I am a retired RN. My mother was also an RN. She enjoyed taking care of the same people day to day and seeing to their adherence to the doctor's oders. She kept her weight down and avoided diabetes. She died of Alzheimer's, another family curse.
I didn't like seeing the same faces day in and day out. I worked in the Emergency Room, the Operating Room, clinics, and a prison. I move for one coast to the other and back and had 2 children along the way. When my weight began to creep upwards, I tried some of the…