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The pros and cons of Prednisone
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 14 10:13am | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
Dadcue, I thought you sounded like you are in the medical field! Are you? I worked in the medical field for 45 years! I’ve been retired for 6 years.
I worked first as a medical assistant in a doctors office for 5 years. Then got a job as a Phlebotomist / Laboratory assistant in a hospital laboratory for 12 years. We moved out of area so I got a job in a different hospital as a Certified Phlebotomy Technician( title change as I became licensed by the state of California) for another 8 years. It is amazing what you pick up and learn while working with patients and doctors in a hospital setting— I loved it! The next 20 years I finally got my dream job working for Kaiser Permanente in a clinic setting, as a Certified Phlebotomy Technician/Lab Assistant.
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I'm retired now but I worked as an RN for 35 years. My first degree was in Biometry -- the application of statistics to biological data. I had all the prerequisites for a nursing degree so I decided to get a BSN degree so I would always have a job. I was somewhat of an odd duck because I was analytical with a compassionate streak.
My interest was in medical research but I gravitated more toward patient care in neurology and neurosurgery. I assisted various doctors doing research in various areas of medicine but never rheumatology. My interest in rheumatology comes from being patient myself. I also had an affinity for any hospitalized patient on prednisone or other steroids. I could relate to them since I was also taking prednisone.