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I have been in limbo for so long, now I feel this weird anxiety about my job stability.  Voice recognition is everywhere, and a lot of jobs are going overseas, my hands ache, yet I'm still undecided, too afraid to make a change, have been in my safe little MT hole so long. 

I've been taking classes here and there, trying to find my way. Along the way, I have found out I do not like studying, nor can I afford the classes it will take to get a degree in the field I want, all while trying to make a living full time.  Its too much!

I have been buying the Sunday paper for a couple months to see whats out there.  None of these jobs are enticing, no wonder unemployment is so high.  I see more and more people living out of their cars, in fact today I saw someone, looked perfectly healthy, living in his car.  The jobs are mostly either sales, or labor.  I am not above doing labor work, in fact i've applied for housekeeping positions, but sales?  I'd come home with a splitting headache everyday.  Waitress positions...ug.  Manager positions...NEED EXPERIENCE..okay next.  Engineers...psychologist...MUST HAVE MASTERS.  Why do I suddenly feel like i've wasted my life here and am just floating on a life boat or something, drifting.  Am I alone here?  Completely confused as to what to do next.  I have ideas cooking, but they do not seem to be cooking fast enough for me to feel at ease.  

I do not consider myself a loser, although my family does having chosen the career I did, but I put myself through tech school (still paying) I did not have rich parents to put me through college. When I was in my early 20s, I did the full time work thing (lived with parents thank heavens) and went to school two years to earn an associates degree.  Now I feel pretty scared, esp with the cost of housing.  the American dream seems so far out of reach right now.  I've worked very hard, but having absolutely nothing to show. Anyone feeling the same way?

is the sound on my computer cuts out for no reason. I just started doing VR this week and the sound disappears. It's not just the program. It's the whole computer. If I reboot, it's back.

I also noticed that, although the work load is heavy, I'm out of work around the same time every day for about an hour or two.  Then I'm okay for the rest of the day.

Please don't tell me it's my computer. I can't afford another one at this time of the year.

Please don't tell me it's my sound card...the computer is only 1-1/2 years old.

I have 512 MB RAM. Do you think this is too little for VR? It never happened when I was doing regular transcribing.

Any ideas?

Thanks,S

I had a TVH/BSO in Sept and was put on a HRT patch.  I now do not have insurance for 90 days and am going to have to discontinue the patch until I get my insurance back.  It was a $40 co-pay when I did have insurance, and there's no telling what it will be without coverage.  Can anyone tell me what effects this will have on me?  Will I just maybe get hot flashes?  I'm thinking that will be all, or maybe mood swings, and it won't hurt me just for this temporary basis.

Along the same lines, the doctor really did not discuss this with me at all, and I'm confused about what I read.  Does the HRT protect me against osteoporosis and heart disease, or does it contribute to it? 

Thanks all! 

When I try to log on to DQS, I get a message that states that my user profile failed to download...anyone know anything about this?

Of course, I work for MQ, and hate to call them, cause it takes forever to get an answer to a simple question, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it!

BTW, I have already logged out and in like a thousand times, plus restarted my computer, so that's not the problem.  TIA!

Did you ever do a note sooooooooo looooooooooooong, that by the time you were at the PHYSICAL EXAM you had forgotten who the patient even was and what was wrong with them, and by the time you got to the IMPRESSION you had forgotten even what day it was, and by the time you finally signed off, you were asking WHO AM I???  

Good grief, help this man bring this to a close!!!!!  We have every lab value and every sneeze all the way back to birth!!!!

The only good thing is all those lines, but honestly that doctor kept saying, "um, um" like he was afraid to hang up.  Well, he COULDN'T hang up.  He just added some more. 

Thanks.

I normally use autocorrect, but it is very slow lately, and I think I have about reached my capacity.  I am looking for a good Expander that I will be able to convert my autocorrect to.  Thanks in advance for your opinions!!

I know that when I get the answer to this question I will smack my forehead and say Doh!!,  but I am new here and see a lot of "sm" and "nm" after posts.  For fear of forever being know as the one who cannot get the obvious, can someone please let me know what they mean. 

Thanks a ton... 

I keep seeing people say get an Expander you will get more lines.  I currently just use what is provided on the DQS (the Ctrl+E function).  Forgive my ignorance, but is this a separate program that you can use with DQS?  If so, tell me what it is and where to get it, PLEASE.  I am to the point of throwing my hands up and working at McDonald's.  I am so frustrated.  I normally typed close to 2,000 lines per shift before DQS, now I am getting no where near that.  I have been on this for over a year.   

I got a slick new KVM.  I work on 2 computers every day, so this was a necessity.  All USB, a Belkin.  Not only can I used ONE mouse, ONE keyboard, ONE monitor, but I can use ONE set of speakers and ONE set of headphones in said speakers.  This one came with a remote button.  Push it and you are on the other computer.

I have wanted one for a very long time and I have it!!!!  They have come a long way. 

Now...I just have to keep my backgrounds different so I know where I am...

I need to get a new router (not wireless).  Does anyone know of a good one?  I don't want to spend any more than I need to but would rather spend a bit more if it makes a big difference in the quality.

Thanks! 

transcribing go a LOT easier:

A big bowl full of freshly-made, sweet, kettle-corn popcorn!

Oh....... YEAHHHHH !!!!  

Anyone know what this means. It comes up every time Istart up computer.  Did a Google on it and cannot find anything  TIA.

I wonder if this is because the company I work for likes to hire MTs straight out of school (not that there is anything wrong with being new - we all have to start some place).  But, it seems like my reports are taking me longer to edit because of the mistakes, and my line count is just sad.  I have been working on EditScript for three years now and use all the hot keys and shortcuts and just cannot seem to get my line count up to where I want it because of the level of correction needed.  Do I search for a company that does not hire newbies?  Thanks.   

Hey there,

I work for Spheris.  My supervisor just informed me that from this point forward, I cannot work OT.  

 Are there any Spheris MTs from California who could e-mail me about what I could do as a cut in pay right now is devastating. 

 There are exceptions for people who do piece work I have read and wonder if there is a way to get around this.  I am paid by exam and sup says when I work 2 minutes OT, they have to pay me OT for every exam, plus if I work over 5 days, OT for the whole week, or over 8 hours, OT for the hourly pay...

Needless to say, I am devastated by this... as I live alone.  Need I say more?  ::sigh::

I just went through a divorce last year, so financially I haven't exactly gotten my feet completely on the ground yet, and then in September I started running out of work which made things a lot worse. (I work for MQ).  I just sold my house, and I am moving into an apartment where the rent is half my mortgage.  I plan to go back to school so I can get out of MTing all together.

My problem is this stray cat that I have.  He started hanging around our neighborhood a few years ago.  He is the sweetest thing.  I didn't want a cat at all, but my kids started giving him hot dogs, and he has never left.  He's a great cat, never messes in the house, never scraches the furniture, and loves my kids.  I got him fixed 4 months ago in anticipation of making him a housecat so that we could take him to the apartment with us, but so far it hasn't worked. 

He has his routine:  Every morning he follows all the neighbor kids to whichever car in the carpool on the block is taking them to school and then watches them leave.  He toms around the neighborhood all day, and then when I get home from picking the kids up from school, he is always on my front porch.  Then he spends the entire afternoon going in and out the front door with the kids.

I've tried keeping him in the house and not letting him leave, and he cries and cries.  Then when I get exasperated and finally let him out, he just lays down on the front porch and goes to sleep.

I don't know what to do with him.  It is breaking my heart that I'm probably going to have to find a home for him.  Any ideas on how to make him a housecat?

The response I got when asking about the credibility of MTAtHome.com wasn't very good.  So now I'm wondering, what are some good Medical Transcription schools that you can do online.  I'm looking for an online program.  Can anyone send me in the right direction?  I definately don't want to be jipped by a school that is not credible, which will then affect whether I get employment or not.  Thanks for your responses.

-Hunter DuRant

Let's say using standard margins, and standard font.  I'm from the old school of 'pages', and hourly salary.  As I take on f/t employment in the world of 'lines per hour' and 'lines per day' .... what does that equate to, approximately ?

thanks guys ....

Joanne

Transcend needs to really look at its reorganization.  What idiot is going to work for 4.5 to 5.5 cpl on a platform that breaks down daily, is full of flaws, line counts don't work.  And since all accounts are going to go to this wonderful new experience of being strictly an Editor on this patchwork program that has never been designed for an MLS in mind, it is time to get out of a leaking boat in the middle of a storm.