A long hot shower works wonders, or take some
Posted By: Know that feeling on 2005-07-28
In Reply to: Mind is willing to work but legs and back aren't cooperating. - Help!
Tylenol and lay down for about 20 minutes and give it time to kick in. Take a short walk if the heat isn't unbearable where you are. I know if you hurt you may not feel like it, but probably part of your aches are because you don't get enough exercise - I know that is my problem. I have recently had to start taking a break about every hour and move around for 15 minutes and that has helped a bit.
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TED hose. Works wonders. I got mine sm
K-mart in the pharmacy department for 5.00. They're compression stockings. Works great for my aching ankles too.
google works wonders as does word board......nm
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Red hot pepper poured in the garden works wonders. sm
I had moles and rabbits and cats eating everything in mine so I poured red pepper and bought a cheap can of jalapeno peppers and threw them around as well. As if by magic, all the animals went away. I just got the cheap 2 for $1 stuff at Dollar General.
I use ergonomic keyboard, gloves, splints at night, but sometimes what works best is a cool shower.
In my family, shower for first baby only, unless it has been an unusually long time between
pregnancies and things would already be given away or outdated. I had a regular shower for baby outfits, strollers, etc, but also had a "diaper/general use" shower for diapers, bath stuff, lotions, etc, and this was great because it gave me a chance to stock up.
My QA has 3 kids and works ALL day long!
You do what you have to do!
One of my long-time friends works on the same
account and she can't wait for me to get started. She is overwhelmed with work and types a little 20,000 lines per payperiod. I've been assigned to her account. So, I guess there IS work.
If it turns out there isn't, then I will move along.
What I will NOT do is trash the company on the boards and join this really sad crab club on here. That's too far down in the bucket for me to go.
Good bye and so sorry for you.
I have not found one yet. Tried a dozen of them - nothing really works well or lasts long. nm
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Sex does wonders!!
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One wonders if MQ lover
Zipper and a few others are not one in the same...sorta like those multiple personality disorders
Reason being is that they all sound alike, very immature and nasty
It's worked wonders for me....
My doc put me on it (20 mg) per day. He also put me on nortriptyline (minimum dose, which I take at night. I feel like a new person on this!! I can think clearly and more logically and not so emotional. Before I got on it, I wasn't having crying jags but SOBBING jags!!! These two meds have REALLY evened me out!!! Once in a while I can feel that I'm trying to get depressed, but my body/head won't let me due to these meds. It's wierd!
409. It does wonders on fiberglass tubs. nm
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with all the grief/strife in the world one wonders.SM
why anyone would call a dance contest lame....it's light, it's fun, people are dancing and trying to have and win $$ for charities.....and with 30-32 wars ongoing all over the world, people need some lightening up....and this contest is just FUN....
another naysayer in our midsts.........
Interesting. OP wonders what happened to all the good MTs and
MTs post back about their experiences and now the MTSO feels slammed..... there is always more than one side to a story. She has had some bad experiences and we MTs have had some very negative ones also.
take a shower?
A smile does wonders and it doesn't cost a thing. nm
be careful w/that oil - too much can cause problems you probably don't want to have.
Baby Shower
I had a baby shower for my second child because my daughters are 10 years apart and I had given everything and I mean everything away. My friends planned a surprise shower for me. It was very much appreciated in my situation.
I do that, too. I don't like to shower first to power clean
the house because then you get all sweaty with cleaning chemicals all over.
just had a shower for twins 2 mths ago
The gift baskets as mentioned by some posters were the hits. Bathtub filled with all the bath essentials, diaper changer or pale with all diapers, wipes, etc, bottle sets, bib's, socks, blankies and all the basics.
Since it was twins, we also had people pitch in with dinner dates...pick a night and bring dinner for the exhausted new parents. They ended up having fantastic food for over a month 
Shower for first...diaper party for second.
It was lots of fun and I received so many diapers and wipes, which I was so thankful for. It was much smaller and more personal. Not to mention, it was nice to have a party, even small, to welcome the second baby.
Got a baby shower invitation
from a cousin who NEVER attends any showers, weddings, graduation parties, NOTHING. Not just my stuff, but doesn't attend for *anyone* in the entire family not even her siblings and their kids. Doesn't send a gift. Doesn't RSVP with an excuse, not even a lame excuse. Just totally ignores everyone. No one can believe she had the nerve to invite EVERYONE to her event. LOL.
I'm not going, not sending a gift either. It isn't that I am selfish, I just can't understand why someone who doesn't care to participate in family giving ALL OF A SUDDEN decides she wants to participate in family RECEIVING.
I wish them well, but I'm just not interested. What do you guys think? Am I wrong?
Mary Kay Extra-emolient night cream will work wonders
Just apply it before you go to sleep.
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Try the Mr. Clean eraser, the newer one, I forget the exact name. Worked wonders for me. nm
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Boy do I hear that!!! STOP transcribing right now. take a shower, lie down. NM
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Having a baby shower for my sister this weekend
Any ideas on food, games, etc.?
One game that I have decided to play is 'guess what baby had for lunch.' You put baby food in diaper and have everyone guess what flavor. I have already planned my food; however, I want something different.
I love baby shower games.
You can make a diaper out of a paper napkin. Whoever gets the "dirty" diaper (with peanut butter in it) wins a prize. Taste the baby food contest where everyone gets a dollop of several kinds of baby food on a paper plate, and you have to guess what's what. Pick the baby safety pins out of a bowl of rice blindfolded. Scoop the cotton balls off the floor into a bowl blindfolded with a spatula. The memory game where you look at a tray full of baby items for one minute, then write down as many as you can remember. All of the baby items go to the Mom-to-be at the end of the game. You can find cute little prizes at the dollar store.
The other poster is right. There are tons of baby shower websites out there to snag ideas from Have fun with it!
Then again you could end up w/one that nurses q2h like mine did! Lucky to get a shower in even. nm
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Is there anything that truly cleans textured shower floors? (sm)
I'm talking about mostly water stains, as well as on shower doors. I can get the soap scum out. TIA!
It's been ages since I was invited to a baby shower.
Care to share? What's the ONE thing or several if you must that you WISH somebody had gotten you but didn't when you had your baby showers? Maybe there's someone here with a new baby who could share what they'd have appreciated as a shower gift. Thanks.
I received an invitation to a baby shower that shocked me....sm
It was for a friend having her second baby...already strange because I thought baby showers were only for the first baby, when you don't have any of the necessary items. The worst part, though, was that printed on the invitation was the ADMISSION PRICE to the party! It was a tea party at a tea room of some sort. It also was printed on the invitation what gift to bring!
I chose not to go to the party. I politely declined and gave an appropriate gift of my own choosing at a later date.
Totally! I opted out of going to a cousin's wife's 2nd shower
after only 3 years! Ridiculous. The baby was even the same sex. And SHE never got rid of anything. So, I heard later that she took just about everything back to the store for refunds/exchanges! Really something, huh?
Mine used to vomit with the toilet flushing or while in the shower. Never made any noise at all.
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Full Word is in the Works "Suite," not plain Works.
Works saves files in a different format, but you can open them in Word if you have the correct filter installed.
RIGHT!!! Someone who works 16 hours and someone who works 60 will have a HUGE difference. NM
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5 minutes to myself, quiet, a shower with quiet and no interuptions (never happens) and fresh air -
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I hate Instant Text. It is expensive, long long learning
curve, and too much distraction for me.
How long should I wait after applying for a position before I follow-up. It has been as long as two
without hearing from some. Just wondering if I should send an e-mail to follow-up to see if they received my resume or not. I don't want to offend anyone but feel two weeks should be long enough for someone to at least acknowledge my resume and that I have applied for a position. Right now I would accept anything even a note saying no thanks. Any advice would be appreciated. I haven't had to apply for a job for the past 10 years so I am a bit rusty at this. Thanks again for any advice.
Congrats! How long have you been a MLS and how long did you study for the test!
Please see message. I have three daughters with long, long hair.
I also have long hair down to my waist and my three girls have hair that long too. My daughter brought them home from school last year. I was devestated and grossed out!!!! I have never had to deal with lice. Anyway, we did the treatments and two of my girls broke out in a severe rash with the OTC stuff. Their little heads were so sore!! I thought I was being meticulous with eggs, only to find them hatching again down the road. A nurse at the pediatricians office suggested I try oil to suffocate them since my girls were allergic to the lice solution. I bought a huge bottle of veggie oil and dumped it on all three heads, plus my own. I then wrapped the heads in platic wrap and then a towel. I left this on for 30 minutes. It takes a while to wash out the oil, but we never, ever had the lice or eggs again!!! If you try this, make sure you put on an old shirt and put a towel around your shoulders. Obviously we were desperate, but we all have such long hair and very thick hair so I was willing to try anything. And I figured there was no chemicals involved so that was pretty safe. And it sure did help my littles ones since their scalps were pretty raw from the solution. Hope this helps and Good luck!
It's been a long, long time since I've used a C-phone, sm
but I do think jobs can be paused.
Emdat works with Instant Text Por V - ony version that works with Emdat - nm
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I had a problem with this for a long, long time sm
I have always worked days, like from 6-3. Over the last few years, it didn't matter how much sleep I got, I became real groggy between 7 and 11. Really shoots the day. Talked to my doctor and he said my blood pressure pills were the culprit but he refused to change me to another brand or dosage since I have multiple aneurysms (2 in the brain). My BP has been stable for a long time and he wants to "keep it on the low side". I tried taking them before I went to bed instead of early in the morning, but then I had headaches all day. So, I am changing to a night shift for a few months so I can sleep when those pills kick in and so far it is working pretty good. I stay mostly awake during my shift and die when I hit the bed from 6 am to 10 am, then I lay down again later in the afternoon for 2-3 hours. I still get 6-7 hours of sleep, it's just split up during the day, plus I am mostly awake now when I sit down to type. I don't have to deal with the heat in my office, either. It tends to warm up real fast in here with the south sun on the house and 2 pc's running all day, even with the air conditioner on.
Way back when, a long, long time
ago and in a galaxy far, far away, I had my own accounts also and some years cleared $75,000. Yes it can be done, but you need to have your own accounts. Also lots of delivery, and other duties involved. I work for a large national now and make much less, but I got tired of accountants, having to deal with hardware problems, deadlines, driving deliveries, printing, printers, etc. So I decided to simplify my taxes and stay home and just type. Don't have to worry about computers either, because the company will just send me a new one.
Long, long files. Seemed like they'd never end! I'd never go back to VA again. nm
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I've been doing this a long, long time...
I used to make $70,000 and up a year and did so for most of the late 80s and 90s (one girl used to make six figures a year working 7 days a week!) Because we were making more money than the supervisors and Medical Records Directors in hospitals, they began to switch to transcription services which were sprouting up all over the place. Plus AAMT came into existence and even though in the beginning it claimed it was to fight for transcriptionists (although assured us it was NOT a union), they eventually morphed into an organization that was more management friendly. They developed the "guidelines" and the 65-char line. That was the beginning of the end for those high-end wages. Then all those mickey mouse transcription schools popped up, and now outsourcing overseas. YES, we're complaining.
Been in this biz a long, long time, 30+ years and....sm
I love/loved MTing. However, things have changed so much during these years. The job definitely gets easier; don't have to look up much, can decipher ESLs much easier, in other words, you get pretty comfortable with things and you have confidence in yourself. The more experience you have the easier the job, but....
I actually made more money 10 years ago!! We didn't have speech recognition and you actually got paid for headers/footers, demographics, carbon copies, etc., you got paid for what you did fairly; today, I am not so sure.
You will feel burned out at times, but that passes and you find you like your job again.
Good luck to you!!
Shorthand works with every program, it works outside the program you use, does not interfere.
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A long, long time ago, I was going thru
a really bad time emotionally and physically. I was suffering, and my transcribing suffered. I assure you - if you are to the point of not paying your rent, literally, and needing food stamps, there is something else going on in your life than current transcription rates. We are all in this industry and many are thriving, most getting along comfortably. If you are literally to the point of food stamps, you honestly would be a fool to continue. I blamed it on my job, on my line rate, on everything but the honest truth that I was ill and was NOT working as I should or could. It is a really sad thing that you keep spreading this propaganda that MTs in our culture are doomed and now destined for food stamps. Food stamps are not something to toss around lightly, as you would know if you ever had to use them. Please let's not be quite so dramatic. Again, if you are really in those dire straits, you really need to face that MTing is not the fit for you, personally, and do something about it rather than blame our industry. You dwell on the past, but we can't do that. While you may have made other wages 20 years ago, may I remind you that we were pounding away on IBM Selectrics using layers of paper and bottles of white out, going crazy trying to rewind tapes over and over to get that dang word, with no idea what an Expander was. Technology is fantastic. Things have changed, but things are still great in this industry, and in this world. Those who change and can adapt will be fine, but you need to recognize that most of us are not ready for food stamps.
Sure did...you been around for a long, long year
A gross line IS a gross line regardless if it's 90 characters long or 1 character long... SM
I'm very sorry that your lines are 90 characters line and you get paid by gross lines. You are cheating yourself - that's not my fault. You cannot change the definition of a gross line. So I gues I'm not understanding what you are trying to say. Now if you are trying to say that your line equals 90 characters and that's how you figure your lines, than you are not using gross lines. You have defined a line to be 90 characters, whereas most MTSOs define a line as 65 characters. If that is the case, then I must say again, you are cheating yourself.
So which is it, do you get paid by gross lines or by a 90 character line?
this works at least for
fire ants, probably for most any I would think. Just sprinked around some QUICK grits, (not the slow cooking kind). What happens is the worker ants take the grits to the queen, she eats the grits and blows up; usually the ants move on....I had to do this several times over the years and have never been disappointed. Good luck to you.
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