Hey all. Havent posted in awhile. Ive been doing the usual, but am now thinking I want something more. Sitting at home, being disabled, has been something I never really wwnted, what I wanted was to go back to school for a job in the medical field and instead I get talked into applying for disability because of my back and hip issues. Grsnted, they are real and there are most definitely days that I struggle. It was worse when I sat around and my weight ballooned to 300+ lbs. That made everything worse. Im down below 240 now and a size 18 and still losing; About 80 lbs lost is my best guess. Anyway, Im wondering, could I go back to school? Is it too late for me? Would I even be able to get a job? Im 50 now, soon to be 51 and while retirement is set at 67 now, would I be able to handle it? If I worked part time Id still get partial benefits, depending on what I made for wages. Im thinking the Medical billing & coding or the Medical Admin Assist/Medical Office. Both are certified programs...and I wonder, would SSDI offer a program to pay for this if it got me working again? I could manage a part time job, 6 hrs a day perhaps, something to get me outside of this house, outside of my head, using my brain and my fairly decent people skills, be in around people, perhaps making a friend or two I could stand to be around outside of work! I never wanted this life, I wanted to go on in a different career but every man Ive been with has talked me out of school - with the 1st hubby it was money he didnt want to see us spend, even though I would have been a medical assistant in the end. With the second I think jealousy had a lot to do with it, me taking classes with others, meeting guys in those classes. He didnt trust me and convinced me that I wouldnt be able to handle the job. But with the loss of weight, and discovering the things I can do, Im thinking I want this. It scares me, being 50 and thinking about changing my life. But thee thought of not having one, of spending time withering away with nothing to show for it, for never getting back out in the world...that scares me more. Am I crazy to want to do this? Ill check with my doctor and my therapist of course, and Id need some way to pay for it, but am I nuts?
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:19:29 +0000
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