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Channizard

Channizard

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So I'm stuck with where I want to be going atm... I recently just lost my job that I've had for a year, and now I'm back out on the market. This would be a good opportunity for schooling and the like, however I haven't saved a cent towards any of it. There's student loans, sure. However one thing that stands in my way is surgery.

I'm due for a second knee surgery sometime later this year in winter. By then, I'll be cooped up in bed for minimum 3 months bump on a log... then an average of 4-6 months of bare mobility and going to physio, after that which I can maybe go back to the gym and start building up my muscles again. It was at this time that I planned to start online schooling. I'll have all the time for it, and by the time I'm done, I'd be mobile (hopefully).

My predicament/question out to the void here being... do I go for the school now while I have a chance with all this "free time", only to have surgery and wait months on end before I can actually get a new job? Or do I start applying for shit jobs now and try save what I can towards said schooling in the future...

OH, keeping in mind that at the current stage, I also owe the Government 900$ in Permanent Residence Visa fees over the next couple months to help my boyfriend gather up a Visa so he can stay in the country.

Help me void.
 
Why don't you go for a temorary job, til the knee shit, get abit of cash saved up, pay that debt you owe -or as much as you can afford. Is there any point starting schooling now if you're likely to miss so much, and like you said you could do summat online while you're laid up? Not sure how it works over there mind
 
I wouldn't do anything till I have paid all my debts. They're quite the pickle. Can't schooling wait? Is it not better to start it when you're in a "safe zone"? (financial and physical wise)
 
I would say that you should wait until after you've had surgery.

I think that knowing you are going to have to have surgery would more than likely put you off from studying perhaps? It might distract you and you might not be as focused knowing that you're studies will be interrupted soon.

I would suggest looking for casual work in order to save up for a bit, then have your surgery and get it all out of the way and when you're ready go ahead and start your schooling.

However in the end it's totally up to you. I don't know you or your full story so I can't say what would be best. Just from what I read I would say that this is what I would do if I was in that situation. =)
 
I'd say get a job right now seeing as your surgery won't be until winter time anyway. Save up (whether for school or other expenses that may come up) and be prepared for the upcoming months of being bedridden. During your recovery, you can then start your 'online' classes if you want. You should have enough money to take a class or two. Just stay focus; I actually think this might help you pass time...3 months is quite a long time if you're idle for too long.

Of course, this all depends on how seriously you take your education and at what rate you're willing to spend time on your studies. If you've got something in mind career-wise that you want to pursue as soon as possible, then definitely start school after your surgery...which I'm assuming you can probably start by early next year.

But in the meantime, find a job as soon as possible and focus on bringing in the dough.
 
Ok, it seems like nobody else asked, but is the knee surgury really necessary? What I mean is, is it sort of an optional surgury or is it something that is already rendering you immobile? If it's optional, then I'd say skip the surgury for now and work on bills and schooling first. Then once you're in a good place financially, then work on getting the surgury.

And if your surgury is necessary and needs to be done, then I would say pay the bills before you put yourself into debt again with schooling. It's like Mits said, if there is no plan yet for a career, then there isn't much of a hurry to start school.
 
It's reassuring to hear that everybody is at least pointing me in the direction I was ready to go with. I had figured that doing the online courses would be better to do while I was laid up. Well, pretty much it was just one course (for being a Pharmacy Tech) afaik, with some upgrading for highschool. And given that, I'll at least be making decent cash, solid hours and then I can finally move out and do something.

Regarding the surgery, it is fairly mandatory. I'd rather do this now early on, than later. It's been a year and a half since my previous surgery and I'm still not 100% healed up. I'll have been wasting 4 years on my knees because of surgery, and before I get married and have kids (which I could potentially miscarry if my leg went out on me and I fell) I'd rather do it. This is also dependent on my specialist and that she's actually here. She tends to... disappear to other parts of the country and I still need to sort out with her that she'll be here, come December. Plus I'd rather be laid up during the winter than summer or spring.
 
3 months in bed after knee surgery? D: where are you having that surger done? Usually they have you walking shortly after words. (And it is painful) And four months of limited mobility? I've seen people go back to work after a month to two months after a knee replacement D: What kind of surgery is it? Will you be revieving Occupational and/or physical therapy afterwards?

I'd go for the temp job though. Better to save up your money. And maybe would it be possible to find a job where you could sit for most of the day? I"ve heard of people working at home for insurance companies. :)
 
Aww, you're sweet to worry. My surgery is.. well... special. I've had dislocatable kneecaps ever since I was about 5. And actually in the first knee, there was a chipped piece of cap floating around, so they had to take that out as well. But what the surgery consists of is cutting apart my inner ligaments and restitching them in a new position so that it holds the kneecap in a tighter place.

Why it takes so long, is because for the first month the wound is still fresh.. they don't take off the bandages and stuff until after 4-6 weeks. And my cast, oh the cast.. it's an ankle to groin cast to prevent ANY and all bending of the knee so that it heals in its new place. It's So0o0o0o0o0o fun to walk in.

After the first month, the inner bandaging comes off, but I still need to wear the cast for another month of two and stay on crutches. But by this time, I can take the cast off and slowly start home exercises like trying to bend my knee and flex my new muscle. And then after that, I go to physio. Granted, I do stay in bed most of the time, but for the first month and a half, mobility is veeeery limited, usually just getting up if I have to pee.
 
Ok that makes more sense XD. Where I did my last field work (clinicals) we dealt with a lot of knee replacements, which are painful for the patients, but they are usually mobile pretty quickly. I had that on my mind when I was reading your post and I was wondering just what they were doing your knee!

Do you know if there going to be any kind of movement you can do with your legs? We always had to get any patient at my hospital to somehow move or change position to prevent blood clots and bed sores. (And if you don't know yet, I'm sure they will tell you when the surgery gets closer)

But good luck with the surgery!
 
Movements with my leg? o_O Not to my knowledge... Didn't mention anything on the other one. Post surgery? At most the Specialist asked me (after 6 weeks) to start flexing the newly mended muscle to make sure that it wouldn't freeze up my whole leg and to have my knee bending at a 90 degree angle by 2 months...
 
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