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I graduated with a college degree in the Philippines and when I moved here I was able to use it on my first job but after I got pregnant and gave birth, I decided to quit my job and be a stay at home mom for a while. Unfortunately, during the times that I was out of job, recession took place which made it harder for me to go back to work since lots of people were laid off especially from my previous employer. When you look for a job opening even a entry level position, you will be competing with overqualified applicants desperate to get a job since they were laid off. So, my chance to go back working got slimmer and dimmer. It's not totally zero opportunity but a lot of considerations were made, the compensation is not enough to pay for gas, daycare, car maintenance, insurance. In addition, the effort, time and distance which will take away my time for my son, not worth it. Todate, economy is still struggling but at least my little boy is into school now and he doesn't need that much assistance, that's why I decided to go back to school now or never. I thought of taking a different path, healthcare. I got interested in pharmacy over the other short courses because of my mom. She has hypertension, type 2 diabetes and oftentinmes brought to the hospital. Then I learned that from time to time, her medicines were replaced because she always have some side effects such as the allergy, coughing, constipation, dizziness which she thought were another illness. One day, I googled for the medicine that she's taking and I read something about the ace inhibitors adverse effects such as coughing, dizziness and headache. My mom thought she might have problems with her lungs because of her coughing so she went to have chest x-ray which turned negative. Now, she knows that these coughing, allergy, sneezing are part of the effects of those drugs that she's taking. From then on, I got curious especially when I learned about the case of my father in law who's taking 10 pills per meal, I can imagine the interactions of those drugs. Before I attended my class, I learned that drug manufacturers initially know few side effects of their product, it's the patient / consumer who gives feedback that cause them to relabel their product to add warnings and to recall some. So, with that I thought I should know more about these drugs interaction and if generics are effective as the branded. This curiosity led me to take Pharmacy Technician.
Is is too late for me to go back to school? I don't think so, right? There's shouldn't be any hindrance to pursue education. As our famous national hero in the Philippines said, 'Poverty is not a hindrance to get an education', as well as age, status and race. After being a full time stay-at-home mom for two years now, I thought of going back to school. My toddler is going to school already so I have some time to do things that I want and focus on being more productive. When I stopped working, I anticipate that I will be increasingly bored though I got this blogging that makes me busy and helps my brain to function. But, at the same time, thinking of my son's future. It's not applicable to couples here in USA to have only one source of income, so I need to help my husband so that our son could have better or the same life we have. Things would be more difficult in the future, so it needs planning and savings for our son's future. After having a bachelor degree in the field of Computer, worked for more than a decade, I thought of pursuing a course in the field of healthcare. For me, it's more stable and it deals directly with people's well being. Seldom you find a job that you like, you're well compensated and the same time, able to help to take care of sick people, inspire and motivate them. I know those people who know the real me wouldn't believe that I will be taking a course that includes drawing blood, wrapping dead body, going to morgue and sighting with my two eyes a dying person. I don't have the guts and courage to do these things and I am very emotional and scared to hurt people even through small things like drawing blood. So, I decided to take a course that focuses on preparing and dispensing drugs. It's been a week now and I can say that it challenges me a lot from accomplishing something to excelling. I want to be good in this and hopefully pass it. There are some anxiety on my part because it's been years since I attended a class, adjusting to your classmates, to new environment, language and healthcare field. I must admit that it stresses me alot lately, I have lots of fears. Maybe my being stay at home mom, got into me too much that going out again and interacting with lots of people is a huge adjustment. I hope and pray this will go fine as what I want it to be and what others are expecting from me. I will post things here that is related to my going back to school and the course itself.
I graduated with a college degree in the Philippines and when I moved here I was able to use it on my first job but after I got pregnant and gave birth, I decided to quit my job and be a stay at home mom for a while. Unfortunately, during the times that I was out of job, recession took place which made it harder for me to go back to work since lots of people were laid off especially from my previous employer. When you look for a job opening even a entry level position, you will be competing with overqualified applicants desperate to get a job since they were laid off. So, my chance to go back working got slimmer and dimmer. It's not totally zero opportunity but a lot of considerations were made, the compensation is not enough to pay for gas, daycare, car maintenance, insurance. In addition, the effort, time and distance which will take away my time for my son, not worth it. Todate, economy is still struggling but at least my little boy is into school now and he doesn't need that much assistance, that's why I decided to go back to school now or never. I thought of taking a different path, healthcare. I got interested in pharmacy over the other short courses because of my mom. She has hypertension, type 2 diabetes and oftentinmes brought to the hospital. Then I learned that from time to time, her medicines were replaced because she always have some side effects such as the allergy, coughing, constipation, dizziness which she thought were another illness. One day, I googled for the medicine that she's taking and I read something about the ace inhibitors adverse effects such as coughing, dizziness and headache. My mom thought she might have problems with her lungs because of her coughing so she went to have chest x-ray which turned negative. Now, she knows that these coughing, allergy, sneezing are part of the effects of those drugs that she's taking. From then on, I got curious especially when I learned about the case of my father in law who's taking 10 pills per meal, I can imagine the interactions of those drugs. Before I attended my class, I learned that drug manufacturers initially know few side effects of their product, it's the patient / consumer who gives feedback that cause them to relabel their product to add warnings and to recall some. So, with that I thought I should know more about these drugs interaction and if generics are effective as the branded. This curiosity led me to take Pharmacy Technician. 
