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run forrest run!

thanks!

good advice

Ditto.

Thanks for explaining. I hate the TPAPN idea so much I could scream! I just don't understand why I have to be in some program where I have to call each morning and ask if this is my day for a UA...for 2 years! And pay for it! I never went to work drunk or high or hungover and I certainly never stole narcotics. Others on here have pat answers that make it somehow seem ok that Bipolars are classified with substance abusers but I am sorry, I hate it, resent it, and it does not seem appropriate.

Well, don't be surprised if I come a callin' again! :)

Ziggysgal, thank you. It was the admissions criteria that I could not find. You are a Blessing. I am all over this forum asking questions and it is finally starting to fall into place.

Ok, I am actually back here to ask another question about Lone Star LVN program. I have looked all over their website and cannot find the curriculum or pre-reqs or anything about an LVN program. Am I missing something? :uhoh3:We are mainly interested in the Cy-Fair location because of transportation. Thanks :)

carolmaccus66 ...could you clarify? I can't make sense of your last post. Thanks.

Speech therapy since childhood, it is not something that speech therapy can help as it is in the brain s/p meds given to his mom during pregnancy. He is trying to get into the service and have them pay for his education. He was turned down by one branch and is trying another. He is tenacious and a go-getter. He is taking online courses now.

Did you have a lawyer?

coladot. so you are in Texas? And with Biploar Disorder you did not have to do TPAPN? How did you get around it? because I am very upset by the thought of having to go through it. I have gone to every docor appt. scheduled, every 4-8 weeks for 12 years. I take my meds, I have the same pdoc and I am stable. Why should I have to make a phone call every morning to see if it is my day for a UA?

I love it! :)

I have felt terrible ever since I wrote this post. I really want you to know that. You came here needing help and I was an old meany. You are full of grace and you will find that job that fits. Keep a smile on your face :) and in your heart :redbeathe

What about the Americans with Disabilities Act? http://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm#anchor62335 Are we required to tell future employers upfront about a disability if we are stable? Does anyone know how that works? I don't want to tell it. Because I am in Texas, I will have to be in TPAPN for 2 years because I am Bipolar. TPAPN Texas Nurses Association: AFIL TPAPN home

I take: Seroquel 900 mg day, Seroquel XR 200 mg day, Lamictal 250 mg day, Topamax 300 mg day, Trileptal 300 mg day . I take these in divided doses. I have been on everything else you can think of. I loved Cymbalta, but it gave me GI upset, severe. I am on way too many meds, but my doctor is old, in her 80s, and I can't get her to change anything or her way of thinking. I am on medicare and am limited on healthcare choices right now. But I am pretty stable. So I keep plodding along. I always take my meds perfectly, I even have my cell phone alarm set to go off at med time so I don't miss a dose. I cannot ever work nights though because of the Seroquel. Which is a shame because I loved nightshift and am a night owl by nature. But Seroquel kicks my butt. I wake up feeling refreshed and ready for action in the morning though :)

When I get back to work, which means a refresher course and tpapn for 2 years because I am Bipolar, I plan on saving a little bit, building a cabin/house with plenty of bedrooms, a nice kitchen, screened in porches and a fireplace out here on the farm and helping my children and grandchildren have better lives (college education for the 1 of my 4 children who still need it and new school clothes each year and new shoes for the grand kids). I want the nice cabin/house on our land so there will be a "home place". I own the farm and have a clear title in my name. I think every family needs a home place in the country to gather in and to retreat to and to go to if things get rough. My family has always been like that. Oh, and 2 of my children are successful and can help with the "home place", so it is not all on me, although I would not ask them for help unless needed. They are in agreement though.

I have zero retirement. Not one cent. I have acreage and some livestock and have food stores for lean times. I receive a tiny, tiny SSDI check each month. I will never starve but I will live in rags and animal pelts or something.

Your right. He will just have to do his best and see what happens. He is so smart, he will find his niche.

Kyla, that was the best answer EVER! Thank you so much! I was so very confused by all those points that folks were talking about and you made sense of it for me! :) I will digest this and go from there. Thanks again!

Thanks Jack. A lot of my energy come from my mania, which is not always a bad part of Bipolar Disorder. Often, it is just the kick in the pants a person needs. But most of all I am getting energy from the fact that I am also helping my daughter and nephew get into nursing school. It's the "helping" I guess that is making me feel good. I am "doing" something. I am "making" others feel better and not just wrapped up in my own problems. Action words. :)

How wonderful to start a thread and then to come back the next day and have so many responses! What great (and humorous) answers! I am planning on living to 100 :) My family is long-lived and I feel I have good genetics. I take proper suppliments, drink green tea, eat dark chocolate, work hard outside and eat pure foods and so forth. I want to stay active. My body works best when it has no extra poundage on it, my knees scream and by back hollers when I am overweight. There are no old fat people and there are no fat old people. Staying fit makes a world of difference in your outlook in life. I plan to go to work in the Houston Medical Center, then some travel and then later back to rural nursing part time. I need the mental stimulation of being around brainy types, other nurses and doctors. Not too much of that in the woods where I live.

I have been at home on the farm working my butt off. I mean true blood, sweat and tears. Not relaxing, but surviving. Raising our own meat, veggies, milk, eggs, honey and so forth. Doing the butchering myself, herding the goats, building fence, hard work in the Texas heat. Hard hard country work. I have been home since I was 41 and stopped working as an RN. Thirteen years. So I am returning to work as many of my peers are retiring. But I need the money badly for my grandchildren, to give them a better life, and I need to go back to work to give myself a better life. But primarily, I have needed skills and can give patients a better life. I am old and broke in and not much rattles me, like an old trail horse, I am "bomb-proof"! I knew a CNA that worked in a LTC facility until she was 82. She took care of much younger patients.

I would like to work a good while after I "get back into it". I am returning to nursing at the age of 54. Can I expect to work 15-20 years? How long are yall planning to work? I would love to hear from you older guys and gals.

Thanks ariel. I plan on taking my refresher from phesonline which is approved by the Texas BON. And Jack, I re-read the list of materials you suggested and really appreciate the help. I am feeling so good about all of this now. I am putting one foot in front of the other....and I am RUNNING!