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That is terrible! sm

Posted By: another mt on 2005-07-25
In Reply to: Here's a sad story from Atlanta today....sm - Georgia Gal

If I were the parents, I would most likely be blaming myself; not my friends that I left my 2 year old with and not the person who hit the child on the highway!  It would have been my responsbility to either have my 2 year old with me or at least make sure the people I left him with were responsible.  As for the driver of that car, what were the driving conditions; apparently it was at night; was it raining; was it foggy; did they even see that little,tiny child; was the child standing or crawling or just lying on the road????????  It sounds horrible but maybe the driver just felt a bump!  Maybe the driver didn't even realize he had hit a child!  Maybe the driver just thought he ran over a board in the road.  I'm one of the few, I guess, who believes the safety of your child lies only within your power.  According to some, accidents do happen, but I don't believe in accidents!  Accidents, according to the dictionary, are considered to be unforseen incidents.....we as parents, however, must use common sense to try to abate these "unforseen incidents". 


Again, I do have greath empathy for the parents, their friends and for the driver of that car.  They certainly did not preplan this but maybe a little bit of preplanning would have prevented it.  I am sure that little 2 year old will be another beautiful angel in Heaven and that eventually his parents will know he is happy and in a good place. 




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A terrible, terrible gamble

   Medical bills are debt.  Debt is big business.   Do not expect to find any compassion for your problems when you show up without insurance.  You'll be lucky just to get care when they flag your chart "No Insurance" or "Self Pay."


    If you are uninsured and do not qualify for state or federal assistance because earnings are too high, you are gambling on everything you own or will own in the future, including future earnings.


     If you require elective medical care and have time to work out a cash payment deal in writing with the provider, you may be protected. You will require a signed agreement by every provider - hospital, radiology, lab, interpreting physicians, etc.  If you fail to meet the provisions of the agreements you sign, the following will apply to this debt as well. 


   If you receive medical care without a prior agreement on payment, you will be responsible for the debt.  After the fact, the providers have no legal reason to allow you to set up a payment plan.    If you send a monthly payment anyway without a prior agreement, the only thing you can hope for is when they take you to court a sympathetic judge or arbitrator takes this into account.  A voluntary payment sent by you won't stop any legal action and, in fact, may hurt you in the future trying to resolve the debt.


   Every state has a set amount of time before a creditor can sue you (depending on the type of debt).  For most states, medical debt is 2 years.  So, from the date of service you have 2 years of collection agencies to deal with and then they simply take you to court at which point they will take everything you own and sell it at auction, enforce liens against your current and future earnings, and take every potential bit of future income or asset you may have.There has been some legal challenge to this in some states - check with your state attorney general's office to see if any headway has been made in protecting patients with medical debt.


     If you think you'll just go bankrupt, think again.  Medical debt is rarely discharged now since the rules have changed, especially if you at some point indicated you would be willing to do a payment plan with the providers - this is used against you.


      If you think you can maintain your health and nothing will happen, you are dreaming.  Make sure off the top that you no longer have a GB, appendix or uterus.  You'll just have to ride out all the little things - UTI, flu, sinusitis, and forget about routine maintenance care.  The stress alone of knowing you must not become ill or injured is enough to make you sick.


      Anyone who tells you not to worry about medical debt while uninsured or underinsured is either ignorant of the facts, living in another dimension, or just plain lying.


That was terrible
Isn't is nice to know though, that later that night after the ER visit, the Cialis is what did us both in. You are probably still seeing stars - perhaps that is how I confused the daytime with the nighttime - it was because you kept saying something about seeing stars.
Wow, that's terrible...
The test measures personality, not character.  It's a shame that they used the test so inappropriately.  If it makes you feel any better, Oprah is an INFJ.
That's terrible!!
biggest losers but not in a good way.
This is terrible....It was
70 degrees here today....just beautiful outside, and tonight the low is going to be around 30 degrees.  They are calling for sleet and snow this weekend.  Everyone is going to end up sick after two days of spring-like weather and then back to winter again.
Terrible

I wonder if the accounts are seeing a reduction in the price that they are being charged -- that is what I want to know.   Went through this when NFTA came into effect with my husband and truck drivers.  Also the car industry has gone through this with all the jobs going overseas.   Pretty soon the doctors won't have any patients because no one will have insurance or jobs or be able to pay so they will be out of a job.   I hope it eventually all backfires on them but I doubt it.  I have talked to my local doctors, senators, anyone that will listen about this but no one seems to be worried.  Tax bases will go to pot with everyone out of work, no one to pay the government.    All we can do is to keep voicing our opinions.


 


 


 


That is terrible
Yes, another sad story....it's sad when they are people we don't know.....
That is terrible...sm
Yes finish that 2 weeks so that have no reason not to pay. I too think they are preying on new grads trying to get work done for nothing. What is the name of the company?
The dictators are terrible. NM
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Gertrude is just terrible! nm
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My son has terrible allergies and...sm

in past years has been on Singulair and Nasonex for them.  They have always worked well together in the past to keep him from ending up with an upper respiratory infection and eventually nausea and vomiting from all of the mucus.  This year; however, those two drugs do not seem to be doing the trick.  I took him to the doctor and they switched him to Flonase and an Azmacort inhaler.


I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with these medications and what type of results you got.  I know Flonase is supposed to be wonderful for allergies, but I'm curious about the Azmacort.  His nasal congestion does seem to be a little better than yesterday but I have not been able to guage any benefit from the Azmacort yet (I know, it's still early to tell).  The doc said that if these meds do not work he will have to start getting allergy shots. 


He will be 8 on Sunday.  He has been suffering every year (this time of year is horrendous) since he was 3.  Just curious to hear any comments and/or suggestions.


TIA!!


DQS - terrible program ... sm

On DQS acct, lines stink -  on three other programs, same as you 300-400 lph.  I hate DQS and proud to tell everyone.  35+ yrs trans.  The old selectric typewriters were better, even Mag cards were better.


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My son has terrible allergies
and will get to the point that he actually vomits up mucus. (I know not pretty). We have gone around and around over the past few years trying different medications. This year his doc put him on DuraTan PE. There is a pediatric formula and an adult formula. I have had a hard time finding info on this medication via the internet because it is realatively new, but it is a combination of phenlephrine HCl, Chlorpheniramine maleate, and Methscopolamine nitrate. It seems to work like a charm. Dried him right up. And my doc gave us free samples. You might ask your doc about it.
what a terrible thing to say...
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I think this would be a terrible idea.

do you think everything posted on these boards is the gospel truth. No, the admin's would not be so foolish as to sink into that territory...


Has this been a terrible week for everyone...

I have to say, I am sooo glad it's Friday. This week has been just awful; whatever could go wrong, did go wrong; dang you Murphy's Law!!!


Let's pray that next week is better...hoping for a good weekend!


What a terrible thing to have to go through...
I am so sorry to hear about your daughter. I cannot even imagine. I don't think there is much anyone can say, so the best I can offer is....{{BIG HUGS}}
NO! That is terrible. They should protest
at Gov. Rendell's office, outside his home, loudly during his Sunday brunch.....but NOT at the funerals of these children.

But of course anyone who would protest at a soldier's funeral is just a *freak* IMO. There are other places to appropriately protest the war if they are so inclined.

This country is really going downhill fast :-(
There's probably something terrible about them. Normally don't get more for stats. nm
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I feel terrible for you!
That is very rude of her. That is very intrusive and you are right to feel strange. It seems like a bit of domestic violence going on here, the fact that she does not even think about your feelings. What if you posted all over a board which was antigay with your company name (not suggesting you are antigay but just an example)... I bet she would hit the roof, and get the ACLU involved, etc.
Do express your concern to the people who run the business. They may feel this unprofessional and request that this be taken care of in an appropriate manner. Don't feel bad. It is normal to feel strange when your rights are stepped on. Descrimination and reverse descrimination comes in all forms and there is never an excuse for it even if it would be considered PC. Good luck.
this YEAR has been terrible so far
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Wow! That's terrible. Good luck to you!
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It was terrible for me. Line count way down. I used it outside of MQ. nm
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You need to move. That is terrible. Bless you.
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My eyes are terrible now, 10 years of this job has
taken it's toll. My ears are terrible and I am 45. I think the hearing loss is hereditary but the tinnitus is definitely tied to the job. This job is definitely not worth losing any of my senses over.
Amphion does that. Terrible place
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This is terrible. I had no idea she was even sick.
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A terrible blunder - see article

Mistaken ID Stuns Crash Victims' Families


CALEDONIA, Mich. (AP) - A couple sat by their daughter's hospital bedside for weeks after an auto accident until she came out of a coma and they realized she was not their daughter after all, but another blond-haired young woman injured in the wreck. Their own daughter, it turned out, was dead and buried.
In a tragic mix-up, one family had been incorrectly told their daughter had died in the April 26 crash in Indiana, and another was erroneously informed their daughter was in a coma.
The two young women - both students at Indiana's Taylor University - looked remarkably alike, and the one in a coma suffered facial swelling, broken bones and cuts and bruises, and was in a neck brace.
The family of Laura VanRyn, 22, disclosed the mix-up Wednesday on a Web log that they had used to record detailed updates on the young woman's recovery.
``Our hearts are aching as we have learned that the young woman we have been taking care of over the past five weeks has not been our dear Laura, but instead a fellow Taylor student of hers, Whitney Cerak,'' the VanRyns said on the blog.
Cerak's grandfather, Emil Frank, said news of his granddaughter's survival was a shock. ``I still can't get over it. It's like a fairy tale,'' he said.
Coroner Ron Mowery, whose office handled the case, apologized for the mistake. He said acquaintances of the students had identified the survivor as VanRyn, but no scientific tests were conducted to verify the IDs.
``This tragedy unfolded like we could never have imagined,'' he said.
The VanRyns said that as the young woman began regaining consciousness at a rehabilitation center in Grand Rapids, Mich., she said things that made them question her identity.
As recently as Monday, the VanRyns reported: ``While certain things seem to be coming back to her, she still has times where she'll say things that don't make much sense.''
The coroner said that VanRyn's boyfriend raised initial questions about her identity. Then her father became suspicious when she referred to him by a pet name he didn't recognize.
``He started asking questions and the process evolved to where she actually came to and suggested who she was and wrote her name,'' Mowery said.
In a statement, the two families said they took their concerns to hospital officials, and dental records confirmed that the injured woman was Whitney Cerak.
``Both families understand how this could have happened,'' said Bruce Rossman, a spokesman for Spectrum Health, which operated the rehab center.
Frank, a retired minister in Portland, Maine, said his granddaughter's parents declined to look at the body before the funeral. ``They wanted to remember her the way she was,'' he said.
An official at Taylor University, an evangelical Christian college in Upland, Ind., about 60 miles northeast of Indianapolis, said the Grant County coroner had notified the school of the error.
``We rejoice with the Ceraks. We grieve with the VanRyns,'' said Taylor spokesman Jim Garringer.
The VanRyns, who are from Caledonia, Mich., said their daughter and Cerak, 18, of Gaylord, Mich., bore an ``uncanny resemblance.''
The coroner described an accident scene strewn with purses and wallets.
``I can't stress enough that we did everything we knew to do under those circumstances, and trusted the same processes and the same policies that we always do,'' Mowery said.
Four Taylor students and an employee were killed when their van was struck by a tractor-trailer that had drifted across a highway median. Those in the van worked for Taylor's dining services and were preparing for a banquet for the inauguration of a new president of the 1,850-student school.
Most of the crash victims had funerals with closed caskets. A month ago, an overflow crowd of more than 1,400 people turned out for what they thought was Cerak's funeral in Gaylord, Mich.
Joe Sereno, associate pastor at Gaylord Evangelical Free Church, said the casket was closed both for visitation and for the funeral.
``We did everything you usually do,'' Sereno said. ``We had a memorial service at the church. The family did a private burial the next day. Everybody thought it was Whitney.''
The VanRyn family used the blog to provide progress reports on the young woman, reporting, example, that her hair was in pigtails or braids, that she managed to feed herself some applesauce, that she played a game of ``Connect Four'' with one of the therapists and did quite well, and that she performed an exercise in which her therapist gave her a word and she had to supply the word's opposite.
Calls to the VanRyns and Ceraks were not immediately returned, and a young man outside the VanRyns' home declined to comment to a reporter. An attorney for 'the Cerak family did not return a call either.
Prosecutors are weighing criminal charges against the truck driver, saying he may having fallen asleep at the wheel.
A memorial service for VanRyn is scheduled Sunday in Grand Rapids.

I have terrible back problems
I recently inherited my still living grandmother's recliner, and prior to this had been considering buying an antigravity chair. I was just trying to figure out how I would deal with the foot pedal issue. Well, I sat down in the recliner one day and leaned back, and I realized that I could still keep my feet on the ground in this particular recliner (has an "arm" on the side to pull the feet up, but the back reclines all the way back, and can be positioned at intervals between fully reclined and upright). Anyway, I used it for about two weeks, but was having to stretch to the keyboard and began having terrible arm, wrist, and hand problems, but my back was doing FANTASTIC. I am now back in my old chair :(, however, until I can figure out what to do (inexpensively) about the keyboard tray/arm positioning problem. I still would like to figure out the foot pedal deal too, as I would like to be able to do either, recline or sit upright, but first I've just got to get myself back in that chair (my back is KILLING me). I have found a design for the keyboard tray that I think is going to be just what I need, but we are going to make one and tweak it a little bit to my specifications. I know this does not help with your tingling issues, but when we get this worked out I will post back and share with anyone who may be interested. The only other option I have seen as far as being able to do keyboarding/computer activity while being in a recliner or in bed is a very expensive setup (three or four thousand or more), and still did not address a transcriptionist's need to use a foot pedal.
I found Vonage terrible.

They charged me 49 dollars for the modem. Then when I tried to connect, I lost my internet provider because they screwed up something (Vonage). I was not able to type. After many, many phone calls to Vonage and never getting it resolved, I was never able to use it. I was on the phone forever on each call to try to get some technical help - I found it virtually nonexistant.


They never refunded me the 49 dollars for the modem, so I was stuck with nothing but losing 49 bucks and no internet or phone for days, until I got my IPS address straightened out. Vonage messed me up good.


I was not able to work for 2 days, because it did something to my internet services. I had to call my internet provider and they had to fix it for me, but then Vonage would never work. Vonage said the technology is new and they never did fix the problem. I went back to my old phone service. I know people that  have it and are very happy, but I found it a total nightmare.


 


 


 


Wow..who is the terrible insurance, Coventry?
Formally known as First Health. That sounds like something they would do.
Sounds terrible. Wonder what the line count was
back then in proportion to the pay scale..I personally would never make it (in the business for 9 years) How much $$ did you make?
Personally, I like the new rule. I think it looks terrible to type

The patient has had intermittent diarrhea for four to five days.


Instead of:


The patient has had intermittent diarrhea for 4-5 days. Do much easier to 'quickly read' the number of days as 4-5.


Joy -> "You're terrible Muriel." :D
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How terrible. They can now block off the tear duct to
help keep moisture in the eyes.  I had the temporary one put in and it really did help.   I had one eye done and am not happy but I do not have the problems you do.  It is so hard to know if you will be in that small percentage with bad results.  I hope something is found to help relieve or correct some of the problems you are having...good luck and best wishes.
What a positively disrespectful, terrible post...
In my opinion, your attitude is disturbing. Have you read what you have written?

Firstly, you have misplaced your anger. These issues should be taken up with your employer and with the people hiring MTs, if you are so concerned about quality.

Secondly, venting is one thing, but do you know how you 'sound' coming on here like you are better than everyone else.

Thirdly, in defense of many MTs I must say you are under time pressure to pump out reports so you can get your lines, your lines/per hour, your disgusting pay because you are competing with people who make 2 cents a line when you used to make 12 and are now making perhaps 7 on average...

MTs are supposed to be and act as so-called 'professionals' only how many professionals do you really know who are treated like slave labor, and who have to work under the situations above?

Greed and people like you have created this MT you are so "sick" of, and now you want to change it back. Good luck with that. You are getting what you are paying for, and I say you because you are acting as though this is a personal attack on you.

If you are so sick, go to your employer and tell them they need to make some changes.

Next, in defense of MTs, you have the advantage of reading through a report already transcribed, just listening, after an MT probably has gone through and painfully done the best he/she can, but rather than spend any more time on a report, sends it to QA for help.

What kind of MT are you - have you never had that happen where you simply cannot catch what a doctor is saying, so you ask a coworker who comes along and immediately hears it clear as a bell!

Lastly, do you really think you are doing any justice to your job, if you are so disgusted and unhappy with it? Seriously, perhaps you could take a management position, or start a mentor-type program to help these MTs...
Glad I'm not the only pokey one. I have a terrible time trying to reach 150 lph.
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MQ is becoming a terrible place to be involved with for many reasons. I am actively looking after 10
years. New pay plan with incentive and never any work.
Myron ROCKS!!!!! "The terrible towel!"
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PS - it was equally terrible for this other lady to contact the doctors. SM

Very unbusinesslike - and what you could ~possibly~ make up in quick money somehow, you'd lose in credibility.


MTSOs have LONG memories. Stories circulate whether you want them to or not - as an example, this story is on the internet for all eyes to see.


You're better off just to suck it up and go on, be wiser for next time, both in prioritizing your time and in being businesslike. Sorry for what happened to you. I know it hurts.


What a terrible thing to call a hard-working MT.
Disgusting name to call someone who has worked very hard, probably gone to college to learn this, invested a lot of time and money, perhaps worked in a hospital, certainly worked very hard, to be called a slob!
18,000+ have perished in Pakistan. A terrible tragedy has occured in the world, we should
whether offshore services can't work.  Any way you look at it, people are people.  To the original poster, have some respect.
That mttest website is terrible. Companies that use that test in my opinion
are just lazy. They need to make up their own test based on their own rules. Much on that test also is about commas and the newer rules are that we don't use that many of them so you could fail over things that just are not that important. Don't sweat it! If they based hiring you on that test site, then the co is not too bright. I have taken the test and passed but I think it is a horrible test for anyone. I think a better way of testing is testing someone's actual knowledge of medical terminology like a phone test. That also guarantees to a company that it is actually you taking the test. I think it is Spheris that has given a phone test ever since they were Edix and the old Your Office Genie also gave a phone test. That speaks wonders of what is in your head.
In our area of NY, I've found that hot summer weekends are terrible...sm
for sales. No one wants to get out of their cars in the heat! Have done best in early spring or in Sept/Oct., here anyway. And a Fri./Sat. combo is more successful than a Sat./Sun. weekend. Have BIG signs at major intersections and showing the way into your neighborhood and right to your house. Run an ad in the Garage Sale section of your paper. Be prepared for early birds coming down your driveway or right into your yard 2 hours ahead of time. Block your driveway with a car or sawhorses until you're actually open, but be ready to say 'come back later' when people show while you're setting up. Have prices on everything or group things by price in one location. Have lots of singles and quarters for change. Bring your phone outside with you. Paper and pen if people want to call you later. Have packing material for glass and china, plastic or paper bags for purchasers. Some hard candy/mints on a table out of sun helps people stick around longer. If you have big jackets, long dresses, bedspreads, etc. put them up for display - on hangers, in trees, strung up between ladders. Try and keep all your displays up at table height - people aren't keen on getting down on the ground to paw through boxes or check out stuff spread out on a bedsheet. Use every card table, picnic table, folding table, etc that you can find for displaying stuff. If you have anything electric to sell, have an extension cord plugged in so people can see that items still work. Keep expensive small items near you at your 'check out' station to keep them from walking away. And always be ready to come down on price as everyone will ask you, "can you do any better?" Or "what's your best price on this?" Enjoy your sale and treat yourself to pizza after all your hard work! :)
No spaces IMO looks terrible and is wrong. If you want it to wrap together use non-breaking space
Using non-breaking spaces and non-breaking hyphens negates the issue of the measurement ending up on the next line in a document; which might be imposssible to tell anyway if your work is imported into a format other than what you are typing it in anyway.
Try leaning back in your chair and typing with your keyboard in your lap. I had terrible neck sm
back and shoulder pain, as well as pain in my elbows and hands from rheumatoid arthritis. I tried this method and have been using it for almost 6 years now with excellent results.
Do not work for Amherst if you can work for any other office in MQ. It is terrible. They overload
accounts terribly. We are always running out of work or need to have 8 or 9 backups to get lines in. This is the way it is. There may be a few out there that it is different but I do acute care and was just transferred there along with my office and everyone in my office is in the same boat. Not a good deal at all.