If you're willing to do what it takes there are jobs out there. My first gig wasn't being a CFI. I had resumes out at every FBO I could find online, several hundreds, and finally got a call at a place I was interested in. Until that call came I spent my time flying for the oil field. All the flying you could ever want. Didn't pay for ish but fresh out of college and tired of manual labor in the fields made me take it. Just like being my CFI experience it feels great to say I made it through but I'll never ever do it again. But I found it in a classified and went for it. I was first there, hired on the spot, flying that evening.

There might not be jobs flying right where you live who'll give you medical and decent pay but there are jobs out there. You might have to pick up and move, join the military, etc but they're there. Either you want it bad enough or you don't. 1500hrs isn't hard to get, it just takes time.