Don't look things up more than once. See message inside.
Posted By: deb on 2008-10-02
In Reply to: going crazy!!!! - Amanda
I use a program called "Lil Red Notebook" (LRN) it is very inexpensive, with a free trial.
When you have to look something up, you need to make a note of it someplace, so if you don't remember it later it will be faster than looking it up all over again. I started using my LRN when I was an MT student over 5 years ago, and I still use it daily. It is much faster to look things up there, instead of starting from scratch.
You can also put the definition of things in there to help you, such as the difference between "advise" and "advice" if you have trouble remembering.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by using "macros" - do you have an expander? That is definitely something you need, either ShortHand or Instant Text would be of huge benefit.
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First of all, I am so sorry for your situation. You have a lot you are dealing with. Is there any way you can quit working for a national where what I call *the line count demon* is always nipping at your heels? What about an hourly wage at an office answering phones, filing, even doing MT work but for an hourly wage. They are likely to offer good benefits and be more understanding of the situation with your mother. Could you take a less mentally taxing job than MT as a cashier, stocking shelves, anything to keep you working and bringing in some money? Maybe you could work a split shift some place and be able to take care of some things during the day, then go back to work?
Please let us know how you are coming along. I have never been in your exact situation, but at one point I did have some things going on and felt as you did with getting garbage work and struggling to meet my line counts. This can really drag you down. I truly hope you get something worked out!!
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Why do you think you aren't giving your kids a good life? Are you an abuser or addict? Other than that, I can't think of any reason to give up your kids. It will mean more to them that you stuck together through thick and thin than to bail on them when things got tough. Besides, you don't want to put them in the foster care system where goodness knows what could happen to them. I'm making assumptions here that things are tight for you and you're working too much instead of other things. Correct me if I'm wrong. I have felt as if I should give my kids up or off myself before. Neither "solution" would have fixed anything. Both would have irreparably harmed my children. I stood in line at the food bank just to put food in their mouths. I had a repo notice on my car and a foreclosure notice on my house. I didn't even have two pennies to rub together. My utilities were shut off. My paychecks had been executed out of my checking account for my ex's medical bills. I had to call an attorney to get it back several months later. My ex wasn't paying child support and just walked out on us one day. I had nowhere to go because my family told me they didn't have room for us. I was looking at living at the homeless shelter with my kids. I sold nearly everything I owned, and that held things off until I finally found a better job. We survived. Everything worked out in the end. I was thankful every day that I still had my kids because they were my reason for living. No matter how bad things are, there are people out there who have it worse. It's tough to turn your thinking around from negative to positive when it feels as if the cosmos is crapping on your head. {{{{hugs}}}} You can do this. You are a strong and beautiful person. I believe in you.
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you might be able to purchase (cheap) the Career Steps curriculum by someone that dropped out of the program. Check MT daily. I have seen people selling their course there cheap. You won't be able to have the 'sheepskin' from the school that proves you took the course, but a lot of employers will allow you to work if you demonstrate that you know what you are doing and you explain that you are self taught. You will definately need to study though, there is no other way to do this. I am a Career Step grad (of 5 years ago) and found the course prepared me well to get into acute care. Good luck.
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Whatever email you use, whether it be a generic or any other email - go to your address book(s) and put in as a new address:
000001@invalidaddy.com or bogusaddy.com
What this does is it becomes the FIRST email address in your addresses place.....so IF a worm or virus gets into your system, it sees that first address....and no longer can get any other address below that..........
Found this out nearly 10 years ago.........and it works!!!
You can do this in Outlook Express address book and hotmail or yahoo, etc., etc., etc.
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I lost my brother to suicide when I was 23 and he was 18. My brother and I were always close and he stayed over at my house all the time. When we went camping, fishing, or just about anywhere he went too. He was a huge part of my family. I will never forget the day I got the call from a Sheriff out of town informing me that he had killed himself. His truck was registered at my house, which is why I got the call. I then had to call my parents and tell them this news. This is something you should never have to tell your parents.
The 10-year anniversary of his death just passed in February. I too felt so similar to how you feel now. I stayed at home with my two small children. I would cry all the time and felt like it would never get better. I would visit the cemetery and talk to him (and again cry). This went on and on. My mom was in the same boat as me, so I did have someone to talk to.
Time will help you. There is not a right amount of time to grieve nor is there a right way to grieve. We all grieve and handle death in our own way. I did go to a suicide survivor support group during the first year, which helped. Also, there are medications that can help too.
Either way, you will get with better with time. It took probably 6 years or so before a day went by when I actually hadn’t thought of him. I never thought that would happen. I never thought there would be a day go by that I didn’t have at least a fleeting thought of him. Here I am 10 years later and I made it. On his 10th anniversary I went through all of the belongings of his that I had saved. Yes, I cried and I cried and sometimes for no reason I will think of him and cry, but these times are few and far between now.
Time will heal you. Someday there will be one day that will go by without you crying. The next thing you know it will be two, three, and then a week. You just need to give yourself time.
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I've been an MT over 11 years now - if I get the occasional op note it's by mistake - they just get routed to me because of wrong coding. I don't really have to do them, but hey, I like to learn new stuff!
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My mother told me of a woman who had a broken tooth which she neglected to repair. After many years, she was diagnosed with oral cancer in the area where it was touching the side of her mouth, causing a sore which never healed. So, I believe that the constant irritation over a long period of time could indeed cause problems. It is time to put on your big girl panties and deal with this :)
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I kind of got started the same way. I was a nurse for 10 years and worked for a doctor, same scenario, he needed a Transcriptionist so I started taking home his tapes for extra pay. I heard about working from home doing it through companies online and when my daughter was born I decided I didn't want to have her in daycare and I wanted to stay at home and type. Medquist actually hired me with my one year of clinic experience and I actually didn't like it much just because I had never typed acute care before, never worked in a hospital even as a nurse and the terminology was a bit difficult for me. I worked for MedQuist for a couple of years and then hired on at another company typing oncology and I have now typed oncology only for the past 7 years or so and I love it! Maybe I just caught a break or they may hire people with less experience, I can't really say for sure, but good luck to you!
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I have overheard the statement: "She has a husband and will be okay" by a person in my company when deciding who to rescue after an account departs, leaving MTs with no work and the need to be moved to another or laid off. You may find this hard to believe, but there are many women who are single and head of households. When men do not have a family but rather are single, that is I am sure worthy of mention and consideration when the ax is chopping off heads.
What is EHR? (no message inside)
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There are many things said by just about all doctors (see message)
such as alert and oriented, etc. not to mention things like peripheral vascular disease for which you can type pvd, and what about esophagogastroduodenoscopy don't you just want to type egd?
You can even have shortcuts for medication names where you just type the first couple of letters. Medical terminology is used on medical reports regardless of how many doctors you have or what kind of doctors they are.
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My ex-husband was working under the table. He fell through a roof and broke his neck, his ankle and his hip, plus required 25 stitches in his head. We had been divorced for over 10 years. I helped him. This was awhile back but he could not get public assistance, he could not get anything but food stamps. He had to be off work for at least a year, to be declared disabled for SS benefits, but at 9 months out he went back to work in a Philadelphia collar. They told him welfare was just for women with children. He went to lawyers and they simply told him he "fell through the cracks". Although he was working under the table, it was for about 8.00 an hour with no benefits, he had to, that is the struggle people have. He worked on the Talmadge bridge in Savannah prior to this. Life changes, things happen. Be protected. I helped him out during that time, although we had been divorced for a long time at that point. Public assistance is hard to get if you have any decent working history at all. Never work at all, plenty easy.
I do not think 4 cpl is too bad for editing. see message inside
It could be worse.. I have been offered anywhere from 1.5 cpl up to 4 but no more than that for editing. I also have done editing in EditScript. Who are you working for. The company I worked for using that program was a huge rip-off and the line counts never added up not to mention I got penalized for any errors.. and I mean any errors, such a common where they didnt think it should have been etc.. very petty. Email me if you like. The only downsize to the editing is sometimes you really do end up having to retype a lot of what VR did and that does not seem fair at 4 cpl. The plus side is that on some reports you can really haul and make decent money.
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Cynthia- the first time I did not ask why I was not a candidate - I just accepted what they said and went with contacts. Then I saw article about a new procedure that said it uses a laser to make the flap opening. I went to a dr. who was referred by the website of the new procedure. I have a question for you though - if both of your eyes were done for 20/20 vision, why would they tell me to have the monovision done - why not do both to 20/20? I guess these are questions I really need to go back and ask them, but thought I would get your opinion too. Thanks.
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some info inside message....sm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death
(lots more information at the link I provided too)
The Blue Screen of Death
it means no message inside
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Would you please note you have no message inside...
Otherwise, you waste people's time opening your post and there is nothing there. Thank you.
There is a message inside mine above, though. (nm)
No message for this one, though.
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nm means No Message inside
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It wasn't me who sent that message, but it bothers me as well. I do have better things to do - sm
than click on messages that say sm when there aren't any messages, and now I have to click on all the ones that say NM because people don't know that means no message.
I'm not being rude about it, I'm trying to help as I truly don't think everyone knows what sm and nm mean.
OMT said, "No" on the inside of post message.
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Stephanie - pleasee see message inside
I can't send you any information as you did not leave your email information when you posted (must have used the Quick Post option?). I have left my email address if you would like to contact me.
As far as calculating rates, see message inside
I also charge by the line and I use 65 character lines to calculate. I use MPCount, which is a free software that you can download and it works great and is simple to use. Sure makes the line count calculation easy to do. Good luck.
(There's actually a link and a message inside my note above) ... :-) ... nm
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Inside is a great web site/message board
http://www.power-surge.com/php/forums/index.php?showtopic=8087
She is talking about the little face posters add INSIDE the message I think. nm
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see inside for link and article from Bill Gates...lm (long message)
Bill Gates bets $84M on corn power
Investment in ethanol manufacturer by Microsoft founder shakes up industry.
December 13, 2005: 6:41 PM EST
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - When the richest man in the world invests $84 million in a company, you can be sure Wall Street notices.
That's why Neil Koehler, president and chief executive of Pacific Ethanol Inc. (Research), was looking as if he had won the Powerball jackpot on Tuesday.
"It gave us instant credibility and the equity financing to be very credible and real with our (business) plan," he said of the investment by Bill Gates, the Microsoft Corp. (Research) founder, whose personal fortune of $46.5 billion topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest again this year.
"It really differentiated us from the pack," Koehler said. Gates' investment firm, Cascade Investment, agreed last month to buy 5.25 million preferred shares in Pacific Ethanol, a producer of the corn-based fuel hailed by environmentalists as an answer to the earth's dwindling supply of petroleum.
The financing, in which the preferred shares will be converted into common stock, is expected to close in January and will net the Fresno, California-based company $84 million.
The Gates ripple effect
In an interview at Reuters' Times Square offices, Koehler said Gates' investment was a sign that ethanol can be a viable alternative to oil at a time of see-sawing gasoline prices and concerns about global warming and climate change.
"It's all coalescing and, obviously, a smart investor like Bill Gates sees that," said Koehler, who was in New York to attract institutional investors.
Gates' money will help Pacific Ethanol proceed with its plan to initially build five plants on the West Coast to process Midwestern corn into ethanol, he said.
"It's not only had a huge impact on our operations, but it's had a huge ripple effect on the whole industry. It has really caused a stir in the ethanol industry that Bill Gates has stepped up and said: 'I believe in ethanol.'"
The company went public in March and the $84 million will help finance the plant construction.
"This was very much our strategy and they very much synched up and helped us make it more real," he said. "They had decided they wanted to get into ethanol and had looked at many companies before they found us."
Despite the investment, Koehler has not met Gates, who is also known as a philanthropist.
"He's pretty hands-off," he said.
But just the name is enough to attract attention from Wall Street and oil companies, said Koehler.
"With Bill Gates and that whole left-wing, progressive position that he has and the philanthropic thing, it reinforces ethanol's green stamp," he added.
Ethanol versus oil
With crude oil at $50+ per barrel, Koehler sees the market for ethanol-burning vehicles growing. Already, U.S. gasoline contains about 10 percent ethanol and Ford (Research) and General Motors (Research) are developing cars to run on 80 percent ethanol.
With 150 billion gallons of gasoline sold in the United States each year, that represents some 15 billion gallons of ethanol.
"We could do what Brazil's done and have 30, 40 percent of our transportation fuel renewable," he said.
Brazil, which makes ethanol from sugar cane, and the United States are the two largest ethanol-producing countries, he added.
"It's a common fact, we are running out of oil and there is only one commercially-viable liquid fuel alternative," Koehler said.
But historically low gas prices and powerful big oil companies combined to stunt the ethanol industry for years.
"Because of the politics of the oil industry, ethanol has always been viewed as raining on their parade, interfering with their business model," said Koehler.
However, the situation has changed and oil companies now look more favorably on ethanol than other transportation power sources, such as electricity, fuel cells or hydrogen.
In addition, President Bush's energy bill included renewable fuel standards and starting on Jan. 1, it requires a virtual doubling of ethanol fuel use from the current 4 billion gallons to 7-1/2 billion gallons by 2012.
"With $50 oil and up, ethanol is very attractive from a price standpoint," said Koehler.
Ethanol receives a 51 cent per gallon incentive from the U.S. government and today it is selling wholesale for roughly $2 a gallon.
"The actual cost to a refiner is roughly $1.50 and wholesale gasoline is roughly $1.70 or $1.80 today," said Koehler.
And in another sign of the future, he said that, starting next year, the Indy Racing League is converting all Indy racing cars to run on the high-octane alternative.
"Ethanol is racing fuel," he added. |
Bad things? what bad things? people's being petty and small?
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Venting-why do people keep putting nm and THEN writing a message?? nm means no message - sm
Please put sm if you have a message and NM if there is no message other than your subject line. It makes it easier when reading these messages. thanks so much and have a nice day everyone.
small message. nm means no message
see?
Flame=200 views, sm=see message, nm=no message
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sm, see (or short) message, nm is no message.
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sm-see message, nm-no message, ks-I think it's someone's initials.
nm
or no message, small message - whatever SM
any indication there is no need to waste time opening the post.
it is irritating also when people type through the subject line as well as the name line and then do not indicate if it is worth pursuing.
sm is see message not small message. I almost always
put NM or nt if there is no message, but quite a lot of people still open the posts as evidenced by the number of views.
You can't make things worse and could make things better.
The skinny woman may be ill. The guy might not know the dog is a nuisance. Who knows? Maybe it is not as forbidding as it seems and maybe they just need to be asked in a nice way.
I do a lot of the same things you do...
I also go water the plants - sometimes just being out in the sunshine for 20 minutes or so wakes me up and gets me going again.
I also do the online thing for my kids: Gap, Old Navy and Abercrombie Kids. I occasionally look at Sephora for me. 
And yes, exercise does help. I either take a run first thing in the a.m. or around 1:00. The morning gives me a totally different spin on the day - I feel better in general the whole day and much more positive. If I wake up too late for that, I end up going around 1:00, as I find that around that time I start wandering mentally anyway. I used to feel guilty for taking the hour or so away but realized if I added up all the minutes I spend staring at the screen (waiting for the words to type themselves) it would be more than an hour. So I try to use my time wisely and for myself by exercising and feel more focused and positive afterwards. This is a habit I'm still creating. I've been doing this a while now and I still some days have to convince myself it's okay and the hour is going to help me, not hurt me. After I'm done I'm always glad I went.
Thanks for posting this question - you gave me some good ideas.
There are a few things you can do. Don't
answer phones, let machine pick up. Turn ringer off on cell phone. Stay off boards, turn tv down or off. I don't know about others but I need a little background noise so I keep tv on a volume where I can hear it but not truly understand what is going on. I keep it on the music channel just so I hear something in the background. Don't think about the dirty dishes, laundry or 100 other things needed to be done in the house.
If you need a drink, get one before you start, same goes for a snack. I get a bowl of something to snack on before I start working such as pretzels, carrot sticks, m&m, etc. I bought an oven timer to keep on my desk. I set it for 3 to 4 hours and then take a little break when it goes off. When I first sign on I can work for 4+ hours w/o getting up.
Make macros of phrases. The phrases are the key. If you're forever typing something over and over and saying "I should make a macro for it," don't say it, do it. Closed head injury precautions are set as "chip-" in shorthand. I also do a lot of consults and at the end they have their own little "thank you for allowing me to participate" statement. I use the docs last name with a T at the end of it for the word thank you such as "SmithT" because not all the thank you statements are the same. WDI is written discharge instructions, wci wound care instructions. Macro your labs and headings so you don't have to keep typing them. If the word or abbr. needs to capitalized make a macro. igg comes out as IgG. The less you hit your shift key, it's saving a key stroke. 05m comes out as 0.5% Marcaine, etc. Make something you can remember. I'm at the point now where I've done the same accounts for years and hardly make macros, maybe 1 or 2 a day. If I make a macro today I write it in a notebook sitting right in front of me. It's a quick reminder for me.
Hope some of this helps.
Many things are said here...sometimes...
people get a bit testy. But, guess what? We are all adults, aren't we? Long ago I learned to not take offense to things, remarks, opinions, whatever - as most often taking offense only drags you down personally. Why let things get to you?
MQLover has every right to express her opinion. Is she the only one who ever slams back when she gets slammed? Hardly. That is a natural reaction. It's a defense mechanism. We don't all feel kissy/huggie all the time, and we especially don't when we express our thoughts and get smacked for them.
If someone's post irritate or bother you, why not just skip them? There's a heck of a lot more to life than getting upset of bb posts.
The things I do.
% of utilities, -phone, water, electric-mileage, internet, interest on auto payment, repair to car, cleaning equipment for office, repairs to office, cell phone, equipment-foot pedals, soft ware, supplies, paper, pens, etc. I have often wondered if I could claim my PJs as uniform expense.
But apart from those things R they OK?
two things
Gas heater in the living room and an additional small heater for my hands, if they get cold.
I found it was less costly to install a gas heater than use the fireplace.
Thanks! I'm always trying to think of new things and though....
I thought this might be different to brake up the monotony! Thanks again!
Well there have been quite a few things
here and there, but I have always put off calling them cause they spend 10 minutes getting the spelling of my name right. I am like, "you can call me whatever you want to call me, just answer my question!"
The problem I am having now is that my internet will not allow me to access my bank site, but my cable company helped me with this problem. Since we went back and did a system restore and it still didn't fix the problem, they suggested that I am probably going to have to reinstal internet explorer. I left my CD at my Dad's though, so I will have to wait to try it and see if it works.
I am just wondering if I run into a problem again and I called if they would switch me to a US representative if I insisted. I remember awhile back someone posted that they did that with a credit card company or something. I think I am going to try it though.
That's if you want to be any of those things.
Really, why choose a career field solely based on potential income? Does money buy happiness? Doctors and nurses work very long hours. LPNs make $12 an hour, RNs $18 and up. Attorneys, well, who would want to be an attorney? Accountants here make $12 an hour to start out with a 5-year degree and CPA.
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