Great West covers Botox for headaches.
Posted By: Dianna on 2006-01-26
In Reply to: Oh my goodness!!!! The headache clinic - I went to offered Botox in a study
Otherwise, go to a neurologist. It only costs $425 and worth every penny.
It sometimes is really hard to transcribe patients complaining about their headaches when your own head is about to explode. I did learn how to take charge of my own care, which happened to be extremely useful because the pain management physician I was assigned to ended up being the biggest idiot on earth. I was finally able to change doctors.
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West coast prices are usually higher (I work for a west coast company) sm
for one thing. I am in a rather economically depressed area and I START my price at .14 and drop a penny for each of several things - no tapes, sending electronically, etc.
This job of the OP may be a bugger-bear to transcribe. Even .14 may be too low.
Using Botox for migraines now too....
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covers
I get mine at Radio Shack.
Wow! Thanks! That pretty much covers it. :)
I'm leaning toward the ham and asparagus casserole. My hubby and I love asparagus.
The kids can have cereal. 
Head set covers
Just wondering, anyone know where to get the little ear muff covers for headsets?
Just make sure that if they have insurance that covers it all - sm
that they don't take the $ and run. I thought about doing something for my daughter for her cancer (Wilm's tumor) but luckily did not need to....our insurance has covered all but maybe $100 so far....costs over $60K....have to pay the copays to most of the visits and a misc. fee not covered here and there....probably cost us $300 when all is said and done. Bills/statements dribble in slowly. I can handle that, my kid is alive and that is what is important. Just make sure it is all on the up and up....as horrible as any life-threatening disease is many see it as a way to make free money.
IT eliminates, not covers up, odors...nm
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replacement covers for earphones
Does anyone know where I can get replacement covers for my earphones? I am using a Pearlcorder microcassette machine and they are small?
Here's another that covers A LOT! Good post, BTW! sm
http://linksformts.googlepages.com/
Yes, I have 2 jobs-- the 2nd one covers what my DH used to make at a side job- sm
more actually. It was our college fund $, now it also covers our life insurance payments---grant I am working more now and he less, but he watches the kids a lot, does all the cooking (I have to clean it all up however), takes them out to give me quiet on 1 weekend day, etc. So if your husband/SO is willing to pick up the slack it is doable. Yes, our house could be a lot cleaner too but once every 2 weeks my husband and I do a marathon clean together, and I stay on top of the laundry so that does not get out of hand.....average 5-6 hours of sleep a night but sleep in on Saturday and Sunday until 8---you can do it but it will keep you hopping!
You've got to be kidding!! You think EOE covers felonies?!!!
Sorry but the mention of felony convictions or any legal trouble isn't covered by the Equal Opportunity Employment act!!
A legal record is in place for those who commit crimes for a REASON. It represents the choices an individual has made.
A company has EVERY right to deny employment to someone with a legal past and SHOULD.
I've lost my note about where to buy ear bud covers (sm)
I've seen posted here before but can't find where I made a note of it. Were can you get the ear bud covers that fit over the little rounded ear buds that companies usually supply. Mine are so dead I finally threw them away. I've washed them so often they are in pieces. I saw where you could buy a set of 12 but now can't find it. Anyone out there have a clue? I'd truly appreciate your letting me know where. Thanks loads and have a great productive day (if you have to work like I do). 
That only covers the income tax, not the social security tax.
You will have to pay the social security tax on your IC pay.
Consumer Reports June 2005 covers this.....sm
type of information if you'll go to your local library they usually have a copy available there. Happy researching!
I would think acute care covers wider range
But I'm not sure myself. Would also cover OP notes more extensively and ER reports. Maybe someone will tell us both!
I had said 8 PM EST, not west.
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headaches
Have you had a CT scan?
Headaches
I used to have daily headaches and I would take some type of pain reliever (usually Excedrin) two or three, sometimes more times a day. Eventually it got to the point where the Excedring just wasn't cutting it anymore, so I went to see my doctor. He referred me to a neurologist. The first thing he told me was to stop taking any kind of over the counter pain meds. He said I was having rebound headaches, and I had to "detox" from the meds I had been taking. He also sent me for an MRI just to make sure there was no underlying cause for my daily headaches.
After my MRI and a complete exam by my neurologist we came to the conclusion that I was probably having migraines. Although my headaches are always in the back of my head, new studies show that migraines are not always just in the front of your head around your eyes. He put me on a medication called Topamax. It is a drug that is normally prescribed for epilepsy, but has also been shown to help people that suffer from headaches. It is used as a preventative medication. I take it every night before bed so I don't wake up with a headache. It takes some time to build up in the body, so it's not an instant fix. There was a 2-3 week period of time when I thought I might die because I hurt so bad.
The only advice I can offer is this: Make sure you are drinking plenty of water every day. Water is known to help with headaches. Make sure you are eating at least three times a day. I realized after talking to my neuro that I would often skip meals because I would be busy and he told me that is a sure fire way to cause a headache. Make sure you are getting plenty of sleep at night. 6-8 hours is key.
You may want to see about going to see a neurologist. Or discuss the possibility of migraines with your doctor. Since I have "detoxed" from the OTC meds, I still get headaches, but not nearly as often as I did before. I take the Topamax at night, and once I was significantly "detoxed", my neuro doc prescribed Relpax, which is a migraine medication similar to Imitrex that I can take at the onset of a migraine.
It will be difficult but you can do it. 
I don't get headaches too often, but
when I do rhey're miserable. I picked up a Homedics Shiatsu massager at Walgreen's which is specifically designed for the posterior neck muscles. It is a tremendous help! Seven minutes of this and I almost fall asleep. It's a medication-free option to consider. Good luck--I know it hurts :(
headaches
Thank you very much for your concern. I appreciate it. I do feel a little better today, although still didn't rest well last night. Got to do something about that but not sure what yet.
headaches
I really feel for you. I used to have stress migraines and I was on Fioricet 3 x a day. Also, found out that the Fioricet did not help headaches, made them worse. It just may be that the medicines you are on, one or some are causing the headaches. I have restless legs and tried amitryptyline, did not help. When I stopped the Fioricet and went on Darvocet my headaches went away. They really should order a CT or MRI of your brain to see if you have migraines. TMJ, allergies will also give headaches. A chiropracter and acupuncture did not help me. What helped, a hysterectomy for fibroids, my headaches were all menstrual related. I know how you feel on all those medications and try to find a doctor who will listen to you and figure out what medicine might be having a rebound effect, or what other medicine you could take. I also wake up at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning from restless legs, and I grind my teeth at night from TMJ, and the only medicine that helped with my fibromyalgia and TMJ and restless legs was Darvocet, there is something in that medicine that helps everything. Good luck, hope you get some answers soon, don't worry you will find a doctor who will listen to you, I did, and it was not in my head.
Those headaches do me in...
My husband has to literally hit my back by my shoulder blades and rub my shoulders every so often. I take Excedrin daily and freak out if we're low. But we're just goofing off at home, right? I also remember when I worked in-house about an MT who used to think about her grocery list while typing. When you mentioned you can't think about anything else while doing this, she came to my mind. She actually was very good and very fast. That was my first year doing this and I was in awe:-)
For those with headaches
Very often if you have someone massage your neck & shoulder muscles and the muscles along your occiput, you will be free of headaches.
If you don't have anyone to massage you, do what you can to yourself.
You can also use a tennis ball (lie on it or put between you and the wall). You can put it in a long sock and hang it down your back too (between you and the wall). It works great!
Often when I lie on the floor and use it along the occiput, the muscles are so tight that it refers pain around to the front of my head. Allow pain to reach 8/10 for brief spells and do a couple times a day if you can. :)
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Your headaches and sleeplessness..
I just e-mailed you regarding your headaches, and I also wanted to let you know of a product I also use called Serene for sleeplessness. I have a type A personality and I always wake in the early morning hours and then cannot get back to sleep worrying about "stuff." Rather than take the prescription meds for sleeping I was more interested in getting natural relief and the company I referred to in my e-mail has the product named above for sleeplessness. It works wonders!!! I hope you find some relief soon. Char
morning headaches
Sleep apnea can cause morning headaches because of oxygen deprivation. Have you ever had a sleep study?
I have cluster headaches and this is
what I take. Fioricet with codeine and phenergan. I, too, get these often and I have found that they coincide with my hormone shot that my husband gives me every 2 weeks. I get them when my hormones are running low and then again a day or two after the shot. I, too, get 30 pills a month (sometimes I have to take them all - sometimes not) They are prescribed to take 2 at the onset of the headache and then 1 every 4 hours until the headache is cleared up to 6 a day. Sounds like you may be having a rebound headache from the meds though if you take one everyday just routinely. I had one doc prescribe just the plain fioricet without the codeine and it did nothing for the headache - some doctors just don't believe in or want to prescribe narcotics. I am also on oxycontin and norco for fibromyalgia - but these 2 meds do not help the headaches. Hope this helps. I would ask for what you think you need and for as much as you feel you need - you are the only one who knows your pain threshhold. I would also keep a headache diary to document and perhaps find triggers for your headaches that you could then avoid. Like I cannot be around strong colognes or perfumes or go into department stores where these are sold - it means immediate headache. This sensitivity prevents me from going to the malls, church, restaurants, and parties. It is a small price to pay, though, if it will prevent me from having a debilitating headache. I do miss church, though.
Tension headaches
Do any of you get daily tension headaches from wearing the headset? It is a daily problem for me and makes me have to stop to wait for the headache to go away. Any suggestions on what I could do to stop these headaches?
Been looking for a copy of "True West" which
was a play on PBS in the 80s! Also starred John Malkavich. A wonderfully funny play. Wish I could get my hands on a copy.
West Coast to Amherst
I am a little confused--areyou located on the West Coast and your account was transferred to Amherst, did your office close?? It seems that any account that Foxboro or Amherst gets, they just load up with as many MT's as they can, this could be from over hiring and it could from the lose of existing accounts, whatever, it does not make sense, you don't go around making thrats about hiring other people. Is upper management getting bonus's from this??
Montgomery, West Virginia
and longing to go home
West coast here - still daylight! - nm
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Did the west coast get to see Big Brother yet? nm
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I think 8:00 PM gives those on the west coast a little more time and
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Rebound headaches are from medication
in pain, you may use the meds too often. The theory behind the rebound headache is that the overuse of drugs makes the headache rebound after your body uses all of the medication. An OTC drug or a Rx that is taken too often causes an episode where your brain gets relief from the pain, likes the effect, and then signals "pain" in its search for more of the drug, and you increase dosages to get more relief. Your medication becomes less and less effective and you create a cycle of misery. (This is adapted from the website, "Migraines for Dummies" (even though I don't have migraines.) It's the best explanation I have found on the web for rebound HA. I just want relief.
rebound headaches via MayoClinic..sm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/rebound-headaches/DS00613/DSECTION=3
usually overmedicated........
It gave him daily headaches. nm
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Long distance headaches - help!
I'm in Ohio and work for a service in California. It's been a real problem finding a true unlimited plan.
Have tried Vonage (call quality was substandard), ATT "unlimited" long distance (got one of those nice letters), and now the phone card company I had been using apparently decided to jack their rates way up.
Looking at ATTCallVantage, using satellite internet service (no DSL where I live). Anyone have experience with this, and do things work well for you?
All help is much appreciated!
Out of considertion for people who may have DVR'd it or are on west coast, put
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Come on over to the west coast too where interracial marriage
It is very small minded to think that crossing races to marry is wrong. Again, we are all people, no matter what color we are. For example, I would rather my daughter marry a black man who treated her with respect, love, kindness, being an equal than married to a white man who treated her like trash. Note that I said EXAMPLE, the race could vary of course.
west coast metropolitan area gets 14 cpl
yes, 14 cpl with pick up and delivery. Probably one of the highest in the nation. But, my friend who did local work for 20 years was just outsourced to India along with the other gals, the whole large clinic, so there goes THAT job !
BTW, do you already do local work? Do they supply the transcriber and set you up, or do you have to have that set up already and set THEM up? That has been a mystery to me as I have only worked online with nationals....how to get started with local work.. Maybe a counselor or something like that. My friend is no help as she started 20 years ago for the same company and does not know how things go nowdays.
im sure it will be... maybe moderater is on west coast time?
I dont know how the moderating works, but if I got emailed and my post deleted because i said the name of another website just in asking a question... then this surely must be deleted
Anyone type info on rebound headaches?
I've been told by my doctor to stop my medication for chronic headaches - she says I have rebound headaches. Has anyone out there been through this? It's been a week, and my head is killing me. She said I would have headaches for about two or three weeks, then they would taper off. Any ideas on getting through this period of time? Has anyone typed this?
BUt I like not being the boss and dealing with the headaches and I like having co-workers to help
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Were you on the west side of Richmond? In Aylett we were out only 2 days! - sm
We were very lucky....were blocked in though on our private road, 11 trees fell over the road. Took 2 hours of all the neighbors pulling together and going nuts with the chain saws to clear the road....fun!
Are you hourly? Benefits? Pay? East/West/middle?nm
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I have frequent headaches, too. My coincide with my periods. Nothing OTC helps. SM
Any suggestions for me?
I have occasional migraine headaches. I can miss a day of work and SM
make it up, no problem. I am glad I work at home during those times.
West Coast Hasn't see the show yet. Please keep this in mind next time. NM
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