Home     Contact Us    
Main Board Job Seeker's Board Job Wanted Board Resume Bank Company Board Word Help Medquist New MTs Classifieds Offshore Concerns VR/Speech Recognition Tech Help Coding/Medical Billing
Gab Board Politics Comedy Stop Health Issues
ADVERTISEMENT




Serving Over 20,000 US Medical Transcriptionists

I think they were talking to Melee about the guessing.

Posted By: Geri on 2008-03-27
In Reply to: wasn't trying to just guess sm - Keri

Subject: I think they were talking to Melee about the guessing.

She is the one that said "more than likely."


Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu


Other related messages found in our database

What are you talking about?
Subject: What are you talking about?

hmmm?
wonder if he is talking about ..... /sm
Subject: wonder if he is talking about ..... /sm

endomalacia. I cannot document "endomalacia," but there is tracheomalacia and endotracheal malacia.
What are you talking about? nm
Subject: What are you talking about? nm

x
Any way it could be talking about
Subject: Any way it could be talking about

method of repletion, i.e. route?
Thanks. Just was not sure as he is talking like a bat out of you know where. nm.
Subject: Thanks. Just was not sure as he is talking like a bat out of you know where. nm.

ss
Are we talking about a med here??
Subject: Are we talking about a med here??


They are talking about between the
Subject: They are talking about between the

WBC values and the PT, PTT.
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE!!!
Subject: NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE!!!

Thank you!  I always chuckle at that and shake my head....guess I am easily entertained.  But sometimes, while reading this board, you just NEED something to pop out and make you smile.  Your guy does that well.
Fast talking ESL...
Subject: Fast talking ESL...

Says:  She was also found to have a partially impure s/l R-C-E-L-A-I-N (he spelled it out like that) gallbladder.


Any ideas?


 


I think you know what you're talking about!
Subject: I think you know what you're talking about!

Personally, I think the doctor is stuttering. I think he started to say the second OM and then realized it was really OM-1. You are correct in your anatomy!

Yes, TY, just got it, dr is talking fast...nm
Subject: Yes, TY, just got it, dr is talking fast...nm

nm
When we are talking about knowledge,
Subject: When we are talking about knowledge,

I am assuming that we are referring to our knowledge of medical terminology, not fine wines and great cinema.  


My nom de plume is quite benign, I can assure you.  It is simply my daughter's nickname. 


 


When talking about the spine, is it C5/6 or C5-6?
Subject: When talking about the spine, is it C5/6 or C5-6?


What other board are you talking about? nm
Subject: What other board are you talking about? nm

nm
PA talking slang: IVF with ixy -- help!?!
Subject: PA talking slang: IVF with ixy -- help!?!

Doing C-section:  "The patient underwent IVF with s/l ixy."  The IVF I get (in vitro fertilization), but ixy beats me....
If he's talking quickly...
Subject: If he's talking quickly...

he could be saying 'the gauze was held in place with.....


If you are talking about in diagnosis, most
Subject: If you are talking about in diagnosis, most

clients want everything expanded in diagnosis, whether op or other. Also want procedures expanded.
If you are talking about in diagnosis, most
Subject: If you are talking about in diagnosis, most

clients want everything expanded in diagnosis, whether op or other. Also want procedures expanded.
What are you talking about? In reference to what?
Subject: What are you talking about? In reference to what?


not sure, guessing only but there is a
Subject: not sure, guessing only but there is a


just guessing
Subject: just guessing

erythema and edematous??
guessing here, but from your S/L it sm
Subject: guessing here, but from your S/L it sm

sounds a lot like mycelial, or fungus.  Found this def.


 


mycelium, pl. mycelia


mU-sTclT-m, -^



The mass of hyphae making up a colony of fungi.


Origin



[G. mykTs, fungus, + hTlos, nail, wart, excrescence on animal or plant]


aerial mycelium


nonseptate mycelium


septate mycelium


I'm guessing that's LTA.....nm
Subject: I'm guessing that's LTA.....nm

nm
guessing a little bit here
Subject: guessing a little bit here

eczematous exfoliated right palm and interstitial folds (or possibly intertriginous folds)
guessing too,
Subject: guessing too,

but with the struts and distraction, i wonder if it is half-pin cluster....
guessing...... to see if?
Subject: guessing...... to see if?


More guessing sm
Subject: More guessing sm

How about Heart sounds normal.  Extremities without cyanosis or edema. 
just guessing, sm.
Subject: just guessing, sm.

 Is it possibly "trabecular" instead of tristem pedicle?   Also wondered if bearing (no s) is the correct term, i.e. the weightbearing load is metal on metal.


Just Guessing Here...
Subject: Just Guessing Here...

Shouldn't it be POWER versus pallor, and could it be "muscle power and tone are adequate?"     Just a guess...
Just guessing here, but
Subject: Just guessing here, but

#1 might be pyloroplasty with the possible need for "a Nissen" (fundoplication).


I googled gastric emptying study and found "T1/2" with the number of minutes following:  "T1/2 of 54 minutes"


guessing K-Dur NM
Subject: guessing K-Dur NM

x
just guessing SM
Subject: just guessing SM

congenital lateral insertion of the patellar tendon?
Guessing...
Subject: Guessing...

Oxandrin or Oxandrolone?
guessing but what about - s/m
Subject: guessing but what about - s/m

NovaSure device
If I were guessing, I would say she was
Subject: If I were guessing, I would say she was

intubated for oxygenation
just guessing
Subject: just guessing

right upper lobe and apex?
Second guessing yourself
Subject: Second guessing yourself

is second nature in this business.
;-)
I think you are talking about Hazel Tank. SM
Subject: I think you are talking about Hazel Tank. SM

I have been in this field 35 plus years myself and I think she has, too.  Her site has some great terms not seen every day.  Here's the link.   Hope this helps!


http://www.prenhall.com/medtransoriginal/wordlist/hows_that.htm


Is he talking about hemoccult blood
Subject: Is he talking about hemoccult blood

in the stool? I guess you could put it in the rectal exam. Sometimes it is in the lab data too.

doctor is talking about Levophed
Subject: doctor is talking about Levophed

Levophed is  a vasopressor  but it sounds like she says sterile depressor  -- could that be possible?  (doesn't sound like vasopressor at all)


No, not L4 if they're talking about the thorax!! nm
Subject: No, not L4 if they're talking about the thorax!! nm

x
I wonder if he is talking about a neurilemmoma -- a neuroma of the
Subject: I wonder if he is talking about a neurilemmoma -- a neuroma of the

?????


What part of the body are we talking about?
Subject: What part of the body are we talking about?

x
HELP! Talking about aortic aneurysm
Subject: HELP! Talking about aortic aneurysm

The sentence is:


An ultrasound was done today, revealing it (aortic aneurysm) is now 4.9 cm and perhaps s/l chuck sterinal


s/l chuck stir eenal...???
I am sure I should know this...TIA


I am still trying but talking fast and a thick
Subject: I am still trying but talking fast and a thick

accent the beginngs could even be different, M for N and V or B, etc. I find a Morse blade in my surgical word book but not sure what that is for but nothing like Norson
You are talking about the company, correct?
Subject: You are talking about the company, correct?

nm
if talking about fever - its "defervesced." /nm
Subject: if talking about fever - its "defervesced." /nm


like a V-neck sweater? what exactly are you talking about? nm
Subject: like a V-neck sweater? what exactly are you talking about? nm

context people, CONTEXT
not wanting to get preggo.. talking about..
Subject: not wanting to get preggo.. talking about..

cycle changes maybe having 2 periods a month.. Dr. explaining about a 30-31 day cycle versus a 25 to 28 days cycle. 


Sentence says.... We discussed the influence of her heavy smoking history on ovarian aging and that she may be seeing cycle changes earlier than what she would have, had she not been such a heavy smoker. thanks


Yep, that's what I was talking about in the link I posted :) nm
Subject: Yep, that's what I was talking about in the link I posted :) nm


Can you give the whole sentence so we know what they are talking about.
Subject: Can you give the whole sentence so we know what they are talking about.