I have been giving a lot of thought to my life, my financial situation that is becoming very exhausting and the future for my children and myself.
I always look in the paper or on Craigslist and just read through ads looking for something "I can do" ... and I am thinking that is my problem, instead of looking for jobs I can do I would like to search under one category. One profession.
My dilemma is there are not enough hours in the day, I hate to leave my kids and I have never been much of a 'school person'. So I need to find something short and sweet.
I considered a license in real estate, problem is I am not a sales person at all. I do not have that personality and to be honest I don't want to. I would like that field because I love looking at houses, and I would enjoy working with people to make a dream of theirs come true.
I just cannot do that as an only job, I cannot rely on something that inconsistent either.
So I found another option, that I was shocked to find out is not much schooling at all, dental assistant. I am very excited about this potential career. I looked around online and in the paper and I do see a decent amount of ads for dental assistants, so that is great. I also noticed a lot of them are part time- perfect for my kids and myself. The pay seems decent as well.
I found two local schools - they are over $2k in tuition though, and this is where we hit a brick wall. There is no financial aid because it is not a degree program. So now I am on a mission to talk my parents into taking a loan for me, I believe this would be a terrific opportunity for me. I have given it a tremendous amount of thought, I know if I go this is something I will definitely need to pursue. I am confident I will give it my all.
I will be back to post if I get the funding lined up and how it goes.! Lets turn this year into the turning point in my life.
Monday, January 9, 2012
My First Mammogram...
So, I am 35 and my doctor recommended me to go for a baseline mammogram. I was a little intimidated by this whole idea because for as much as I am on top of the kids appointments, I tend to really dread mine. I do go through with it though because ever since having skin cancer, I know that something I had thought to myself was 'nothing' can really be something so everything needs to be checked in order to be proactive in maintaining a healthy life. Who knows what would have happened if I didn't mention that little mark on my ankle that I originally thought was a scar I got while shaving.
So I looked around online to get an idea of what to expect, and even after reading everything I still had a little anxiety so chose not to really think about it, just to go about my day like nothing and go through the motions - go to the appointment without giving any thought as to why I was there, so I couldn't get myself all worked up.
I had a vision in my mind of it being this bright white room, with myself and a machine in the middle and my boob being put in a clamp and squished while doctors watch from a plastic clear window. Silly I guess but that was what I had envisioned.
I arrived at St.Lukes north and was taken right back to the radiology waiting room, I first had an ultra sound (it was a great day as you can tell lol ) then I was brought back to the waiting room, the nurse came and got me and took me back to the changing room. It was there I learned that I should not have worn deodorant, she did not mention it to me but I read on the wall that we needed to use the wipies to remove any deodorant. I took a wipie and tried to scrub it off my armpit because I tend to be a little heavy handed with the deodorant. I think I got it all off. Then I had to put a little mini gown on that just came to my waist and left the open side in the front.
She came back for me pretty quickly, we went into a small room (no big white examining room) that had a pretty large machine taking up the middle of the room. It had clear plates on it that they use to compress your boob. She had me take off one side and she took my boob and put it on the platform of the machine then turning a knob adjusted it to be snug on my breast, which was nice. I thought the machine automatically adjusted itself down on my breast. She took a pic then re adjusted and took another from a slightly slanted angle. In the end it was two shots on both sides, then she went back for 2 more which was one on each side and tried to get as much of my arm pit area inside of it as she could.
It was pretty fast, it was definitely pain free. I think most women avoid this because of the awkwardness of someone situating your boobs like that - but after 3 kids I am not really bothered by it. Other then that I cannot see why people make these out to be so horrible.
I would get this over a pap test any day.
So my results where at my house on the 2nd day after the test, I was given a clean bill of boob health and they recommend one next year, I am assuming because people in my family have had cancer (although not breast cancer) so they want to be on the safe side.
I will discuss this with my doctor next year and if she agrees, I will go again. No big deal.
Easy Breezy - Just don't wear deodorant lol
So I looked around online to get an idea of what to expect, and even after reading everything I still had a little anxiety so chose not to really think about it, just to go about my day like nothing and go through the motions - go to the appointment without giving any thought as to why I was there, so I couldn't get myself all worked up.
I had a vision in my mind of it being this bright white room, with myself and a machine in the middle and my boob being put in a clamp and squished while doctors watch from a plastic clear window. Silly I guess but that was what I had envisioned.
I arrived at St.Lukes north and was taken right back to the radiology waiting room, I first had an ultra sound (it was a great day as you can tell lol ) then I was brought back to the waiting room, the nurse came and got me and took me back to the changing room. It was there I learned that I should not have worn deodorant, she did not mention it to me but I read on the wall that we needed to use the wipies to remove any deodorant. I took a wipie and tried to scrub it off my armpit because I tend to be a little heavy handed with the deodorant. I think I got it all off. Then I had to put a little mini gown on that just came to my waist and left the open side in the front.
She came back for me pretty quickly, we went into a small room (no big white examining room) that had a pretty large machine taking up the middle of the room. It had clear plates on it that they use to compress your boob. She had me take off one side and she took my boob and put it on the platform of the machine then turning a knob adjusted it to be snug on my breast, which was nice. I thought the machine automatically adjusted itself down on my breast. She took a pic then re adjusted and took another from a slightly slanted angle. In the end it was two shots on both sides, then she went back for 2 more which was one on each side and tried to get as much of my arm pit area inside of it as she could.
It was pretty fast, it was definitely pain free. I think most women avoid this because of the awkwardness of someone situating your boobs like that - but after 3 kids I am not really bothered by it. Other then that I cannot see why people make these out to be so horrible.
I would get this over a pap test any day.
So my results where at my house on the 2nd day after the test, I was given a clean bill of boob health and they recommend one next year, I am assuming because people in my family have had cancer (although not breast cancer) so they want to be on the safe side.
I will discuss this with my doctor next year and if she agrees, I will go again. No big deal.
Easy Breezy - Just don't wear deodorant lol
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