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I feel so encouraged! Thanks to all of you for your advice and good thoughts!

thanks! I needed to hear that :)

I have read many threads about how rough nursing school has been on families and spouses...how relationships have suffered. Is there anyone out there with a story to tell of how their family did just fine while someone went through nursing school? I'm beginning in a couple of weeks and as an older student with a great family and great relationship with my husband, the horror stories are starting to worry me that going to school just might be a bad decision for my family...not me...but my family! thanks

I would see a doctor just to make sure, but I have had that about 3 times in my life during times of a lot of anxiety...not so much huge stress times but when I was chronically anxious for awhile about something...like starting a new job, etc...went away when the anxiety left..thankfully.

Because I love medicine and didn't have enough faith in myself when I was younger that I was smart enough to major in it! :balloons:

just wanted to say that if you decide to be tested for celiac disease...do not go gluten free before the blood tests or the biopsy...it can drastically alter the results and give you a false negative result. I also wanted to say that I had random occurances with severe pain as well...much worse than my childbirth pains sometimes. It was hard to nail down what foods triggered it because sometimes a food did and then the next time it didn't. With celiac, it was explained to me that it is all about how much your intestines can stand before pooping out (ha!) so sometimes the reaction was immediate and sometimes there was none. There are actually a lot of people that are asymptomatic which would be much worse to me because being pain free is the only thing that makes the diet so doable. A good link to look at if you have IBS and cannot find a remedy is http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/07/01/celiac.disease.ap/index.html Good Luck!

I too suffered and was dx with IBS my whole life until last year. My youngest son developed Type I diabetes and subsequently Celiac Disease. After looking at his symptoms and the genetic disposition of the illness, I had myself tested for Celiac...which came back positive. It was recently considered by the NIH as one of the most undiagnosed illnessess...Amercian docs aren't trained to look for it...Europe is...I have eaten gluten free now, along with my son, for nearly a year and never have "ibs" symptoms anymore after having serious symptoms for years and years. Further, i've lost 20 pounds and have never felt better in my whole life on all levels...so it is definitely something to consider. Initial testing is with specific blood tests and the gold standard is a biopsy of lower stomach/upper intestine to indeed show the damage. Note that celiac disease is an autoimmune disease so if you do have the disease and don't follow the diet, you will be doing much damage to your insides beyond the obvious outward symptoms. There is a condition of being gluten sensitive without having the autoimmune illness dx...and you still avoid gluten...your blood work may come back negative for celiac but following the gluten free diet will eliminate all symptoms. This was true for my friend who was very ill with Crohn's, which she had had since she was a teen...and eating gluten free has enabled her to go med free and lose a ton of weight and feel fantastic for the first time in her life. Needless to say, I am pretty opinionated on the topic but that is because I suffered for so long and was medicated to relieve symptoms...but never cured. Gluten free cured me for life...but I do have to stay gluten free 100% or else the autoantibodies will be triggered to do their damage to the villi once again. Hope this provides you with another avenue of thought. :)

I start TWU in the fall as a junior. It is my second attempt...I had to drop out the first time because of family health issues. I will be taking Patho in the fall at the Parkland campus. Already studying though since I've heard it is a killer course. Combined with Pharmo...has to be

I don't want to debate BSN and ADN. My question is this: Is a previous 4 year degree in another subject (mine is business) helpful if you only want to get an ADN degree in regards to advancement possibilities at work? I know some suggest getting a BSN when you want to further your education or career so I was wondering would any 4 year degree count as helpful to someone hiring you and considering you for mgmt. types of jobs. Thanks!

I live down the street from where the nurses worked and they have arrested the husband for the shooting and released the previous gentleman they arrested. The husband has confessed also to the murder. The other nurse, not his wife, is in stable condition right now...she was NOT killed. Just a little info from where it is happening :)

Great, uplifting thread :)

I was just curious if any of you have any good luck charms you've used through school or any rituals you do before every test? I have used the same brand mechanical pencil since I began...and feel like l'd jinx myself if I took a test with a different one :) It's my lucky pencil...I am only half-joking here!

Brandy, thanks for the post about Due Yesterday...it seems more affordable than the 4.0 student program. I can't wait to try it out :)