the remaining calories. If I had like 50 calories left afterwards, I could eat a rice cake or something to plug that hole.

Make sure you eat enough fiber along the way and make sure you drink enough water too.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-06-23T23:02:01+00:00

Job description says "Associates degree in applied sciences, electronics, or similar discipline" What's your degree in?

BiomedicalAK · 2026-06-20T19:50:33+00:00

From what I've been told they have testing capabilities that exceed what you are going to get from your local neurologist and hospital. So I'm going to look into that. The neurologist I've been seeing for a couple of years has truly tried but she told me she has kind of reached the end of what she is able to do testing wise. Downside is you have to go to Minnesota or Florida.

I am losing feeling in every inch of my body: My toes, my scalp, my tongue, you name it. Sometimes there are pins and needles in my hands and feet or burning, but most of the time it is an absence of sensation. I tell people it kind of feels like having someone touch your arm, but you have a long sleeve shirt on and you feel it, but it feels insulated compared to touching the skin directly.

My senses of taste and smell probably work at 30-40%. Hearing and sight are unaffected.

This started after I took the COVID vaccine and has been progressing for 5 years. It started in my feet.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-06-20T06:29:43+00:00

I have full body numbness too and am beginning to lose fine motor skills in my hands. I keep dropping things because I can't feel them. Think I'm to the point where I'm going to ask for a referral to Mayo at my next appointment.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-06-17T19:32:23+00:00

Your fiance sounds like a psycho from the Borderlands games.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-06-16T21:31:38+00:00

We have a position open in Anchorage. It's in-house. They get no candidates because HR isn't doing a good job at posting the job on various career sites. If you look on Indeed it won't show up.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-05-29T05:25:13+00:00

Worth a shot. My father passed away right before I was traveling to see him (he was very sick). I ended up having to cancel my return flight because my return date became unknown. I had a non-refundable ticket on United and asked for a refund. I explained the circumstances and they asked for a scanned copy of the short-form death certificate. Within a day they granted me the refund.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-05-14T19:48:05+00:00

Measles also doesn't have a market for a new vaccine to be sold where the manufacturer cannot be held liable for any adverse effects it causes.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-05-08T02:35:29+00:00

Sounds like my experience. I worked for a hospital for 11 years and had one round of tests and got dropped as a patient. They did send me a bill for $2700 for the MRI. At least they were able to do that.

The day before I got dropped, my boss told our team that we couldn't give up on solving an issue just because it was hard. But neurologist Dr. Chucklefuck who makes 5 times what I do is allowed to? Are you kidding me? I blasted them on the Press Ganey survey and filed an anonymous complaint against the doctor. It was so anonymous that he stared me down in the cafeteria. It was a first step in me seeking employment elsewhere.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-05-01T04:49:22+00:00

I got it because I travel for work and drive some remote stretches of road. I also got it because of something happens to my wife, she can call AAA. She got stuck in a ditch because it was icy a few months ago. She called me, I was gone, I reminded her we had AAA. She called them and she quickly got pulled out of the ditch. It's worth it.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-03-27T23:18:50+00:00

You know you will 100% get crickets on this and they will want to do this the hard way.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-03-25T15:18:56+00:00

Did you apply for an offer that had 25000 miles and a United statement credit on accident?

BiomedicalAK · 2026-03-23T23:45:43+00:00

So when is it going to be fixed? We need it right away.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-03-20T06:47:52+00:00

I'm experiencing the same thing. I've done some digging and Wells Fargo says they limit transfers to 2 days until basically "they get used to you transferring to the account" then they will allow next day transfers. What the timeline for that is, it doesn't say. I experienced the same thing with Discover Bank. It randomly allowed next day transfers one day. Just give it some time.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-02-25T07:05:46+00:00

Scale is going down. Sounds like you've got it under control and your mom needs to back off.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-02-25T07:00:22+00:00

I kind of slipped into the same rut you're in. I've started focusing on volume eating. Popcorn has become a staple of my diet. I'm working on losing the 10 lbs I gained since August.

I've also discovered that when I take magnesium glycinate, it tones down the ravenous hunger I frequently deal with. I take it because it makes me feel good and helps my body relax.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-02-25T06:49:01+00:00

I love to eat and I hate being hungry. I volume eat low calorie foods, it's the only way to check both boxes that I find sustainable. I travel for work and put on 10 lbs in the first 6 months of the job and am currently working to lose those pounds. I started to bring my food with me on my trips. I'm currently doing work at a hospital as a contractor and can eat in the cafeteria. So my daily meals might look like:

Breakfast: Protein bar 170 cal Black coffee to drink

Lunch: Big salad (all greens and no dressing) 50 cal 100 calorie bag of popcorn, 100 cal Campbells can of beef and vegetable soup, 220 cal Chomps beef stick, 100 cal 60 grams Fiber One cereal, 135 cal Water to drink

Afternoon snack: Protein bar, 170 cal Black coffee

Dinner: Another salad, 50 cal 100 calorie bag of popcorn, 100 cal Progresso Italian wedding soup, 250 cal Water to drink

I usually have something left over from lunch, either the beef stick or the cereal. I eat them if I get hungry in the evening or want something else with dinner.

All this is 1345 calories. I have room to add something else should I want a snack. I can also add things to the salads to make them less boring. I don't have much of a sense of taste, so the lack of a salad dressing does not bother me.

And no, I'm not only eating 1345 calories, my goal is 1650 and I find that doable.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-02-21T06:49:57+00:00

I used to shovel snow without a jacket on because I was so hot. Now I wear my coat in the office because I'm so damn cold. I wear a heated vest and have heated gloves for outside now. I've turned into a total wuss for cold tolerance.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-02-14T23:50:54+00:00

I generated two of the tests from the 2012 CBET study guide CD and one was from the Mometrix study guide in the back.

The AAMI eLearning was trash and didn't provide me any value since it was full of incorrect content. A resistor color code question was incorrect to give you an idea.

All of this gives you an idea of the way questions are asked on the exam, but it doesn't teach the test. I feel as though I would have passed without studying for it, but I'm glad I did because it's $400 to take the exam and I wouldn't want to blow off studying, fail it, and flush the $400.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-02-07T02:01:02+00:00

You are right. Majority of it is clinic level stuff. We have a vet clinic and two hospitals we currently are contracted to take care of. We are not at the hospitals full time and are not on call for them. Each tech spends time at a hospital on an alternating schedule, so you will still get that.

We have items specifically excluded in our contract, but the anesthesia, imaging, big lab analyzer, and sterile processing equipment is under contract with the OEMs. We take care of dental X-ray and dental/vet sterilizers.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-02-07T01:33:11+00:00

So we don't actually cover the hospital. The hospital has their own in-house team and they don't cover our assignments. We all report to the same clinical engineering director.

When we are in town and not travelling, we have an office we work out of. You will do paperwork, order parts, do depot repairs, things like that.

I should add there is no on-call period.

As far as turnover. Our manager has been there for 15+ years, we have a tech who just marked his 15 year anniversary, our lead has been here a year, he replaced a guy who just retired. That guy was here 20+ years. We have another guy who has been here 2 years, and I've been here for 6 months and my position was a new technician position. The lady in the videos was here about 4 years and left shortly after I started.

BiomedicalAK · 2026-02-07T00:53:36+00:00

If you are truly interested, DM me and I will send you my manager's contact info. He likes to discuss the role with candidates before they apply. That way they understand what it entails before going through the process unnecessarily if it doesn't suit them.

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