Medical Transcription And Other At Home Jobs...

[wareagle]

Hi all. This is a continuation from the "dysautonomia friendly" job post. I've been struggling for mths. now with this obsession to find SOME kind of job that I can still do. I went to college for 8 yrs. and got both a BS and Masters in Speech Pathology and had to stop five years ago at the age of 27. I'm starting to panic a bit now....I'm fortunate to have SS disablity, but I simply can't live on that forever. As it is now I couldn't afford to live on my own (stay w/my mom)...much less start saving for my "retirement" years. I simply have got to find a way to start bringing money in, even if it's not a lot.

My limitations are that I still have the overwhelming fatigue most of us face and some days it's hard for me to be upright much. I also have a problem with driving. I can go short distances but I just don't feel comfortable risking longer trips. There are no jobs close to my home within my field of study, and even if they were I don't know how flexible they'd be. I even had the crazy idea of attempting to get my PhD and become a professor, but if I'm being realistic, that's simply not something my body could handle. I just keep hitting wall after wall after wall on this issue but I can not let it go and just "accept" that I can't do anything to earn a wage. I mean, I still have a brain; I'm still quite capable of reading and understanding material; I still have opinions; I still have value as a human being.

I just keep kicking myself for not choosing some other field while I was in college. If I'd only know then, right? I've looked into online teaching (need a teaching certificate) and tutoring, medical transcription, medical billing/coding, and all the other "at home work" sites. I have no idea how one becomes a writer, or an editor, or a e-bay seller (or even what an e-bay selller is). I don't know how to sell makeup like Avon, etc. (can you actually sell makeup without leaving your home?) I'm sure there are all sorts of things that I haven't looked into b/c I don't know that they exist. I mean there's no spiffy website you can go to and type in your physical limitations and get job recommendations. This is all just so infuriating...and a bit degrating and depressing.

I keep coming back to the medical transcription thing. I've gotten some recommendations for legit traning programs...but they are a lot more expensive than I had anticipated. If anyone has any experience in this field please contact me. It's a big decision...but I feel like I've run out of other options. The training would take a year...maybe less with my medical background.

If anyone has any other suggestions please chime in...or if you're uncomfortable posting please send a private message. Thanks for reading my rant.