Above two replies absolutely correct!

• Need to vent . . . - flying fingers
  • More insight - QA
    • More insight - Confused MT
  • I have worked as a QA and as an MT which makes me an expert at SM - Tinks
    • Tinks, you are right on! but I am - maxine
  • Sick of this us-versus-them mentality between MT and QA. - We have enough problems in the industry.
    • Can't agree with you - other industries have consistent standards
    • It's not a "mentality", it's a reality. SM - Tinks
      • Yeah, right. You go change 'em. LOL - I'll be watching for it on CNN.
      • Above two replies absolutely correct! - sue
  • That's why all QA staff should cc their feedback to the - old QA
  • Send the editors an e-mail telling them the word in question and - anna
  • OMG... sounds like you have my old boss! n/m - blahblahblahblahblah
  • Don't be upset. Really. Try not to - QA
    • In reply to QA - flying fingers
      • Having worked as an MT and in QA, too, there are some - (sm)
        • QA - flying fingers
      • I am sorry, I really am, and just was - QA
        • Dear QA . . . - flying fingers
          • QA response to flying fingers - gee
            • Typing. This is NOT typing, it is transcribing. There is a BIG difference. sm - your first mistake
              • Exactly! - st
          • Not the OP, but there's no way you could "rule" on - every perspective on a report (QA supporter here).
    • Then why don't you go by the same rules, even within a company? So much discrepancy. sm - ok
      • Company QA Rules - flying fingers
        • Good post! - rma
          • rma - flying fingers
        • OK. I give up. You're 100% right. Its not - QA
          • I agree with her 100%. sounds like you dont want to admit QA needs to fix things - no name
            • I think you hit the nail on the head when you - Wannie
      • I can't speak for any other company, but - QA
        • A little note re: QA/editing...sm - luv2type
  • QA - pony
  • LOL - pony
    • Need to vent - flying fingers
      • Are you saying you left the entire report sm - omitting
        • omitting-no not the entire report just a few words - flying fingers
          • I think I have a better idea of what kind of - QA
  • Don't get mad, just document. - Me
    • Don't get mad, just document - flying fingers
      • Once again, NO job is worth shedding even as much as - a single tear.

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However, I worked on-site and only made $25,000.00 after 17 years, started at $7.00 an hour.  So, the ones who say they made $75,000.00 are not giving you all of the facts.

The realm of an MT per hour is from 13-17 an hour; look it up.  It's true.  However, if you have your own accounts (which I do), I charge more per line and have templates set up so that I breeze through my dictators that I've done for the past 10 years, which yields me around 25-30 an hour.  These circumstances are not common, I know that now. 

I think you're doing great!  Keep up the good work!  I'm not here to blast ya'!  You are the wave of the future; no MT will get rich and never have been rich. 

I think some of us who have been in this profession though see that it's tough to raise rates at this time because of the fear of losing the account to a large company.  I'm just a small guy, I don't require much really, so I'm happy with what I make.  I also love being at home full-time.  I'm able to manipulate my schedule and not feel so "hum-drum."  I learn something new every day, not all pretty either, but I've learned more specialties working online than on-site. 

At this point in my life (I'm in my 30s), this profession suits me just fine.  Advice to new MTs, give it a whirl!  You may be surprised that you really can make some money if you just relax and stop listening to the "nay-sayers."  As a matter of fact, I have never done VR, but think it would be interesting.  If pretty much everything is there, then all the better; this may be another good way for a new MT to break into the business and learn is with the VR... 

Endorsed by an MT who still feels "liked, wanted, and needed" in this profession! 

It is the on-site jobs that gets ya' out there....  Some docs are just great payers and know good work when they see it.  I think they like local because you are familiar with all of the things that go into that report, i.e., referring physicians, facilities, diagnostic centers, etc.  It saves them the headache of correcting all of those mistakes.

My own personal PCP has complained to me in an office visit about the local hospital that uses an outside service and can never get his name right.  The problem is that the physicians are not the ones making the decisions, it is the hospitals that make those decisions as far as in the hospital environment.  I know physicians at the hospital that I worked at that were p'od when they found out we would no longer be transcribing their reports.  They were just so set in their ways and they got good TAT and a good quality report - but no more, and yes I still to this day hear terrible feedback about the outsourced company and how the doctors spend countless hours correcting things.  End of Story...  {sigh}

I am going to see the doctor in 2 weeks for a consult.  I have been kicking the idea around for several years.  One month, it won't be so bad and I think, "I can deal with this."  Then the next few months, I lose at least 2 nights of sleep because of having to get up twice a night to change...stuff, and I think, "Why didn't you call???!!!"  And also scheduling my life around it and constantly counting days on the calendar, not exactly sure when it's going to arrive.  Last year, I got my period in the Atlanta airport on the way to Disney World.  I was crushed!  Also last summer, I knew I was going to get it sometime while at the beach, so got 2 months of birth control pills and took them continuously so I could skip a period, but the pill has a set of symptoms all their own for me!  So, it's definitely time to look into this more closely!

Thanks again!

Thanks for the feedback.  I will just have to find one that has enough space for everything so I am not defeating the purpose of getting one! 

          Thanks, again.

            bookworm

I do really need to see a PCP/psych because I haven't been to a doctor ever since my son was born and that was 4 years ago.  I am lucky now because I have no medical problems and have not had any my entire life but there is a long line of family history of cancer, cardiac problems, lung problems, etc....and not only do I want to trim down to help my self image but also for health concerns.  I want to be here a long time for my son and if I can lose now before something drastically happens then I will be okay.  I feel like there is something sabotaging my weight loss.  I have been buying the right foods, making sure not much bad food is in the house.  I guess it just takes time. 

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.  Food is an addiction just like cigarettes, drugs and alcohol.  It is hard to overcome but we can all overcome anything that we really set our mind too and if we have support then that is even better!  Thanks again.

Some of the things said have given me MORE cause for thought.

I did not want to start a school.  I would not expect to make a large amount of money mentoring.

I just can't seem to let go of the idea that there is a large gap between someone graduating from a training program and having the ability to start working, ESPECIALLY at home.

Again, thank you for your time.

Thank you to all of you for your replies. I really appreciate your insight on different thoughts to consider, and your experiences with children of your own, as well as the suggestions you made about keeping a food diary to track foods to try to find the culprit. It gives me some different thoughts to entertain as I have been driving myself crazy trying to diagnose the problem myself (even though I know this only makes the test result waiting process worse! lol)

Hopefully, it will be no big deal and he will 'outgrow' it soon or maybe even be put on medication to prevent it or something. In any case, I will keep you posted on the results of the abdominal x-rays. Thanks again for your support! :)

am going to think long and hard on this this weekend.  Stability is definitely an important thing.  Money can be worked out to be about the same.  Flexibility is definitely important.  The weights are still leaning more towards the flexibility, just not enough!   Thank you all again.