[Histonet] On the lighter side...

[Michael Ann Jones]

Oh,
I ment to say “Lots of tenure here and lots of brain cells here” meaning
this website and all histotechs here, not myself.
Obviously I don’t have many brain cells left If I made it look like I was
talking about myself. . .sheesh. .

Michael Ann Jones, HT (ASCP)
Histology Manager
Metropath
7444 W. Alaska Dr. #250
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.634.2511
Mjones <@t> metropath.com




On 8/11/14, 10:18 AM, "Bernice Frederick" <b-frederick <@t> northwestern.edu>
wrote:

>It was Friday,I was getting goofy doing paperwork,.......
>
>Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP)
>Senior Research Tech
>Pathology Core Facility
>ECOGPCO-RL
>Robert. H. Lurie Cancer Center
>Northwestern University
>710 N Fairbanks Court
>Olson 8-421
>Chicago,IL 60611
>312-503-3723
>b-frederick <@t> northwestern.edu
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Michael
>Ann Jones
>Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 9:07 AM
>To: Edwards, Richard; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>Subject: Re: [Histonet] On the lighter side...
>
>25 years, ("what¹s that in micron¹s?²) Bernice, you are too funny!!
>(lots of tenure here . . .lotsa brain cells) Michael Ann Jones, HT (ASCP)
>Histology Manager Metropath
>7444 W. Alaska Dr. #250
>Lakewood, CO 80226
>303.634.2511
>Mjones <@t> metropath.com
>
>
>
>
>On 8/11/14, 5:17 AM, "Edwards, Richard" <ree3 <@t> leicester.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>Sniffed my  first formalin and  saw  first post-mortem November 1965.
>>
>>
>>                 
>>                  Richard  Edwards
>>
>>                 
>>                       Leicester   U.K.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken,
>>Timothy
>>Sent: 08 August 2014 19:26
>>To: 'Douglas Porter'; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>>Subject: RE: [Histonet] On the lighter side...
>>
>>Wow, I feel like a newbie! 28 years, registered. HT 13663, 1988, HTL
>>1369, 1992. Electron Microscopy Technologist, #604, 1982.
>>
>>Like most, I never heard of "histology" until I walked into a hospital
>>lab on my first day as  an EM tech. I had seen slides made in college,
>>but no one ever mentioned it could be an actual profession. I was more
>>taken with the electron microscope, and there was (is) a 2-year program
>>at the community college in the town I grew up in (Delta College,
>>Stockton, CA). So AFTER getting a BA in Zoology, I went there to get a
>>marketable skill. At that time EM was still used for tumor dx, so when
>>I started it was about half tumor, half kidney. I was lucky enough to
>>get involved in histology and set up the IHC lab at the small community
>>hospital I worked at (as an EM tech) and so ended up phasing myself
>>almost out of an EM job. The IHC took over all the tumor dx from EM.
>>Later I left EM altogether and did IHC exclusively for 15 years. But,
>>like most, I learned Histotechnology on the job but was lucky enough to
>>work for a pathologist who believed in developing his techs - to the
>>point of paying for meetings out of his own pocket. Only now do I know
>>how fortunate I was to work for someone like that. Because of him we
>>had developed a culture in the small histo lab (4 men!!) of learning.
>>We studied together one night a week for the HT exam and all passed
>>(and the practical!). Again, that was a fortunate experience, not very
>>often seen in labs.
>>
>>Tim Morken
>>Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special
>>Studies UC San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco, CA
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas
>>Porter
>>Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 11:39 AM
>>To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>>Subject: [Histonet] On the lighter side...
>>
>>How long have you been a registered histotech?  36 years here.  You???
>>
>> 
>>
>>Douglas A. Porter, HT (ASCP)
>>Grossing Technician
>>IT Coordinator
>>
>>Cancer Registrar
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