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anyone have a good and easy pasta salad recipe? - Posted By: for the 4th of July? sm

Something quick and that can serve a lot of people...thanks!!!

Mumblers incorporated! - Posted By: vm

Do you sometimes get the impression that the docs think that one and only one person is transcribing their notes and that person is completely familiar iwth the mumbles?

i have given up to leaving blanks. Maybe it's the only way they'll learn but I'm not guessing at what they're saying. They all should be taught that the transcription is only as good as the dictation.

Generally don't complain but EVERY doc I've had so far has had a severe case of the mumbles!

anyone ever - Posted By: texan

experience a trimalleolar fracture. Needless to say, I had one last Thursday walking and wouuld like to hear from one who has been down that road! I'm in a fiberglass cast, knee to toe, and it's no fun transcribing!

MSN and Hotmail - Posted By: Lisa

Anyone else having trouble accessing these today?

how to use keyboard for centering - Posted By: tjurs

I like using keyboard versus mouse commands. I was wondering if there are any commands for centering rather than having to mouse up to the top hit center and then type in....

thanx.

tiffin

OT-Anyone have polycystic kidney disease? - Posted By: At Home MT

I have just recently learned I have polycystic kidney disease (my mother died of kidney failure) and the cysts are on my right kidney, adrenal gland and on recent CT, (only two months from my first one), I have now developed cysts on my liver too. The kidney cysts are bleeding. :( I have daily right-sided aching and back pain. My right kidney is deformed and I have reflux on the right as well as kidney damage from childhood.

My whole illness started out about eight months ago as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and it was horrible with nausea, anorexia due to that, and significant weight loss. I had two Epley maneuvers that corrected the vertigo. A CT of the abdomen and pelvis was done and that is when the first cysts on the kidney were discovered which I was told were not concerning in someone in their 50s. In the meantime, I had started eliminating a couple of my Rx meds and the nausea stopped, and so I felt they were the cause of my nausea which in a sense I feel could still be true but perhaps more due to not metabolizing the meds appropriately due to kidney and/or liver problems but I do not know that yet. I do not see a urologist until 09/07 and will find out more then.

It is my understanding that this is a hereditary/genetic disorder and there is no cure and progression to kidney failure is quite high by the time you are 60 and I am 52.

I was just wondering if anyone else has this or knows someone who does and what info they may be willing to share.

Thanks so very much. :)

Just a Reminder International Spellex Week ends Dec.11 Hurry and Save 10% - Posted By: spellex

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Please visit http://www.spellex.com all this week and save 10% on any of our popular software products.

Need Help receiving encrypted files through Express Scribe! - Posted By: Bon

Is there anyone out there who could tell me how I could listen to encrypted files in my Express Scribe which I receive through email??? I am able to receive and listen to them just fine when not encrypted, but cannot figure out how to set ES up to use a password. When I click on the voice file in my inbox, it now takes me to ES, but displays an ERROR box stating - unable to open DSS file, this means the file might not be a true DSS file or the file is corrupt.

Yesterday, I posted this on the wrong board, but did receive some response anyway and thanks! Still now working though. Someone told me that I needed to get the User Id # from the clinic's software program they are using. The person I subcontract for thought that the User Id from her Olympus DSS software would work, but I am not so sure since the files originally come from the clinic.

I would rather not have to purchase the Olympus program if not necessary. I would think there would be some way to receive these encrypted files with their password. I have also tried to leave the User ID area blank or enter 0, but this does not work either. Keep getting the ERROR message as above.

The files are coming from a dss program called Olympus if that matters. Any insight would be greaaaatly appreciated!!!

Sea Hawks - Posted By: denise

I am from Tacoma and love the Sea Hawks. I think they really got screwed. I think the officials alreay decided who should win. They have a good team and cannot wait for next season.

Loyalty-sm - Posted By: Poorer by the minute

I know summer is usually a slow time in the field of medical transcription but I have sat for many days now with absolutely no work. The past two pay periods have been extremely rough. I like the company I work for but I can't afford to sit idle. I have started looking around and have even sent out a few resumes. I feel a bit disloyal but I have to eat too. I find it hard to believe that there is absolutely nothing!

Do you ever feel anxiety when there is no work, and if so, how do you deal with it? Am I being disloyal by looking for work?

Doctors have asked me to return their - Posted By: What should I do?

transcription to them via e-mail, as well as to the referring physicians.

New to shorthand, a few questions...sm - Posted By: Bella

The record feature? What is the purpose and what does/can it do for me?

Is there any way to import my auto corrects from Word into this program?

Any tips/advice on using this?

THANKS!

Lost my dad in October...still crying every day...could use some help (sm) - Posted By: wimt

I just feel like I don't know what to do anymore. I'm 43 and lost my dad (78) back in October. I miss him so much. I still have times every single day when it hits me. A little memory will come back, and I'll just have the punch in the stomach feeling. I'll type something in a report that will remind me of those final weeks and just feel sick. Just now, I was just going along, doing my work, and out of the blue I remembered how he always had to take his pills with yogurt or applesauce, and I could just picture him, and I started crying again. We moved out of my home state 7 years ago, but before that I worked with my dad, just the two of us, for 13 years in his printing business. He would call me nearly every day, still, whenever he had a problem or needed help with a computer issue or something. Sometimes I'd get irritated because after not working on some of the stuff for years, I couldn't really remember some of these things. Now, I'd give anything for one of those phone calls.

Anyway, I normally wouldn't post this kind of thing, and I know there is an Emotions/Depression board, but there is more activity here and I'm feeling like I need some advice from those that have been there. I don't really talk to my husband about it too much. I usually have these times during the day or late at night when I'm alone. I just try to keep it pretty much to myself. Our neighbor lost his wife back in July and he is over here pretty often. He still is having a rough time, and my husband has made comments about how it's probably harder when it's your spouse. In a way, it made me feel like maybe I'm letting this go on too long? I have my dad's pictures by me and I wonder if maybe I shouldn't because they too make me cry. I guess I just don't know. I just know that every day I just miss him so much and have to stop and cry and I don't know if I need to go see somebody, or this is going to get better and pass, or what.

Credentialing - Posted By: Thaddeus Bruno

Has anyone really reeped the benefits of being credentialed? I have been fortunate enough to work on site in psychiatry and never NEEDED to be credentialed. I am looking at getting a raise and thought maybe that would help. However; you have to pay money to be a member with the people who require more money to take their test and buy their books. I am not sure it is worth it.

Comments...anyone...

I have email on both Comcast and Outlook Express and wondering - Posted By: Sally

if I can go just to Outlook Express with what follows: I opened up Outlook Express yesterday and it said do you want the email to default to Outlook. I did not enter an answer but I was wondering, would it be that simple to where I did not have to change password and everything else, just say I wanted to default and where it comes in on the Comcast now it would just default over? Anyone know? Thanks.

Bringing up hurricane discussion - Posted By: EsTxMT

Just for some other information. When Hurricane Rita hit in Texas, i.e. Jasper, Beaumont area, these people were not prepared. They were not prepared because hurricanes do not come in that far inland. The Jasper area is one of the areas where most hurricane victims evacuate too. There are people in that area that are still without power including elderly people and children. Most of the surrounding areas (Pineland, Rosevine, Hemphill) are retirement areas. These are also low income areas as well. These people definitely would not have expected the hurricane to effect them in the way that it did, but it did.

Also, people in Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas were effected from it as well. Again, a hurricane never has come close to these areas and these areas are also where evacuees come. During the time we had evacuees from Galveston, Beaumont, Houston, and still the ones we had from Louisiana drained the resources that we did have here (not saying anything negative by this � just a statement). None of the businesses could get trucks in to deliver gas, food, ice, water, etc. When we did get gas delivered, the lines were so long that people were waiting 9-10 hours to get gas and of course by the time most got up there, it was gone again. This went on for several days. Even the Wal-Mart here and in Nacogdoches was only able to be open a few hours a day and for the first few days after the hurricane because of the amount of extra people in these areas, they finally had to limit the number of people they were allowing in the store at a time.

Some of you say, people should be prepared. I do agree and especially more so if you live in a coastal area. However, these people affected in the areas I mentioned above do not live on the coast; however, were heavily impacted by this natural disaster. You are saying these people don't deserver help?! Well let me tell you this. When we had a lot of LA evacuees here, FEMA stepped in and for a lot (not all of course) they received $2000.00 for help with housing, another $600.00 for food, and there $400.00 for something else (honestly do not remember what it was).

However, my mother and father-in-law who are elderly went 14 days without power, lost everything in the freezer and refrigerator, and they are also raising 2 of their grandchildren (both young teenagers). They were unable to get FEMA to help with anything.

I guess the point is this. Before spouting off about who needs to do what or who the government does or does not need to help (or where you tax monies go), you might want to think about the fact that this was a natural disaster and therefore, no one can ever really be prepared for one. I hope none of you ever have to deal with anything like this. It is not a pretty site in this area right now. Clean up is still going on. There are still trees down on houses and cars. How would you feel if this were you?

By the way, yes I do feel that my family was very lucky to come through it unscathed; however, some were not so lucky.

Just my 2 cents.

Does anyone else earn extra money at home doing something along with MT work? - Posted By: Need some extra cash.

I need some ideas. Fall is coming and I will have some extra time and getting burned out on MT.

Is 9.5 cents per line a good rate using Meditech? - Posted By: Linda F.

This is for a radiology account. TIA

just did a 58 minute report - Posted By: sm

shewee. last one of the day, and i'm pooped, over 400 lines. glad those don't happen often.

how do I convert lph to wpm? - Posted By: ThankfulMT

Thanks for the help!

Need help with migraine medication--No one responded on drug board - Posted By: Georgia MT

S/L afsurg, atsurg, nafsurg, natsurg--migraine med

No response on drug forum.

TIA

want to take the time to mention how hopeful I feel... - Posted By: banshee

reading a lot of the posts regarding the AHDI issue I see so many impressive, educated, eloquent posts that I am feeling confident again that our profession can be saved from being swallowed up like so many other professions that have fallen away. We need more people like you to stand up for the little guy (no offense intended).

Info on Toth - Posted By: 6babies

Has anyone heard of Toth Transcription? Pay, personalities, etc?

I - Posted By: R Williamson

I posted a message yesterday on the New MT board. I haven't seen a response. Can anyone give me advice?

I am disabled and need to train in a new profession. After some reading and researching, I wonder if I should learn MT.

With so many jobs going to India, Philipines, etc is there really work (and I mean work that will pay me enough money to more than survive) in the US?

With Dragon, is it easier for non English speaking persons to transcribe? I am really nervous. I can't waste time and money learning something that is no longer offered here.

Is it worth it?

So when does school start in your area???? - Posted By: Here in NJ we do not start until 9/6..... nm

Question on company board. NM - Posted By: Ex-Transcender

NM

What reference do you use the most on a daily basis? SM - Posted By: Acute Care MT

I lost all my reference books in a fire and I can't afford to replace them all at once. I am buying a couple of books each pay check and I've been trying to decide what I need the most. So far I have gotten a Dorland's Medical Dictionary, Surgical Word Book, and Radiology Word Book because I do radiology a couple of times a week.

So to all you acute care MTs out there, what books do you find yourself using on a daily basis?

Digital recorder - Posted By: GaMT

Can anyone recommend a good digital voice recorder with MP3 playback?

MTSOs: Politely declining a job opportunity? - Posted By: Tonya

I sent out some flyers and got 2 accounts at roughly the same time. One is wonderful, keeping me busy, and I love, love, love it. The other one negotiated the price down and has not been particularly cooperative. I realized today the latter account hasn't signed the service agreement, and I would just like to tell them properly and politely that it simply isn't working out, but I don't know how to go about it. Has anybody had to do this before? How would you suggest going about it? I don't even know where to begin.

Thanks in advance,

Tonya

Has anybody ever heard a ding noise sm - Posted By: hearing noises

while typing in Docqscribe? Sounds like a window closing. I do not hear it all the time.

Terror attack in London, explosions in the subway, many deaths - Posted By: On Fox news. nm

xz

Does anyone know if Dvorak works with DQS? Thanks. nm - Posted By: Suzi

Gear player or Bytescribe - Posted By: need one of them

Gear player vs. bytescribe... which is the more versatile?

I am currently using start/stop, but the voice files I get it will not let me speed them up. Dives me INSANE to listen to a sssssllllllllooooowwwwww dictator and not be able to speed them up.... actually would like to go whomp them up the side of the head .. but since that is not an option...

Looks like Gear player you can buy just the software, but Bytescribe you have to pay another 50 bucks and get the foot pedal.. no option that I could find not to.

Thanks for any suggestions you all might have to offer.

Questions re equipment - Posted By: Karen L.

Hi,

I'm thinking of setting up so a local physician can call in to dictate and I can transcribe her work for quick TAT. I've been working for services for the last few years, so am out of the loop as far as equipment. I've researched the Dictaphone Straight Talk system, but I wonder if there is something else "out there" that would be better, cheaper, etc. Any information or suggestions from anyone would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Karen

Rapid Refund - Posted By: GF

Has anyone tried any online rapid refund tax services.....

Microderm vs chemical peel, anybody ever have one or other done. - Posted By: MI-MT

I am 30 and have some acne scars on my lower cheek areas, not deep, but discoloration. Wondering if anybody has had similar problems and had either one of these procedures done. Would like any info, thanks in advance!

Merry Christmas to all and to - Posted By: Cinnyninny

all a good type! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, super Saturday, have a whopping weekend, or whatever floats your boat, melts your butter, or just plain makes you smile.

To all of my fellow weekened warriors, we rock!

was anyone else offended to get an e-card from a free site from team leader that was - Posted By: ho, ho, no go

blanket message to everyone. I thought that was low class. You can send an e-card to casual acquaintences, coworkers, etc., but I do not think a blanket 1 message fits all to employees, bosses, or family is appropriate for Christmas. I would rather have had nothing than this thoughtless piece of nothing.

Doctor is dictating while watching - Posted By: the Daytona 500

All I can here is zoom, zooom, zoooom. He paaaaaaaaaaaaaaauses for long stretches while he watches. It's driving me crazy. I keep getting report after report by him.

What is your most annoying redundant speech pattern? sm - Posted By: Lydia

You how doctors always seem to have a pet word? They will use it until you are ready to smack them.

Subsequently. Said by an ESL at least once in every sentence and pronounced sub see QUEENT ly. He is also says Prolene mess potch and plook for mesh patch and plug.

Next...next this, next that, next, now I...

At this moment. Did you know you can start every sentence in a 2-page report with at this moment?

then
then
then

and THEN I screamed and was heard in the halls of every hospital in America.

saying hello - Posted By: patty

Hello All! Just joined tonight!

COMPANY INQUIRIES belong on Company board, please! - Posted By: Goldbird (Moderator)

Goldbird

Charging - Posted By: STEPHANIE STARLING

I have my first interview with a Dr. tomorrow and I won't know what to say when he asked me how much! Should I charge by the line, and if so , how much or should I charge by the page? He will be my first Dr ever so I have no idea! I have been reading about lines but I just wanted to know what active transcriptionists are charging! Thanks.

RE American Idol. In the past Simon has said (sm) - Posted By: wondering

America got it right. Do you think he will say that this year? In my opinion, these are the two WEAKEST contestants of this entire season. Taylor is very lounge-y and Kat is completely inconsistent. She'll do well with one song and not the other. I think Kat is more marketable and I think, somehow, Taylor made it in under the radar. JMO. What do you all think?

what are your favorite top 3 movies of all time? - Posted By: movielover

1. A River Runs Through It
2. The Notebook
3. Bladerunner

On-Time transcription - Posted By: mttyper

Does anyone else work for this company?

Epress Scribe Software - Posted By: Jewels

Does anyone use Express Scribe? I am a newbie and would appreciate any advice.

Client just told me my price is too high - Posted By: For Alabama

Birmingham, 15 cpl (65 characters with spaces). They are going to start looking elsewhere. Is that too high now?

Have all the good dictators left the building? - Posted By: Grrrrrrrrrr

I am so ticked. I work on VR and everything is nothing but a bunch of words that fit nothing, dictators cannot speak properly and VR throws in whatever. I am sick, I tell you, of dictators who don�t care. I am on my soapbox because I am so angry with having to listen to all this ______ (put in your own words here).

Just venting!!! - Posted By: mtmomof3

I am bored!! I have a line count to make today and there are NO jobs available to do!!

Days like today make me wonder what I am doing!!! Thanks for letting me blow off some steam!