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Since I left college (never graduated) in 1998, I have been holding down various IT jobs, never lasting more than a year up until I started working for my dad. We have two businesses in place, both make some money, but not very much, and for that reason I'm on Social Security Disability to supplement my income. Some days I hate my job, some days I love my job. For many, many years I thought I would be destined to go into computers when it started coming out, with the technology. Today, even with the downturn of the economy, our workload has gone up and down, and I feel that I'm really stressing my father to keep me employed despite his illness - he had cancer (now in remission), and his recent hospitalization for viral meningitis, and I had to handle all of my Dad's work for the last three weeks, and it really opened my eyes, because I can tell you the truth - I HATE THIS JOB. It's not easy being deaf, working in an IT environment.
I revealed all of this to my parents and my wife, and they are supporting me through the decision of possibly changing careers. I wanted to do something that I love - technology and animals. I've always wanted to be a veterinarian. I'm 33 years old, and everyone has given me their support - even my Dad who said to me last weekend that if I really want to change careers, then by all means, go for it. I haven't done the preliminary research, but I certainly will NOT be a Dr. Frist vet (I promise!), but I'm trying to find something that will fit me and my disability and see how far I can go with this. I may enter the field as a vet tech (after retraining through Bel-Rea probably), then may eventually go back to school and go find my way into the field that I want to get into.
I know there are many vets (kestrel for one) here in DU, and I wanted to know what the requirements are. I just hope that accounting and calculus (and statistics) are not required, because they were my worst subjects in college, and that was the main reason I left college - mainly of boredom. I can do simple and advanced math, understand chemistry (a little bit - may have to re-take chemistry) and other stuff.
I just need help here - a guidance - if you will. I have my family's backing, and I'll probably beg Vocational Rehab to support me through this new change of career (one VR counselor happens to be a very good friend of the family). I just hope that this will work out for me. I just hope I can have the patience to relearn everything and forget what I knew of computing (somewhat, of course).
Hawkeye-X
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