[Reese1]

Originally Posted by lil fu fu girl

Well I think that you have the right idea with leaving all options open, as you just never know what it is you want to do until you actually see it!
I also love medical coding; having the opportunity to actually read into all the documentation within a record including the actual surgical procedure is fascinating to me. This past semester we have delved deeper into the digital data format, and that has really interested me as well.
Currently, I am lucky enough to just be going to school. After spring semester I will perhaps try for a part time position within a hospital, that way I can continue on with my BS. I would like to get most of it out of the way, so that by the time I am in a FT position, I can just be working on my masters.

I think that it is really admirable of you to get back into college. It is not easy going back at any age. Congratulations on making and keeping the decision. It sounds like you are very determined, and knowledgeable about what you want out of your degree. I am sure you will do brilliantly! Plus....... this way if we have any queries as to a particular topic, we have each other to bounce it off of.
Once again, Congratulations !!

In one of my AHIMA classes, I found all the documentation & procedures fascinating too! The medical field has always interested me, but not in the clinical way, otherwise I would go to nursing school!
I'm lucky that I'm able to go to school full time and not have to work while doing it. I really admire people who do both. I will be going to school all year around for two years!
I'm thinking that I will get a part time job once I've completed one or two terms to start getting hands-on experience.
Thanks for the encouragement, it's appreciated very much!
I am a bundle of emotions, since I don't know exactly what to expect.
So I am so happy to find someone in the same field!