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It is as if I wrote this entire post - Desperate

Posted: Oct 8th, 2019 - 8:36 am In Reply to: Yes - sm

I too am in my 50's, and lost my transcription job of 20 years last February due to Voice Recognition. I luckily found another position as a Virtual Medical Scribe, but making HALF the money that I used to make. This obviously has put me in dire circumstances, like you, unable to pay my bills and forcing me at this point to file for bankruptcy. I have applied to a million other jobs over the past year and a half, and have had TWO of them call me, and subsequently telling me they are going to go with someone else. It is extremely depressing not knowing what is going to happen in the near or distant future. While I am grateful for the job I have, it is not going to sustain me, and the thought of having to work 2 or more jobs now that I am in my 50's makes me even more depressed. I too began this career as a single mother, and it worked out great for all these years, but now I also wonder if it was the right decision. You are not alone!

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Slow low - Lowest (Views: 813, 2019-10-02, 7:21 pm)
- Yes, I live with this mindset every day and wonder what - will happen to me. nm (Views: 545, 2019-10-02, 7:40 pm)
- Yes - sm (Views: 544, 2019-10-02, 8:14 pm)
  - It is like you are writing my story. I feel your pain - so low (Views: 476, 2019-10-03, 3:57 pm)
  - It is as if I wrote this entire post - Desperate
    - I would like to raise this idea again for those of us - in this type of situation. SM (Views: 395, 2019-10-08, 2:16 pm)
- Yes. - sm (Views: 512, 2019-10-02, 8:20 pm)
  - It is like we are stuck in a trap with no way out - So low (Views: 716, 2019-10-03, 4:08 pm)
    - Too bad we couldnt have a separate board section - for this kind of discussion SM (Views: 401, 2019-10-03, 4:20 pm)
      - I think the status of MT is way different for single MTs - sm (Views: 601, 2019-10-03, 8:39 pm)
        I drastically changed careers at 55 - Sm (Views: 460, 2019-10-05, 7:49 am)
- The hospitals need you - It is amazing how bad the work (Views: 536, 2019-10-03, 6:59 pm)
  - Yes, hospitals need us, but they are too stupid and stingy - to realize or admit it. With all the SM (Views: 444, 2019-10-03, 9:26 pm)
    - Maybe the poster above meant jobs in - hospitals other than (Views: 426, 2019-10-04, 1:28 pm)