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Hello! I need some advice. I have a bachelor’s in Psychology. I was practicing as an RBT a few years back and I absolutely loved it, but as we know, the hours were very inconsistent. That pushed me to go into another field (operations and management) and of course I didn’t like it and I’ve decided to go back to what I enjoyed. I recently enrolled into the master’s program for ABA and because I lost my RBT certification, I have since completed another 40 hour course. I live in Georgia and I am struggling to find a company who will accept my application and allow a competency test so I would be able to take the exam. I also know that obtaining supervision hours could take a long time. I’m young, 26 and I live on my own. I’m not sure if I can hold out this long on a steady pacing and possibly face financial insecurity again due to the lack of hours and pay. Should I change my Master’s concentration or is the path to becoming a BCBA not as rough as I think? Thank you in advance!

So a bit of history, I had small follicular cysts a few years back and I haven’t gotten them checked out due to certain circumstances. Current day, my periods are horrible but are manageable on ibuprofen. I say horrible because without the medicine, it’s a bad pain. Some mid cycle symptoms (starting at about 10 days before my period) that have been standing out to me lately are sensitive nipples and frequent urination. I also started spotting twice in a month for the past two cycles rather than once. I usually spot closer to ovulation but now I spot on the first day of my fertile week and at the end of the fertile week. The other night ( currently mid cycle ) I was woken up by a pain I never felt before on the left side of my stomach or uterus. It lasted for about 30 minutes and I fell back asleep again. After that has been pretty typical and I haven’t felt anything except slight twinges. Any ideas ? Yes I have been to the doctor without getting an ultrasound and am always recommended birth control.