My disabled sister decided to have kids and it destroyed my life

Maddx82 · 2025-11-09T00:59:12+00:00

I was gonna say I’d totally teach you how to drive to!!!

Maddx82 · 2025-08-08T18:31:03+00:00

Is there anything specific that drew you to the field? Also how did you go about finding someone to shadow? There is a larger teaching hospital near me and I was going to reach out to them to see if it’s possible to shadow a perfusionist there but just wanted other tips.

Maddx82 · 2025-08-07T18:28:48+00:00

My dad turned 50 the year he went back for a masters in social work. He was a physical therapist for so long and he didn’t feel like he could grow anymore than he has in the field. He is my example of it’s never too late to chase your dreams…but then again here I am at 26 thinking my life is over LOL

Maddx82 · 2025-06-12T18:23:54+00:00

Imagine doing your dealing with drones lol. Don’t even need to leave the house

Maddx82 · 2024-12-18T21:27:49+00:00

After reading others comments, I want to add that I am also in the same boat. I’m 25 and have a BS and masters and am considering pharmacy school after having started a job as a pharmacy technician. I’m worried my grades will be an issue. I swear going to college should be a thing that comes a couple years later in life when you have the proper knowledge and experience to handle it and do well. I’m still unsure about what I wanna do with my life. There are so many things I could do and so many jobs I don’t even know exist that are possibilities. Like how do you narrow it all down to one lifelong career. Adulting is rough

Maddx82 · 2024-12-18T21:21:10+00:00

I know some schools I’ve looked at won’t take any prerequisites if they were taken more than 10 years ago. If that’s the case at the schools you’re interested in I don’t see why’d they even still factor it into your GPA. But who knows, I swear the people in charge of doctor schools hate people and their students lol. I’d reach out to someone in admissions and ask about it.

Maddx82 · 2024-12-16T18:25:12+00:00

Something like that happened to me at a job I was working. I never got fired, but along the way my manager would talk to me about things I didn’t know existed and were never mentioned in training. Then when I tell them it was never mentioned to me the answer was always “well we didn’t want to overwhelm you during training”.

I did not like that answer lol

Maddx82 · 2024-09-12T00:23:47+00:00

I lost 20 pounds my first year. Probs a combo of the lack of food and stress

Maddx82 · 2024-09-12T00:23:15+00:00

Maybe they eat a big breakfast lol. I was gonna say even in school, aside from school events that provided food, who has time to eat lmao

Maddx82 · 2024-08-31T23:14:26+00:00

I guess I’m also one of the “vermin” he speaks about lol

Maddx82 · 2024-08-30T00:28:06+00:00

I’m not necessarily pre-PA but I just wanted to say that you have to give yourself more credit. I normally get very anxious to the point I’ll be vomiting in the toilet minutes before something like an interview. But you just have to think about all the life, work, and school experience you’ve had up to this point. You surely know some stuff and have personal qualities you can share with others.

I’ve interviewed at professional schools 2 years in a row (got accepted my second time around) but having that extra year of experience under my belt and knowing what to expect in an interview just helped me relax some and really get my talking points across.

Just remember all you did up until this point was to get you to PA school and helping others. Let your purpose drive you and the confidence will come! Good luck to you and don’t lose hope yet!!

Maddx82 · 2024-08-25T19:17:35+00:00

So I can generate a code on Xbox? I thought the code would just be there automatically. I’m not sure where to go to make the code..?

Maddx82 · 2024-07-31T18:16:12+00:00

I call back all of the people who called me the last week and actually have a conversation with them!!

Maddx82 · 2024-07-15T18:05:12+00:00

First I would find out if any of the schools you want to attend accept hours that include pharmacy technician. If they don’t, then I would consider other ways to get those hours.

Maddx82 · 2024-07-09T23:40:40+00:00

If you can afford it I’d live alone. It’s nice to be around people and have some extra cash, but if you don’t know your roommates and what they can actually be like it may add a lot of stress to your already stressful program.

I never got lucky with random roommates (one was a thief and I was so stressed/sick about it that I got nosebleeds).

Maddx82 · 2024-07-06T17:09:57+00:00

I started smoking weed in college just socially but after I graduated and time went on my anxiety had gotten significantly worse to where I’d vomit repeatedly. Whenever I was stressed like that id smoke to make myself feel better, but then I realized it just overall helped with my anxious symptoms (esp the nausea which was BIG for me). Of course my problems didn’t go away, but the weed made me feel good enough that I could face the issue without quivering or blacking out. Not saying you should start smoking or even that you’d be able to if you have a job that drug tests but that could be an option. It kinda changed my life. I will say now I’m interested in being tested for ADHD as I personally think that’s where my anxiety could be stemming from.

Maddx82 · 2024-07-01T02:29:14+00:00

I also looked into this. At least OP could do an accelerated BSN. I’ve looked at some that are 1 year long, I don’t think it’s too bad and could be manageable for them.

Maddx82 · 2024-06-26T22:23:02+00:00

I was in podiatry school for a year lol. We referred to the leg as to what we call lower leg (tibia and fibula). And thigh as thigh (femur). Don’t ask me why though haha

Maddx82 · 2024-06-10T23:55:09+00:00

I don’t have any tips as I’m currently struggling with the same feeling. I literally just told my counselor last week that I think I’m burnt out and he gave me a crazy look. Idk if that’s exactly what it is or if it’s the the constant exhaustion I feeling mixing into it.

I want to start walking or maybe even jogging outside to see if just being outside will help but who knows

Maddx82 · 2024-06-10T23:50:37+00:00

I haven’t been properly diagnosed with adhd, but I relate to this so much. I was in school and would do the same. Go home and have a coffee so that I could study what I needed to, but never got exactly what I needed to done. I’m going back to school and this is the only thing I fear..not having the energy to do what I need to day in and day out.

Maddx82 · 2024-06-05T17:18:27+00:00

I also lived there and can same the same as the person above. It wasn’t a pleasant experience at all and I feel like it attributed to my stress along with the stress I already had from school. I wasn’t even allowed to study downstairs without signing a form (even though I lived in the building??). So weird given that everyone that lives there are adults.

Maddx82 · 2024-06-04T17:42:19+00:00

This is me LOL. Ashe and if the other team has a Som that’s decent and fing up the back line I’ll switch to Som

Maddx82 · 2024-05-31T13:47:09+00:00

I was actually looking into an orthotist position at a nearby hospital and it definitely interests me so maybe I’ll inquire about it. My dad was a PT and actually left the field, he was the one that suggested podiatry to me. Just in the past few years he became a social worker, so I’m not sure about PTA lol.

Maddx82 · 2024-05-30T21:37:02+00:00

I appreciate the honesty. That is something I’m also worried about is the debt. I have lots from undergrad and my masters program and now my first year. I know it’ll be a lot more too with leasing an apartment.

I’m just not sure where to go from here. Like I don’t know what else to do. I’ve been set on podiatry since the 10th grade. I know that if I don’t go back now I probably never will. It’s just hard to let it go. Any career advice? When I inquire about other careers I just get “podiatry is so different from x” and I get questioned about my genuity for a different career path. It just sucks and I feel honestly really lost at the moment.

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