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Thank you for the response, I really appreciate you taking the time to write me and I took your advice to heart.  I'm glad I posted this, i'm not a very open person and so this is kind of all I have right now.  I've already taken the time to write an email to my mom, and through the advice of others, told her basically i'm uncomfortable going around there, but I love her and for her to remember that, and I just need space right now.  She wrote back that whenever i'm ready to talk, please write.  So the door is open.  Its a start.

I'm also going to write another person in my family, who will understand more than anything, and then help me out with the actual bringing everything to light.  My stepfather is in therapy for something else, maybe if he's confronted by this he'll get help for this too, even though he's 70, its never too late.  The only thing, he more  than likely will deny it and say I blew things out of proportion, or my mom will.  Thats my worst fear, or to have my mom fall deeper into her depression.  But even I have questioned this...and its undeniable to me that something is wrong. 

This has taken so long to get to this point, I wish I were like some of you and to just confront and nip it in the bud, but like I said, its my nature to want to keep things as peaceful as possible and hopefully it will get ironed out on its own.  Thats awful, I know.  And I want to say again, in no way am I comparing myself to sexually abused children, but this is something that has been eating away at me for awhile, its been a hurtful burden because my mom and I are kind of all each other has, even though we do not relate well, we are always there, and I just do not want to lose that, or have her hurt and humiliated more than she has to be. 

Thanks again everyone..well  most of you, for your responses.  They have really helped me.

and really sad too....

Thats what i said..we don't know.  So therefore, she needs to be aware that she should definitely do the research PRIOR to just leaving the job.  If she hasn't then a new job is not going to do her any good other than show that she changes jobs often, which does not look good on a resume.  As far as trusting QA...not ALL companies hire crappy QA.  We again do not know.  The QA COULD be right and COULD be very good at his/her job.  You simply don't know, but telling her to move on before you even know the facts is just silly.

When I got the email telling me I passed my test, I had tears rolling down my face. My 10-year-old daughter said, "Mama what is wrong?!"  I said, "I passed the test!"  She said, "Why are you crying?  You're happy aren't you?"  The combination of the stress of testing and finding out that I actually do have what it takes, hit me all at once.

I've been home for a year now after doing inhouse for over 15 years, and it is the best decision I have ever made.  I love it.  The flexibility is great for my kids, not to mention that I'm saving a small fortune on gasoline!

I get your message loud and clear about looking things up.  I have dozens of dogeared reference books and I am the queen of Google.  I took a medical terminology class to help with areas I wasn't too experienced with and the instructor's main focus was, "Don't guess. Look it up!" 

because I needed a laugh too! 

My microwave is broken again, so I had to order out for pizza.

I first called my sister and asked her what to do.  I asked her how to use the big huge white appliance thingy with all of the dials on it that sits next to my refrigerator and has cute little covers over those "coily things" on the top.  I told her that the dials and numbers are way to confusing.

Her reply to me was, "Oh my gawd, you cook?"

Glad I made you guys laugh or chuckle.  With this job, we all need it.

I appreciate the supportive posts, I really do.  Sometimes it's hard to tell folks how much their words of encouragement are needed. 

For the other posters, well what can I say.  Thanks for kicking an old dog when he's down.  FYI, I am a good MT, probably not the best, but I am a hard worker and have always given 100%.  Not that I have to defend myself - I took the test as I would have transcribed it.  This company was a very small company in Alabama and the person who owns it wants the best MTs.  The pay is excellent.  I was very upset I did not pass the test because obviously I am not the best.  But I have heart and wanted so much to succeed at this career.  Now, I don't know.  I looked up real estate tonight!

And concerning the 1/2 cc...0.5 mL - Especially the ***hole who told me to keep up with my profession....per my copy of the revised safety rules..."use one-half or 1/2" depending on the way it is transcribed.  Also, it is mL now, not ml.  No mention made of cc being acceptable.  So I followed my AAMT BOS standards.  But it was drilled into my head over and over at MQ too, VERBATIM!  Change only the obvious stupid stuff.  On this test, one dictator spelled cephazoline...I changed it to cefazolin.

Thanks to the MTs who encouraged this nervous MT and the first nervous MT and piss on the other holier than thou MTs.  I wish all former MQ's good luck.

Thanks so much for your help and encouragement!  How long have you been there?  Do you like it there?  Any idea what the starting pay is?  Is it extremely frustrating at first?

Thanks again!

What do you mean by platform?  I've used a couple of in-house systems for pathology. Could you be more specific? Perhaps I could help.

Overall, I really enjoyed being an MA. I liked working hands-on with the patients. I liked working side-by-side with the doctors, too.

I left MAing because we wanted to have another baby...not because I didn't like it. I also learned a lot, which helped me out when I wanted to do MT... hope this helps and good luck!

You're so sure that US MTs are all less bright or well-educated than you. That sure makes a lot of sense when you talk about "outlook" (or shall I say "outlike"?)

Insular? Econmomy? Enounter? Just a few other misspellings in your letter. I don't think anyone here truly puts offshore MTs all in one boat to speak of, as you seem to be doing to us. I, for one, am angry only at the US MTSOs (transcription companies) who allow US MTs to lose their jobs, selling them out to save pennies and, in some cases, (note I said "SOME") trade their years of training and diligence for quality. Yes, I have seen the quality difference firsthand (having edited both Indian and US MT for some years now), as well as seen firsthand breaches of confidentiality involving offshore MTs.