Sorry, I need to shout it from the rooftops- I passed my 1st Board exam yesterday and am now a Certified Respiratory Therapist!!! Also waiting to see if I get a job offer here soon!!! Life is moving on & up. Thanks for all the support, everyone. I feel like this is part of why I succeed in other parts of my life. So THANKS!!!!!

Congrats!!!!

That is fantastic! Congrats to you!!

Congratulations! That is AMAZING news!

I completed my RT training in 1997 (wow, I'm old!), but developed an anaphylactic reaction to latex shortly thereafter. This was before the increased awareness of latex sensitivity, and essentially meant I would not be able to work in critical care or trauma situations without repeated daily exposure to latex. So I left the field.

The knowledge has helped me countless times since. And I've even flirted with getting back in the field (on my "own time") by studying and perhaps volunteering at a hospital (if they would take me). I'd have to write my boards again too (too long out of the field), and get provincially licensed again. Almost like starting new!

Still, it's intriguing and I know that I would be able to handle "code" calls like no body's business now (being 140 lbs lighter). Being on my feet for 12 hrs wouldn't be a problem either.

With all the technological, pharmacological and medical knowledge advances in the past 16 years though, it would be A LOT of studying.

Well done!

Awesome fulfilling career ahead! Anyone who has a job as a healer deserves a standing ovation! **Standing up & clapping!** Good luck in your new career!

That is GREAT!!! Way to go!

very definitely congrats!