I am a single mom to a 20-month old boy who has my heart and keeps me on my toes. I started this journey of Medical Coding with The Andrews School this past November 2015. It has been rewarding and challenging, trying to work FT from home M-F, complete these modules, and be his FT daycare. We had him in an in-home daycare with his dad's sister 2 days a week, but her family moved to Italy last month. My current job does not allow me to support him in daycare, which is one of the reasons I am working towards the CPC certification. I love him with my whole soul and love being able to spend my days with him, but it can be sooooo stressful. I feel my work and school suffer from being so tried and stretched so thin. Please, all the single moms out there, please tell me you made it through this program. Tell me your life is better because of this school, the instructors, and you have an amazing job with a great salary and benefits haha! I need to know it gets easier...the opening at the end of this journey is looking more like a rabbit hole.
Yes, it is stressful. And I bet you are way more than tired by the end of the day. But you are where you need to be with that little boy, even though you get very tired.
I have finished module 4 and cannot tell you that it gets easier. It just gets different with one layer of detail/knowledge on top of another. In looking around at different companies that are hiring, there are many, many job openings out there, I can pretty much say you aren't looking down a rabbit hole. Sometimes the pay is below the national average, but once you get out there looking for the job, you can be selective in that regard.
If you are worried about exhaustion/your personal health/meeting deadlines, have you thought about talking to Glenda to see if there is an option for extending the deadline? I'm not speaking for her, not saying what she can do for you, but it is worth a conversation with her.
I don't know what to say to encourage you, except to say keep at it. Just take baby steps. O yeah, and take a deep breath frequently. I'm not kidding. Not just a mental deep breath, but deep into the lungs. Is amazing what that can do.
Hang in there Michelle. I think you can do it.
Donna G