[beeutterfly]

... would first off require me completing my Bachelor's. I have mostly prereq's, gen ed & science classes completed, but still many left.

I'll be finished with the current program I'm in for pharmacy technician training, a technical certificate, in a matter of months. I'm 32 and between three colleges completed approximately 60 credits, putting me barely at junior status. This was between the years of 1999 - 2006.

I feel healthier than I have in many years & it's taken me just as many years to get here. I have confidence in my intelligence again; I haven't felt this way since I was in high school! The fear I felt when starting this program has changed; I was afraid at first but now, I am excited!

I think at this point, it's a question of when, not if. I believe this path I've been trying to ignore for far too long is in need of at least reexamining. I've got my confidence back & boy does it feel good.

Words of encouragement & stories of similar experiences would be appreciated.

[davie08]

Well my dad's girlfriend is a doctor, and she has quite the story. She had a child when she was 16, and had to begin working to support it. She became a lab tech for awhile, but she had always wanted to be a doctor. So when she was I think 31 or 32 she went back to school. She's very smart and achieved near hundreds in university, so they accepted her into med school after one year.

This story can maybe show you that it is possible to go back at your age and become what you want to become.