Thanks very much for your reply...I have decided that medical coding would be too mind numbing for me at this point, and also a reminder of the pharma/medical industry that I left behind...
I have reduced my expenses down as much as possible, (I have no health insurance and am nearing 60) and get by with giving music lessons here and there, and selling things I find in thrift stores and flea markets on Ebay...(Life got tougher....)
It is a far cry from my days eating at the best restaurants, and flying to Europe every year for vacations...I have fallen about as far as one can...But I just outgrew the Big Pharma madness, could no longer drink the Kool - Ade and woke up spiritually to how broken and corrupt the health care system is here in the US.
I put faith in myself but more so my creator to keep me somewhat above water and free of true poverty...I wish you the best of luck in your future career endeavors, whatever they should be...Bless you...