I lied. There is crying. Prepare for venomous rant! I am in no way planning on quitting but I would like permission to throw a big giant temper tantrum. These are the reasons:
1) Between work and school I am gone over 50 hours a week. My husband also works full time so I am struggling to find sitters constantly--even more annoying is that there is usually some minute overlap in our schedules so I really only need a sitter for
2) I was working on a ginormous assignment yesterday and left the room to discover that my five year old snuck in like a ninja to play computer games. Instead of minimizing she chose to exit. WITHOUT saving.
3) In order to be able to attend all my classes I had to switch to working swing FRI-SUN every week as they wouldn't let me drop to relief (and that's probably a good thing consider the poor nursing student thing). My hubs works M-F. This means we never have a day off together unless one of us takes a V day which sucks because I really like him. He's swell! Not to mention my kids. I love those little people I made.
4) For as helpful as my husband is he totally doesn't understand the constant mental activity that accompanies nursing school. Just cause I am sitting there does not mean that I am relaxing. I am coming up with a mental gameplan of how I could possibly read 100 pages of my size 8 font med-surg book in the next week.
5) I am stinking chubby thanks to nursing school! I have gained 40 pounds in the last year so none of my clothes fit and I don't want to buy more (see #1--poor!). I have finally found a love for the gym but guess what? Don't have time for that either! I shoehorn in a half hour run on way to class if I am lucky.
There. I think that's it. To summarize: I NEED SUMMER VACATION.
Forty (40) pounds you gained in one (1) year? That's almost a pound a week. How can you carry all that extra weight? How did this happen? I can only surmise that you changed your eating habits drastically.
Your hips and knees and joints are going to hurt because of those forty pounds.
Thanks for pointing out the down sides to being overweight. I had no idea!
I did leave out the part where I started the program pregnant....I had a baby on Monday and came back for my test and lecture Thursday. She is now a healthy one year old.
Thanks for pointing out the down sides to being overweight. I had no idea!
I did leave out the part where I started the program pregnant....I had a baby on Monday and came back for my test and lecture Thursday. She is now a healthy one year old.
Don't mind that member. No need to explain! There is a light at the end of the tunnel....the hard work continues but will get easier! Best of luck!
Thanks ! I was just having one of those days where I needed to have a pity party for myself, ha ha. It's nice to know everyone else gets to that point too.
And wouldn't you know that the assignment that (the one that was deleted by my daughter) I stayed after work to finish somehow didn't save? Apparently the computer I was on kicks users out after twenty minutes...soooo only the first few minutes saved.....
But I'm looking at it glass half full! 1) I am going to ROCK the pediatric cardiac questions on my test 2) I learned to both save documents and confirm that the save worked.
What are the chances that I would have to repeat the same assignment three times due to computer (and child) troubles?I bet I will think this was really funny give years from now. Lol!
You initially blamed your weight gain on being a nurse. But you were pregnant and gave birth to a child. That explains the 40 pound weight gain. I'm happy for you.
Don't mind that member.....and no need to explain! There is a light at the end of the tunnel....the hard work continues but will get easier! Best of luck! Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com
I didn't know the 40 pound weight gain in a year was because she (OP) was pregnant. She didn't mention that she just blamed her weight gain on nursing.
I didn't know the 40 pound weight gain in a year was because she (OP) was pregnant. She didn't mention that she just blamed her weight gain on nursing.
No matter why she gained weight, whether from having a baby, or eating too much, or being stressed, you're original comment was still pretty rude and judgmental.
I didn't know the 40 pound weight gain in a year was because she (OP) was pregnant. She didn't mention that she just blamed her weight gain on nursing.
Whatever the reason ur comment was rude and inappropriate....especially when someone is venting and being vulnerable about such a sensitive situation!
I am ignorant about OP's situation. I can only respond to the information provided. My comment was based on the original post. I couldn't imagine gaining 40 pounds in one year, and I wanted to know how that happened. I was curious and also concerned for her.
We all know the toll that excessive weight gain, especially in a short period of time, exerts on our bodies and minds.
OP enlightened me in a subsequent post, explaining the reason for the 40 pound weight gain in one year. She was pregnant and had a baby. I love that!
I'm in the trenches too. And I don't get fat, I lose weight. But it's because the stress causes me to forget to eat and (I think) is causing thyroid storms. For certain, it causes my autoimmune issues to act up. Ha! If this continues, eventually it will burn my thyroid out and then I WILL get fat! My insurance isn't even good enough to get all of this checked out until I'm actually out with some real insurance.
The school... Just don't even get me started on those folks.
I am getting ulcers inside my mouth continually. My face breaks out like I was a 15 yr old boy (and I've really never had issues with this before - makes me crazy). I also have to work a fair amount a week = no sleep. And I don't do well on no sleep.
I am ignorant about OP's situation. I can only respond to the information provided. My comment was based on the original post. I couldn't imagine gaining 40 pounds in one year, and I wanted to know how that happened. I was curious and also concerned for her.
We all know the toll that excessive weight gain, especially in a short period of time, exerts on our bodies and minds.
OP enlightened me in a subsequent post, explaining the reason for the 40 pound weight gain in one year. She was pregnant and had a baby. I love that!
Seriously? Really? Your "concern" is touching.
It's touching my last nerve. And that is quite an accomplishment these days.
It is so common for nursing students to either gain or lose substantial amounts of weight during nursing school, that I'm amazed its escaped your attention. You'd probably be more helpful if you examined the reasons nursing school is so unduly stressful. Hint - it isn't the subject matter or the academic difficulty.
I've examined the reasons nursing school is stressful. I attended nursing school and it is stressful. But it isn't "unduly" stressful. I am a happy BSN graduate of University of Maryland.
I married and did the whole thing: Marriage, dual careers (I drove my husband to the MARC station each morning before work, he was a CPA for AMTRAK), family, dogs, cats.
When I was in college, everyone talked about the "Freshman 15" and I almost gained that. (I think I gained seven (7) pounds but it felt like fifteen.)
My point is that we, collectively, need to pay attention to our own bodies. No one else can do it for us. We have to take control of our own health each and every day.
He's swell! Not to mention my kids. I love those little people I made.
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Thanks for pointing out the down sides to being overweight. I had no idea!
I did leave out the part where I started the program pregnant....I had a baby on Monday and came back for my test and lecture Thursday. She is now a healthy one year old.