u/Beginning-South3843

Hello!

I am a 30 F who has considered becoming a Certified Nurse Midwife since…the dawn of time.

Due to financial and personal situations, I spent my early 20s in Early Childhood and now I work in an office setting, so no medical experience at all.

Barring advice regarding actual midwifery, it would take me into almost my 40s to break into this career. And while I know the time will pass anyways, and you’re never too old to learn a new thing, etc- I’m wondering if anyone else did or bore witness to someone becoming a midwife later in life.

Is it worth it, is it something that won’t age well? I’m worried about the financial implications with no avail.

Hello!

Just wanted to share a bit of my story and wondered if anyone else was out there with the same issues I’m having.

I was diagnosed 5 years ago with an A1C of 12.5 after having a major DKA incident. I lost 60 pounds in 6 weeks and couldn’t even keep sips of water down. I also lost huge chunks of hair. At the time, I have just come down from purposefully losing around 100 pounds and was still (and am still) overweight.

Flash forward to now and I am no longer on insulin with my A1C reaching 5.1 for the past 9 months. I take 500 mg of Metformin and occasionally have high fasting sugar, but well controlled now. I still need to lose weight and keep working on my A1C, but have changed amd overhauled every aspect of my life. I never eat a naked carb, I always take a 20 minute walk after eating, etc all the things you do.

After all of this, I still have slightly elevated cholesterol and BP for which I am taking Metopropol ER.

Currently having weird sensations and issues with my leg that point SO clearly to PAD. I am a vape user and I threw it in the trash yesterday, so that’s over. But it feels like I’ve made so many strides and so many choices and now I’m looking at having to go to the cardiologist at 30 to make sure I don’t have a heart attack.

Anyone feel like they do SO much and it’s never enough? Let alone the costs associated, I have a good job, paid over my areas median income but I still have a deductible so high I’ve had to pay for literally everything out of pocket this year.

I am just very scared that my entire life is being cut short because of choices I made before my brain was even developed, and so many of them poor choices, but I look around and see so little of the same consequences. Not that I want other people to suffer, but you know?