Babysteps: That was one of the most thought-provoking, sensitive and kind pep talks I've ever heard. Well done.

((((((((( Elysium )))))))))))))) You are one of the people I most admire here on PC. And if I do say so myself, that means something.

Hang in there. Things will turn around. Think outside the box.

When I was younger, I never had trouble being employed. One reason was I was willing to do jobs no one else wanted. I was a government investigator and often, I was threatened and challenged. But I learned the proper way to deal with it and used some courage and succeeded.

Also, in bad times, I was a bill collector. I was very good at that, too. I learned from the best. No strong arm tactics. The key was, I worked for an attorney who would go to court and get judgments on the debt and then we would enforce the judgments. It was like being in law enforcement, sort of, like I did before. Except you talked to the plaintiff and arranged for payment or hauled their ***** into court. Or did what was called executions where you sent the sheriff out to confiscate property.

What I'm saying is, I always did jobs that no one else wanted to do. If you could think in those terms, perhaps you could think of jobs that are, perhaps, unpopular in the medical field.

Just a few suggestions.