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GO FOR IT!!! If this is something you really want to do, then do it. When I was an undergrad nursing student, I had one woman in my class who was in her 50s and another who was 60 or 63. As for your weight, just take a look around at other nurses in hospitals and nursing homes. You are not the only one. Good luck, I wish you well.
Lady!
YES!
I had to do the same thing, but for different reasons...
I started the LPN class, which included a seperate drug calc. course, and this is a prerequisite for going on to the 2nd semester .
In the school I am enrolled at you must have a 79.5% or above on EVERYTHING. So, I blew the medmath course.
Anyways, I retook the medmath course, and returned to 2nd semester with a new class a year later. I decided to take my EMT and some 'puter courses, as not to put it all by the wayside.
I did not have to do the whole year over, as I got a 96% in nursing in that 1st semester (78% in medmath 1st time, retook medmath 99.8%) but this is up to how your particular school handles transistion/challenges.
Two things...
1....realize now how you may feel when you see the class you WOULD have been in graduate. I know it hurt a little to me. Even though that class made me their "class mascot", I still felt 'left behind'.
2...DON'T give up! Those things which seem impossible are usually accomplished by those who REFUSE to quit.
All the best to ya.....
Edie
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Last year I was enrolled in an LPN program. It started in Aug and I made it until March. I had to drop out due to some health problems-Diabetes type 2 and Hormone Imbalance.
Since then I have gotten medical help and have both things under control. I would like to go back and finish my class.
Question: Has anyone out there returned to class after having dropped. If so, did you have to take the whole class over or what.
Also, I am overweight-195- and am 51 1/2 yrs old. Would like some input on what others think of a woman my age and size trying to return to class.
Lula Scott