After years of drinking diet drinks, I am off Nutrisweet, Splenda, etc. due to health reasons..sm

• After years of drinking diet drinks, I am off Nutrisweet, Splenda, etc. due to health reasons..sm - anon
  • Try a slice of fresh lemon in water. - LV1
  • I used filtered water with frozen fruit dropped in it - grapes, citrus slices, cherries, strawberries. nm
  • Lipton Orange/Passion Fruit Green Tea. It tastes great unsweetened. nm - D
  • I drink San Pelligrino sparkling water with a lime wedge - just me
  • My favorite is - k
  • I drink only noncaloric or low calorie beverages. - no sweets for me
  • I drink only unsweetened tea or water... - tia
  • see message - Anon
    • Yes, tea has lots of antioxidants - - good advice - no msg.

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Aspartame has many aliases, but it is not the same as Splenda.  For more information on the dangers of aspartame, here is a link to a website:

http://www.dorway.com

I loved MT because I was good at it and it came naturally to me.  Typing, language, etc.  The perks of working from home and being able to raise my family were a huge plus.  I stayed because in the hayday of MT you could make really good money really fast (2500 lpd @ $0.15 cpl). 

I stayed while my children were young and I could be available for them.  I stayed so I could return to school and have that flexible schedule to juggle everything once the kids grew  older.  I stayed full-time and cut school back to half time so I could take care of my ailing parents and inlaws when the time arose.   

I continue to stay because I still need to finish school (3 semesters to go) and unfortunately my DH is ill and needs someone to care for him now.  I stay because it is convenient, but I do not plan to stay forever. 

I sure miss the big money days, but what money I make now is sufficient enough to pay my bills.  It is a means to an end so to speak and it has been a godsend along the way.  But I in no way plan to stay at it forever.  It served and continues to serve a purpose, but it is no longer what I "love" to do. 

You seriously think you kid is going to tell you that he is drinking?  Very, very few kids get out of junior high these days without having smoked pot and had some alcohol at the least.  Any parent who isn't aware of that has his/her head in the sand.  Waiting until college to drink is extremely rare.

BTW, go to a a teen AA meeting - they'll tell you that many of them started drinking when they were in 2nd or 3rd grade.  Parents are the easiest people in the world for kids to fool - the kids will tell you that.

I'm not a working MT yet, but I don't see anything wrong with having a drink after work. During work is a different story, that in my eyes is the equivalent to a bus driver boozing it up before his/her shift.

Someone's life is placed in my hands when I sit down to transcribe. One letter out of the way such as an "a" could change the meaning of someone's medical diagnosis. One slip of a wrong medication or dosage and the patient could die. We all know when docs get used to us getting things right, they don't even read what they sign. One pass-over of a word that we don't want to take the time to look up could kill a patient. Don't tell me to lighten up, please. That's your excuse! I have had an anaphylactic reaction to a medication. If someone decided to skip over this or whatever  - I could die, yes, DIE! I would no more drink and transcribe than play Russian roulette with an infant. Sorry, it's probably what you don't want to hear, but I would not want you NEAR my medical history. I once had a student skip over an allergic reaction and instead of looking up the name of it she just typed "the dye". When I caught her on it, she shrugged her shoulders as if it didn't mean a thing. She just wanted to get her line count in, looking things up took away from her $$$.

Please take me seriously, it's worse than drinking and driving. It's a serious, serious thing to do. Alcohol definitely affects judgement and makes you sloppy. Slop and medical transcription do not go together. I don't want to kill anyone tonight, do you? If you want to drink, that's your business, but don't drink and type someone's medical record! Don't bother responding for me to "lighten up" because anyone with half a brain knows I'm right! If you drink constantly, then you're still "drunk" when you get up in the morning, coffee does NOT sober you up. That's BS.

 Put the plug in the jug!

I gave up caffeine a few years ago.  I used to drink 8 to 10 LARGE mugs of coffee a day but gave it up. 

The bad part about being caffeine free was waking up in the morning and thinking "This is as good as I am going to feel all day long."

But....I got used to it. 

 So I'm addicted.....what's the big deal??? But **I*** have never been drunk while at work! I am completely in control of all that needs to be in control for MT work.  You see, we all have our crutches. Some smoke. Coffee is a big time popular drink, don't you think?  Some like to sip wine. Others just have to have rum and Coke.  And, still others will drink Bud Light cause it less filling!  My addiction that I have happily supported all  these years and will for many years to come is Yummy Pepsi!      

When I was first diagnosed, I went on a strict 2 gm sodium diet.  It is amazing how much salt is in foods.  My ENT gave me a small booklet I could fit in my pocket to carry around with me to count sodium.  It reduced the amount of fluid in my ears, which lessened the vertigo and the tinnitis.  The shocking part was that I lost 20 pounds without trying!  I never went hungry at all.  I felt better than I had in years.

I have also found that keeping my sinuses clear helps with a lower level of tinnitis.  Wine intensifies it

good luck,

d~

have, including my DH.  I have never known anyone to keep the weight off once they come off the diet.  While there have been various studies as to healthiness/unhealthiness of the diet, I don't see how eating high fat foods came be healthy.  I do know that the diet throws your body into a ketosis, which gives you terrible breath.  When my DH was on the diet I asked him not to talk while in the car because his breath smelled so bad.  He worked with a woman who said she wondered why people would back away from her when she talked.

I think low carb is a good idea, but I don't think high fat is a good idea.  I'm not a nutritionist, just makes sense.