u/Healthy-Box8618

I’m not even in the field yet, I start classes in fall.
A few years ago I woke up with some pretty bad back pain and couldn’t hardly bend over to tie my boots, got checked out. The doctor couldn’t confirm but said he thinks I might have herniated a disc.

Now a few years later I’m still dealing with back pain. Nothing awful, it doesn’t affect my day to day life but I definitely notice it. I go to the gym and do heavy squats and deadlifts, I’ve also competed in powerlifting since my injury and it hasn’t seemed to have made it worse.

Is there anybody out there dealing with similar pain? How do you manage? Honestly just worried I might have to find a new field 10 years from now.

Anybody on here working full time while going to school? I’ve been heavily considering going back to school to pursue nursing. However I work full time, my hours are 1:00p - 9:00p and eat up the majority of the day. Is anybody else in a similar position and able to make it work? I would jump down to part time or look for another job but I’m also providing the only income for my family of 4.