Dave had a doctor's appointment today and I always go with him because 1) he would not go by himself and his health would be terrible and 2) I enjoy talking with our doctor because he is funny and always has a great adventure story to tell us. I think he works so he can afford all of his hobbies - he likes to snow ski, helicopter snow ski, ride a motorcycle, fly a plane and travel all over the world. He just got back from a vacation in Vietnam.
Anyway, at the last appointment that Dave and I went to in September, he talked to me about doing his transcription for him and the doctor that he shares his office with. He said he would call me after he got back from vacation and we would talk again. That was about the time mom started her radiation treatments and I was busy and didn't really think about working at that time.
Anyway, I talked with him today and he told me that they are now going to voice recognition dictation, which will be typed as he speaks. If you have ever gone to the doctor with mom, you know how they have a computer in the exam room and they can pull up information within a few seconds including lab results and consultation notes from other doctors. That pretty much means that most doctors in this town are no longer going to need transcriptionists.
So, here I am at age 55, eager and willing to work, and probably will take months to find a job. Of any kind. I don't even think I could get a job flipping burgers because of my age and inexperience. I have been doing transcription work for 18 years.
I have spent the evening trying not to let Dave know how much this bothers me and how sad I am that the job that I love so much is being eliminated. I spoke with Kris and couldn't bring myself to even tell her for fear that I would start crying. I really want to work in some capacity and I don't even care what kind of work it is, but I just feel the need to bring in some sort of income. I don't want to be a housewife. I want to work!!!!
I guess I have already become Dave's private secretary. Dave was having severe pain in his right leg that has progressively gotten worse. Dave has had problems with left-sided sciatica pain for several years. There is pressure on his spine that presses against his sciatic nerve and evidently when he was remodeling the bathroom, his spine twisted and now the pain is on the right side. So tomorrow I am calling a physical therapist to set up an appointment and make sure I don't need a prior authorization so he can start physical therapy 3 times a week for 4 weeks. The doctor also wants him to see a chiropractor so I have to make that appointment also and call the insurance company to see if it is even a covered procedure with Dave's insurance. I already went to the pharmacy and picked up some pain pills for him. Dave is also having problems hearing, so I am calling to get him an appointment for a hearing test and see if he needs a hearing aid. I will probably have to clear that with the insurance company also to see what extent of a hearing test he needs to qualify for a hearng aid.
Anyway, the tears are starting to fall and I don't want to go to bed until they stop so I don't wake Dave up. With his pain pills, he is probably in a deep sleep anyway!!!!!
If you have any ideas or job leads, let me know. I will work for minimum wage, but I feel like I just have to find a job now. It is not so much for the money (but who couldn't use more money), but for my own self esteem - to let the world know that I am a hard working, motivated employee that can get the job done!!! I am just so depressed. I just took an extra Valium so that I can relax enough to fall asleep, but I don't think that I will get much sleep tonight.
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I didn't know you wanted to go bsck to work, I thought you were happy staying home taking care of Max. You could get a job as a greeter at WalMart that way I would see you all the timeLOL........ I will keep my ears open for you.
HAHAHA. I'm not that old. I was happy that I wasn't working while I was dealing with Marie's illness and death and cleaning her apartment and the garage sale and then mom with the radiation. I could not have kept up with my work and still taken care of all of that at the same time. Now that things have settled down, I want to be out in the working world, even if it is just working at home. It might be fun to have to get up, get dressed and actually drive to work instead of working in my pajamas all day. If you hear of anything, let me know!!!
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