Don't even worry about it, Patti. There are still a lot
Posted By: of docs using tapes .. sm on 2006-06-07
In Reply to: From below regarding tapes - Patti
and as many MTs transcribing them, but not too many will want to admit that now just because of a few shortsighted people here who think THEIR way is the ONLY way.
As long as you are happy and the clients are happy, no need to justify it here. You don't know these people, have never seen them, and don't even know if what THEY are saying is true.
Make money however it suits you and don't worry about the opinions of others because that's all they are -- opinions (and you know what they say about those!) ;)
I thought of the guy from Sat. Night Live, Chris Farley?, who always said "I live in a van down by the river" when I read your floating home comment. :D
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Ditto, Patti. Do what works for you and don't worry about what the other posters say. Everyone
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Don't worry about it. In 5-6 years you'll have plenty to worry about!
A 10-year-old is never in a situation where anything can "happen," and they don't understand anything "happening" anyway. At this age they're only capable of "having a boyfriend" because that's what they see on TV - that's what the world "expects of us", to pair up and "like each other."
Her friends aren't talking about adult "things" to do in a "relationship" yet, and she doesn't even have those feelings, hormones, or needs yet so don't worry about it.
At 10, having a "boyfriend" is the equivalent to playing "dress up" or "make believe" and is just "sitting together in the cafeteria" at best.
Plus they move on to a new "boyfriend" in a week, a few weeks tops.
Relax, Mom. The part to worry about is yet to come and I wouldn't want to deal with that again for anything!
Best of luck and enjoy these years while you can.
Please do not worry about it.
Sometimes, it seems as if we do everything the way we know it's right, but they nitpick about everything we do. I have proved my use of proper grammar documented with my college English books, but they come up with this, "That's how the client wants it" stuff. OK, so why isn't it on my account spec sheet?
I think the trick is to find a smaller MTSO, one who believes as we do style-wise. For example, I learned to use commas quite often. At one national I worked for, it was NO commas period. If you had two independent phrases connected by a FANBOY, you broke them apart into two separate sentences. I worked for two other nationals and a hospital, and they never had a problem with my work. It was just this one certain person at one certain national. You should see some of the other things I was corrected on. I wound up quitting because this person went against everything I learned in my MT course, at college, and in all my years of work experience. This was not a good QA person, and other people on this board have worked with her. (PRINCIPAL vs. PRINCIPLE)
However, the MTSO I currently work for gives me rave reviews. I don't have to relearn everything again. We evidently went to the same school of style! LOL Keep looking. You'll find your fit. It's no fun working in a constantly negative and nitpicky environment.
Of course, you don't worry. Don't want to get
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Not to worry.
When my husband was in the military and deployed, we had tons of "discussions" over finances. It's a control thing. He's gone and can't add his input into your decision making, so he feels a lack of control there. I kept spreadsheets and quicken files to prove where I did or didn't spend money. Then I'd send printouts to him so he could feel like he was part of it. Granted, you shouldn't have to prove that you weren't blowing his money at the mall! With my husband and I, our roles are reversed. I'm the critical one when it comes to budgeting, bills, and finances. My husband is more, shall we say, impulsive? He'd be deployed and go sight seeing and out to eat because he'd never left our state before joining the military. I'd be at home juggling the kids, the broken down car, the bills, my job, and everything else, so I'd get mad at him for having fun being the single guy. Granted, some trips were definitely not fun for him.
Let's see, you two are married, therefore, his money is your money, your money is his, etc. We had the whole his money, my money, our money thing going on as well. Have you thought about a joint account? Remember, he's responsible for supporting you and any kids you have, as well as for paying the bills. DO NOT let him make you feel guilty about spending money on bills or the household or about not working. I think the women of today have that problem. Women of the '50s were expected to stay home, clean the house, cook the meals, and care for the kids. Now, we're expected to do all that, plus work on top of it. I tried being SuperMom for the first 8 years of our marriage before I snapped. It's not worth it. Don't feel guilty because you DO contribute to the household even if you don't have a paycheck. He couldn't pay someone to clean the house, cook the meals, care for the kids, take care of your personal finances, and everything else that you do.
:))))) oh don't worry, I have
  
this ol girl has left the room
MQ kept wanting every year for me to invest more into providing profits
for them and yet never ever reacted to my inquiries of additional monies for
a line I produced. Well, I'm a business too. I need to increase my income to
meet my overhead and my cost of living goes up for me just as it did for them.
Yet all they could offer was "let me give you another account".......well, honey,
I told her--------there are only 24 hours in a day! or haven't you noticed.
 see ya
Don't worry. We all have to go through
the dreaded learning curve with any new job or account for that matter.
The more you work on the same account the faster you'll get so with you being full-time should help.
Oh and make sure you get plenty of samples for those difficult dictators and that you follow up on the blanks you have to leave them.
Is there another MT on the account that can give you some pointers?
Why worry.....
If you're going to get it, you're going to get it, and all the fretting in the world ain't gonna' change that. I mean, when you go out to check your mail, a car could hit the curb and run you down; are you going to worry about that, too?
I don't think you have to worry about any
subcontractors knocking down your door to work for you. You're generalization of "them" is what makes your posts so rude. We do not all look for excuses to not work. I work my shift every day unless I have an emergency. I do quality work. I do not bother my supervisor with stupid e-mails. After all, there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers. While I would agree that good MTs are hard to find, we are out here, and willing to work for a good company (which can also be very hard to find).
Don't worry. sm
Most of these little abnormalities are minor, not cancer. Don't lose sleep over this. Just follow your doctor's advice and don't worry!! This happens a lot, believe me.
Don't worry
It do believe that ADHD is real, but you need to exhaust all other possibilities before you go there. It is a possibility that she has just not matured enough to go to school and would maybe do better if held back a year. During that time you can set her up with a predictable routine and practice focusing on different activities for a period of time. A friend of mine did that and it worked. No one accuses her son of having ADHD anymore
Don't worry, not just you...
I have heard things being mentioned here and there that it is ridiculous and that things we really don't need to know are on the test. I took it around 5 years ago and it was not like that, I passed it easily. I also saw some sample questions in the JAAMT a while back. We type it, we don't diagnose it for crying out loud! I have not tried this, though. Where did you find the sample test. Is there a website? TIA!
Don't worry.... (sm)
 where one goes to EMR, there is another waiting in the wings for just the right transcriptionist. It sounds like you are good at heart, and good things come to good people! Maybe something even better will come your way!!! We are all rooting for ya' and hope something spectacular comes your way! 
Thanks - don't worry -
Yeah, I think it warrants a doctor visit. I'll get it checked out and get a real ibuprofen dose. (600 mg b.i.d.?) Okay, I'll stop doctoring myself!
WORRY NO MORE
I hear you! I am worried about my future also with transcription. I have been doing this for over 20 years, but found HEAVEN recently in a travel program. Go to www.teamresult.com and watch the short video, you will see what I mean. E-mail me if you would like me to call you to answer questions.
Michelle
manzotravel@gmail.com
I had this - nothing to worry about!
I had it about a year ago. It's called alopecia areata (I think). I didn't know what it was and I happened to see my hairdresser and she told me what it was. She said it can be caused by stress, or it come on for unknown reasons. Mine has grown back, although I have some nice short hairs there now! Not to worry!
No need to worry
MT is definitely not phasing out, but it is changing. MTs are now becoming editors like I am. I work for a hospital that uses EditScript, an amazing speech recognition program. Imagine putting out 500 plus lines an hour. That is how good it is. All the MT Editors use the same style and corrections and it remembers them and each time it recognizes the dictator better. Of course with that much production, we did have to layoff some MTs but because of the cost savings, accuracy and physician friendly program, this will be the future of MT. We will always be needed!
Should not be a worry
As long as the blanks are "good" blanks, you should not have to worry.
The company I work for would rather have us leave blanks than to guess, so even if we are "pretty sure" we know what they are saying but NOT sure, we are to leave blanks. - The same if we cannot verify something from a reliable source.
I have blanks every day. Some more than others depending on account and how well the dictators happen to be speaking.
Just do your best and don't fret unless they bring it to your attention.
we have to worry.
because of TAT, many companies are now outsourcing, not just for the price, but for the quick turnaround. and we also have to be concerned, as it impacts the amount of work available for the MT, when companies hire heavy for an account to keep the TAT and then the MT runs out of work.
yes, the eating while they dictate is my biggest peeve too.
Don't worry
Usually if you don't hear much about a company it's because there isn't anything to complain about.
Good luck with your interview.
don't worry about it. I take the sm
negativity and let it fly over my head!
The MTs that have been in this business for a very short time haven't had the experience to realize what you can do. It takes yeras and years and you really have to be a workaholic sometimes. They have already shown their attitude by the whole "I am not working weekends, holidays, nights, blah, blah blah" They don't understand this is what the job is.
My employers appreciate me also and let me know the same. It will never stop. There are always going to be MTs who rip the profession apart, say we don't what we are doing etc. etc. I would like to work along side of some of these MTs for a day or two and show them exactly how its done. I started when I was 22. to me that was pretty young starting from scratch and learning my experience.
Congratulations on your new job and I hope you love it!
And not like we don't all have enough to worry
about, but I keep asking myself that if this happens, what happens to our jobs? Will the government hire their own transcriptionists to do the work? Will they phase out all of the MTSOs (which in some cases may not be a bad thing, lol)? Will things stay pretty much the same, the MTSOs get grants from the government for doing the work, our pay go down even further (not like any of us can afford that either? Just things that I have wondered about since all of the talk about the government taking over healthcare. 
Patti, I'm a big fan of yours
I always make a point of reading your posts. You should do some sort of column. The networks do pay well for transcription. They can afford to only charge $20 per transcript because they sell hundreds of them. Keep in mind that the Transcriptionist is producing a product that they mass produce and make a huge profit on.
hi patti ...
I'm in lower Westchester County, NY, about 1/2 hour north of NYC. Do you know of a good, reputable MT company that I can contact?
Thanks ...
Joanne
Thanks Patti
I'll ask about it again this evening if there is still no check in my mail box when I get home. At least I am not doing this full-time. I have an outside FT job and I do this in the evenings for supplemental income, but I still need it as I am on my own. I have learned my lesson about not signing a contract again that states I get paid when the client pays them, never again. I've started sending out resumes, might as well get ready to move on.
thanks again Patti...
I was just doing the math for the 3$ per page with sample copies in Word, and it wasn't adding up (many more lines on a page than I had anticipated. I thought a page would only have 30 lines or so...not!) You all are GREAT. All this advice is helping tremendously.
Patti, you are right...
I used to have my own accounts and at my highest, I made $60,000. I have gone to remote only and my income has dropped significantly. I just wanted to give my input and back you up, you are absolutely right!
To Patti
Hello Patti
I definitely agree that this can be done. I believe back 3-4 years ago, you might have been the one who inspired me to get my own accounts and even offered me wonderful technical information. I am not sure though. Anyway, I am offering you my support. I make about $30/hr, but I only work about 7 hours a week as an MT. I have great dictators, use expanders, and charge 0.13 cents per line. The other MTs in the area charge about 0.15 cents per line, and the one that I asked said she made $45,000 last year working part time. It can be done. Good for you. Keep up the good work! 
Patti - sm
Their fee is $40 a month, which I didn't think was too bad. The total I will be paying them is almost what I am paying now. The difference will be the interest rates and time it takes to pay them off. My husband is really upset that we are going to do this, but as I said before, I don't see any other way. I am keeping one credit card with a low limit for emergencies, travel, etc. and the rest of them will be history!! When I get out of this mess, it will never happen again. Again, I appreciate your info.
Patti....
you don't need to explain yourself to Tikki (aka Kikki) or anyone else on this board. You took a bashing about the cookies and now about tapes, and money for gas, and on and on and on and on.
You are obviously a very successful and talented MTSO/MT/WOMAN. I admire you. May you continue to have good fortune shine down on you.
Patti, maybe if you... sm
explain to her that not capping a brand name drug would be like you lower casing her name (or the doc's name). Maybe that would help. =)
Hi Patti!
Boy Patti
You've been one busy little MT today posting left and right under all these different names of yours about your 1,000 sq foot mansion on the water and your hefty checking account of $20K a year! Okay, it's gorgeous, the most beautiful home we've all ever seen and could ever imagine having and with a yearly income like you've got, well who needs to win the lottery? LOLLOLLOL.
Patti - sm
Could/would you be willing to post a picture of the views?
And we wish you the same Patti.
May you one day realize your life is worth living and trying to impress people on newsboards with what little you have is not necessary to make your life whole or meaningful.
Prayers and blessings be with you honey.
Thank you Patti ---- nm
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I do like Patti. sm
I have created a simple macro to do it for me as my accounts have rather small margins that need to be changed to get 65 characters/spaces in a line. My macro highlights the whole document, changes the margins to 1 and 0.9, and then changes the font to courier 12, very quickly.
I like Patti too.
LOL
Thanks Patti! NM
:)
Thanks Patti ...
Your reply is so encouraging--I thought that sounded a little "squirrely." In my opinion, this office mgr has been misleading me ever since I started work there, and really was not too disappointed in leaving, even though I liked the other people very much!
I know you did, Patti--sm
and I appreciated it. At that point in time, there were only a few that did support me and most of the ones that did not believe me really were pretty nasty about the whole thing. I really detest being called a liar when I know I am not. I know how hard you work too, and you are so smart about taxes and all, and you really help out so many people on this board. You are a really great person! You have had your days with some of these people criticising your ways of doing things too in the past, so believe me, I know what it feels like. I so envy you! Take care, and have a great evening. (I was able to do 58000 gross lines this month--37000 the past two weeks, so we are pretty comparable)! :^)
To Patti
I know you are busy and I don't want to interrupt you, but you are so knowledgeable about tax questions and I thought maybe you could help me, somehow. If you could possibly email me, I would really appreciate it, as I do not want to divulge personal tax info on this site. thanks so much. When you have time, of course.
WOW Patti
That is an awesome line daily line count! Is that consistent, every day or nearly every day? Do you use shortcut software? How have you been able to escape wrist, neck, shoulder stuff?
To Patti
I want to go out on my own but don't quite know where to begin. Please e-mail me. TIA.
We really need to know if Patti follows BOS?
If so, then Hayseed is correct. If not, then she may or may not use a dash as she so desires. Same rule would apply, I guess, for the comma.... LOL 
Thanks Patti!
Thank you Patti
Thanks Patti
I will only be typing short letters to referring docs. I have listened to some of types and you are right about the meds. I had trouble with some of the topical creams.
Thanks Again
Patti
Patti,
I have had the same account(oncology) for five years. I would also like to pick up other accounts; however, this doctor keeps me sooo busy it is almost impossible to transcribe for someone else. I have picked up dermatology account, but only 26-30 letters per month.
I am going on vacation in June for about three days and worried sick about coming back from vacation and having to type over 200 notes!! This doctor sees over 75 patients a day and also has a Saturday clinic (40-50 patients). Any suggestions????
Thanks Patti!
Hello Patti
The medications is what I am having a hard time with as the doctor tends to mumble and speaks very fast. His notes are very short, no OP notes.
What usual drug pages are you referring to - Is this a list that you have started?
Hi Patti--sm
Congrats on attempting digital!! I think you will like it once you get used to it.
Anyway, whether you transfer a file through e-mail or FTP, you will still retain a copy of it on your computer until you decide to delete it. Once you have the file on your computer, you can transfer a copy to any of your ICs and still keep the original for yourself. Your ICs can go to the FTP and download also, but they have to be set up with the FTP site to do that. It is kind of like *permission*. They have to have a user ID and password, just like you will have, to be able to access the file.
I wish you all kinds of luck! ks.
Thanks Patti
So, there is NO WAY to do any kind of short cuts???
Thanks
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