I have been working my butt off trying to get a semblence of the type of management positions​ I held before I contracted a severe kidney disease that put me on dialysis for 3 1/2 years. By exercise, following​ doctors orders to the letter and a strict diet and meditation, I got myself off dialysis and permission to return to work. This is very important, because my income had dropped fro $50,000-$60,000+ to 1/5 during that time not working. (S.S benefits only) Prior to this I had worked in high-end hotels and restaurants on both coasts (including beginning my mgt. career in Beverly Hills for 7 years). I'm from the Pennsylvania area originally and reside here now. Over the course of 20+ years, I went from a waiter in a 5 Star hotel to the youngest Dir. of F+B in the LA area in a 4-5 Star hotel. I worked with some celebrity chefs. As a G.M. managed a restaurant that received "The Best Of" in a site in Pa's. version of Bev. Hills. After 3 1/2 yrs. of Dialysis, I dropped 120 lbs. and look much like I did as a college freshman. So I look thinner ( I'm 6'1" 185). But I feel great. I was honest on my cover letters/ resume about the kidney failure, but the rest of my experience is stellar. To make things worse, one item on my resume doesn't seem to get the credit I deserve. About 15 yrs ago I managed 2 popular restaurants for, probably the most successful restauranteurs​ on the east coast when he only had 6 properties (he now has around 40+). I saw some serious problems and potential major corruption with a G.M . I assisted. I wasn't believed and actually accused of some of his malfeasance. I was to be suspended for something I didn't do when I was offered a multi-outlet mgt. position in a major hotel and took it. The next week that G.M. went on a drug binge disappearing with 2 girls,leaving his family and job during New Year's Week. Instead of an apology, somehow that famous restauranteur resents me and I feel Blacklisted because "I told him so!" Now after everything I've overcome, no one hires me for even assistant mgt jobs, yet I've been told many times my resume is the best my interviewers have seen and in many cases told I have more experience than them. Currently, I just pick up part-time catering shifts for survival.