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I've also been known to throw a party for the littlest things...sm

Posted By: The Witch on 2006-10-04
In Reply to: hahahaha! So, you don't like my wart? Hey, I have about 10,000 candy corns here right now! No kid - The Witch

1. Son's 1st soccer game.
2. 1/2 parties. You know. My son is turning 4-1/2, so come and join us for a party!
3. Husband's coming home party (he was only gone for a month).
4. Come and meet my mom party (she lives in another state).
5. Of course ALL the big parties: Baby showers, (never done a wedding shower), graduations, retirements.
6. Hunting parties. If your husband hunts, come on over and join us for lunch with the kids so we can talk about how lonely it is during deer season.

So, any major occasion is a big occasion....You don't even want to know what Christmas is like over here.


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Will you look at yourselves?? The littlest things set
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AND they are trying to throw in more nit-picky things about what this doc wants...
and this doctor always needs to go to QA and this resident needs an extra signature line and make sure the visit you selected was at the right place and be sure to change this worktype for this doctor because we cannot teach him to do it and we can't tell this doctor that worktype 800 is really not an EEG because we don't think he'll get it and no we can't get the software to recognize a visit ID when its entered and no you cannot start the audio in the document information screen so you can verify the patient and please automatically know when the doctor gives one name at the beginning of the dictation and a different one at the end who he is really typing about and take the following VR sentence and make it a lucid part of a medical report - CT scan guided biopsy performed February refills banding is without mucus brain which is negative.

My VR plan is quickly shaping up like this...take a 20-hour a week job at the local nursing home for full health insurance benefits and find an IC job doing transcription for supplemental income and repeat year after year until ready to be in nursing home.
Yes, I like to keep things and my husband likes to throw everything out
To me, either keep it, sell it, or give it to charity. He just wants to throw it all out. Sentimental things I do like to keep though. Are you the need one or the pack rat? I just have a problem letting go of things that we might someday use though. I look at it like this, why go and spend the money on it in the future if it can just be stored away until then :)
I've used a few expanders, and of those I've used, all must be "coded" to get things lik
One thing I do to get around this, is to create a macro and then link the ShortHand command to the macro. It works for me, but I do the same five clients every day and only have about 20 or 30 macros/Shorthand commands that work like this. This may not work well for you if you have lots of formats and hundreds of docs.
Ever notice how the littlest people always seem to
When the inevitable day comes that they get thrown, they have just that much further to fall.
I've heard a few things about N/T
From a fan list I'm on. Michelle is gone, gone, gone. Thank God! Everyone follows to Hollywood. I believe they'll show the baby. I actually just started watching last season with bits and pieces in between. I caught up watching episodes on line. I didn't see that episode, but I heard about it. I'm in the process of getting the complete series on DVD through Ebay.

And feel free to email me personally if you'd like. I don't want to bore anyone with tales of N/T.
Thanks. I've told the same things to my kids about

Teasers in school.  They just do it because they have no life, no self-esteem and they just try and feed off the misery of others or try to make themselves look better than everyone else.


It's very sad and so pathetic, but it carries on with these types through what is supposed to be adulthood.



No expander, I've just been using the autotext for a lot of things because

in my opinion the 'stupid' errors I make are transposition of a letter in words or leaving off/adding a letter at the end of a word.  Like "does" vs "dose" or along vs alone.  When I go back to read over, its like my brain is not really "seeing" what's there....because it already knows what I'm 'mean" for it to say, if that makes any sense.


To be truthful, none of it makes sense to me becasue like I said its only a few reports out of many that I do in a day...so you figure, If I can do majority of them without the stupid errors, why not all.


That is one of the strangest things I've ever heard.
Only 1 USB port on a *new* computer? Did you ask how many ports it would have when you ordered it? I just can't imagine this.
That is one of the strangest things I've ever heard.
Only 1 USB port on a *new* computer? Did you ask how many ports it would have when you ordered it? I just can't imagine this. Wait ... is it a laptop or a tower?
"For 30 years, I've transcribed things by what is..SM

correct."   This is where the problem is.  Do you know that some of the most stubborn, difficult, argumentative, inflexible MTs I have ever met in the course of my career are the ones who parrot that particular sentence?


What was done or has been done for 30 years is not necessarily the correct way now.  Language has changed.  With the advent of VR, the way we transcribe is now more of a verbatim way than ever.


These 30-year MTs are still adding 's on to Down syndrome, still typing out the word "centimeter" even though it is no longer accepted as anything but line-padding....get my drift?


I've said it before, and I'll say it again - animals know things people don't.
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I've heard of things like the "boosteroo" mentioned above ... however...

as far as I can that works only with headsets ... I have the same problem and  did some googling and as far as I can tell "powered speakers" may be the simplest answer ... they run about $50 a pair and have a ??woofer -- anyway it's a box that's plugged in to power and to the computer sound output ---  the speakers then come off that.


Target (and probably everyone else) carries these. I suspect teens and gamers and music mixers "need" these to "fill the room with sound"... Amazon has some computer speakers that are over $300)


I have terrible TMJ and cannot wear my headset all the time ... the sudden loud noises (like beepers brought up to chest level)  just kill my ears.


Now can we please throw away ....
the AAMT Book of style for Medical Transcription - or better yet, send all of our copies to India.  They will need them more than we will.  We have at least been through grammar school and now that the AAMT book is full of flaws, but because the industry standard is to follow the Book of Style we have had to compromise our teachings by our own education system to do what the "Book" says.  YUCK - I have hated that book.  My aunt was an University English teacher - way smarter than anyone who wrote that book.  I call her for clarification. 
Yes, and I believe the responses were to throw the bum out
if he gets even the tiniest bit annoying.  We also can't forget the comments about having a man support us, not having to work and being told what to do.
I might as well throw my opinion in there. sm
There have been so many opinions posted, I might as well give you MY best advice: Call your husband and talk to him. Just be honest. Tell it to him exactly like you told us - that you and the kids have really been missing him and were looking forward to seeing him, and that you were kind of hurt when he said not to come. Be honest with him, and give him a chance to be honest with you. Actually listen to his reasons and try to understand his line of thinking. At the very least, you'll have let him know how you feel, and he deserves to know that and have the chance to explain away your fears. The posters below don't know you, or your marriage, and that's OK because they were trying to help. But bottom line is this - he's your husband and you love each other for a reason. He's not going to want you to spend the next days/weeks feeling bad and he'll take the time to make you feel better.
Don't throw in the towel yet.
I know things may not seem positive right now but look at counseling as a possible way of turning this all around.  Try to get your husband interested in a hobby or something.  It sounds as though he has no zest for life anymore.  If he is not happy with himself it can cause problems in your relationship.
Think I am gonna throw up! ugh! nm
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To throw a statement out such as a
single mother just means, again, nothing more than a person working, same as a divorced mother or father but you know, you never hardly hear that term, do you? People don’t go around saying I am a married mother as they do with I am a single mother. I will say again, to me that denotes just another person in the work force, nothing more, nothing less. Seems like you went off the deep end trying to make something out of the fact that I said 1 person working is just like another. No favoritism for anyone in the work field.
put the throw rugs back. nm
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Actually, throw out the BOS and use the physician's preference.
I learned that disc is eyes, disk is computer disk, and disc/disk for back is up to the account preferences.  The doctors do not care what some stupid AAMT BOS book says because it's THEIR notes and they aren't regulated by the AAMT.
When is it time to throw in the towel entirely?

It doesn't work for me to be a fulltime employee for a big national.  However, it doesn't work to be an IC for a small MTSO either.  The obvious middle of the road would be SE for a medium sized company.  However, it seems like that just takes the bad from employee and combines it with the bad from IC.  I wonder if I'll ever find a good place to work.  I should just bag MT entirely.  I know I'm not the best MT or employee.  I'm not perfect.  There are a lot better MTs out there.  I'm not all that bad either.  Maybe I could make a living posting stupid auctions on ebay. 


I do not keep anything - pretty much give it away or throw it away.
I have no piles of anything around. I am a neat and tidy "freak". As far as finances, I keep a check book, but could not tell you where every penny went or is. As long as I am within $200 from the actual balance +/-, I am happy. I use MAC card for everything, don't keep much cash in hand, and pay my bills on line most times.

I have a stress free life most days, other than the daily little peaks and valleys related to work. Our family just lives life and we don't sweat the small stuff. It is simple once you get the hang of it. You need to learn to "let go" of "stuff" whether it be monetary things or emotional controlling issues. Be carefree sometimes and just live life to the fullest and stop worrying what anything is "worth". Some things are only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it, and in most cases, it is not much!

I am happy giving things away if someone can use them. It makes your heart feel good to help somebody out once in a while.

So, get rid of all of the "stuff" you have piled up and live carefree for a while. Let me know how it goes! You will be much happier!
Yes - hubby is the pack rat. I throw everything that is not being used out.
After I read the newspaper, it is in the trash. Nothing sits around. Hubby would save everything; however, he works shift work, so when he is at work, I toss things in the trast. My home is neat and clean and everything is in its place all of the time!

Taught my 2 teens to be the same way - Love neat and clean and organized!

My home is not enjoyable if crap is everywhere - in my opinion.
Yes, as below and throw in some black olives

Don't mind me, I just need to throw a little fit and gripe a little!

I HATE HATE HATE this dictator.  This is how he dictates if I were to strictly adhere to the verbatim rules of transcribing:


PROCEDURES PERFORMED: Cysto, retro, uretero with stent placement.


INDICATIONS:  This is a lady who had perc litho by Dr. X.  She had a perc tube. She had a nephro stent.  On the pull of the nephro stent, did an antegrade nephro and apparently had obstruction in the ureter which was a probable stone.  She was set up for a cysto retro Friday, but she ate, so she was set up for this morning. She understands the risks, options, complications, etc.


HE DRIVES ME INSANE!  He has a very conversational style of dictating that makes it incredibly hard to make sense of his reports! He abbreviates everything, makes up his own words, and has been known to dictate one-word sentences!!!!!


We need a firing squad for dictators like this! 


Breath in, breath out.  Okay, I'm finished now.  I'm just having one of those days, crappy dictators, communication channels between my brain and my fingers have broken down, and I just need a nap!


Back to work.


Please tell me you are worth working for. That you don't throw
don't only have mush mouths for dictators, that you are not difficult to work for and put ridiculous requirements on us.  I have worked for several people who boasted how wonderful their company, pay was great, but ended up having a slow platform, client specifics the size of telephone books, not enough work and being pushed off onto other accounts that only slow me down even more, to the point that I make practically no money.  Then, on top of that, told that oops my paycheck was going to be late, or it bounced, and given endless excuses.  The door swings both ways doesn't it?
You might throw some visual aids in there too.

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throw a blustering, indignant fit, though. Maybe
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Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents
On the GoMDT board, the company proveros was offering an internship.  The pay was going to be 4 cpl for straight transcription and 2 cpl for editing.  Well I have been working now for about 6 months so I am still a newbie but I do have a little bit of experience under my belt now.  I was not interested in the internship but I applied so I could test just to see what the test was going to be like.  This is for an internship, MTs fresh out of school with no experience, so they have no idea what it is like to be working for an MTSO.  I get the test and it's one of those test voice files from the site that a lot of MTSOs use as their testing site, which IMO all of those tests are horrible and I cringe when I try to start taking one of them.  Of course, the file sounds horrible.  There are a lot of words that I can't make out.  The voice quality is horrible compared to where I work at.  I do my best and leave blanks for the words I can't make out.  And you know what?  I failed the test. lol  It just boggles my mind.  Why are they making a test so difficult and hard for newbie mts?  I could understand if this was for a company that requires exp., but this is for an internship.  It just shows how unfair this profession is to people trying to break into it.  
HEY, Throw this poor dog a bone?

I am a "newbie", been looking for MT opportunity with no luck.  I would gladly take one of the jobs you didn't like, just for the experience......


At this time, I would just like a job doing Mt but beginning to think this was a mistake.....definitely must not be the same as it used to be.....


LOL! Let me just get my steamin' cuppa java to throw!
Seriously, though, H, you are so right. My family were all healthcare support workers (engineering, housekeeping, etc.) and my dad calls hospitals "the shrine of the physician" where all other staff are expected to worship at the altar of their godhood with the VPs and dept. heads expected to lead all the worship services.
Makes me want to throw the computer away and start over
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Don't throw up hands in resignation, EDUCATE
yourself. Immigration has been made into a HUGE issue to distract you from what you should REALLY be concerned about: FOREIGN POLICY. If Americans would sacrifice the 30-60 minutes they waste on TV garbage on any given night and actually PARTICIPATE in their own democracy, they'd be shocked and outraged to know WHERE AND WHAT their tax dollars are actually spent on...

Immigration IS a problem, but NOT in the way we've been led to believe.


Okay, lets just throw aside the fact he lives
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Just wanted to warn her not to throw good
ADHI sux.
DD is a 1st grade teacher, and is ready to throw in the towel
already - not because of the kids, but because of the interferring parents (mothers) who cannot bear to let "little Suzie" out of the nest, cuz, you know, she is my baby, so I want to be with her as much as I can.  She thinks these mothers cause more harm psychologically for the kids that anyone realizes.  They lose coping skills, other kids make fun of them for being a big baby, and they lose all identity.  Can't these mothers get a life away from the kid's school?   She has 3 or 4 that think they know everything and are constantly interrupting her to "correct" her way of teaching.  She is not a new teacher, has been teaching for over 10 years now and is rated one of the top teachers in this area. 
Amen to that sister. Meant to type throw not through. NM
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Bad things? what bad things? people's being petty and small?
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Also, be careful that little girl/parents don't throw something toxic in your yard sm
for the puppy too eat.  Sad, but a lot of sickos out there.
From one who worked for MQ nearly 18 years, no matter was MQ bone they throw out, I know with a full
Always has been, always will be.
YOU gather up his belongings and throw them out your window onto the curb, or in the driveway, or
wherever.  Down to the last razor blade!  It is highly unlikely that your husband will gather all of Loser Dude's belongings and bring them back into your house.  Dude will gather up his Loser Belongings and find another place to be a hospitality sucking leach.  (leech?)  Good riddance.  Just DO it!  And if you have one molecule of sympathy in your brain for this Loser, then you need to go to therapy. You have gone above and beyond the call of duty, nice lady. 
Do you have an I-party near you? OR....SM
try the web for homemade costume ideas.   A cute one I've always wanted to do was to hang cereal boxes all over the body with fake rubber knives sticking out of each onewith fake blood and go as a CEREAL KILLER.
new yrs eve party
we met at 2000 new yrs eve party. i went out with my brother & his friends that night b/c my friend blew me off and it was there that i met my husband. :-)
Also, who knows what the other party
in their recorded statement. I used to transcribe these things too and the one thing I noticed is that out of one accident, each party always blames the other guy and sometimes the statements vary wildly as to what happened. You might want to get your version on the record. Just be sure to speak clearly and don't talk over each other.
Yes were going to a party party
wait, I think that's backwards, LOL
Spa party help, please

I'm hosting a spa party at my house on Friday at 6:30 p.m.  I'm going to serve:


Vegetable pizza


Chips/Mexican dip (cheese, cooked ground beef, salsa in the crock pot)


Fresh fruit (strawberries, grapes, blueberries)


Lemon squares


Tea/soda/coffee


Would it be okay to use pale yellow paper plates, napkins, utensils, hot/cold cups with a white tablecloth and a vase of fresh flowers?  Can I move the chairs away from the kitchen table and serve the food there or should I put it on a table in the den where we'll be having the party?  Should I offer drinks as people arrive and wait until everyone is there before we eat or should everyone just get their food/drink as they arrive? 


I've never had or been to this type of party, so I'm really nervous.  Does my menu sound like enough, too much, yucky choices???  I thought it would be fun having a spa party, but it's made me a first-class nervous wreck planning it! 


I'm open to all ideas and recommendations.  Thanks.


 


Party...party...party......
Party...party...party....

Or have a party going on right behind them
Many of the ESL's I get must either choose dictation stations right next to congested areas or don't have a clue how their dictation sounds because they never play it back.  It's hard enough to understand them without loud personal conversations and bursts of laughter right near by, or the somebody loudly paging someone right through their dictation, or sitting right next to a phone that rings and rings.  This is the norm on most of the dictations I've been getting, and I'm really tired of it!  When I worked in-house people KNEW to be quiet when someone was dictating, and the doctors edited their dictations enough to hear what was going on the background.  This is one of the down sides of working off site - you can't grab anybody and say - "come listen to this, and then don't blame me if its full of blanks"!
We are not an outside party

We are directly under the physician. We are not BCBS or the government.


 


 


Having an engagement party for our son and his g/f!
YAY!