I made a whole $12K this year, granted when my daughter got cancer in March - sm
Posted By: Laura E. on 2006-01-07
In Reply to: big $ - texan
my income took a big hit as I went "on leave" from my FT job, and cut back on my PT job drastically. I did not get back to working a more normal schedule until October. I now work 2 PT jobs. So had I not had a 6 month hit in the pocket book I expect I would have made over $20K this year, not a fortune. My goal for 2006 is $24K, and as I am going to try my best to "work smart", I should be able to acheive that, staying disciplined is the key, of which I am sorely lacking. I am lucky that I don't have to live on this though, I'd be starving. As it is I have to play catch up on a lot of bills since I lost 6+ months of income, not fun.
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My daughter's 1 year cancer checkup was good on Tuesday -sm
so I am very happy. She is just past 1 year off chemo (08-17-05). She is on 3-month checkups (has been for the past year) and all looks well so that is always cause for much happiness around here!
I made my best money doing ER. Granted,
I got 13 cpl. But the doctors said the same things over and over and there were I think only 6 or 7 ER doctors for that hospital. I worked 4 hours a day, 7 days a week, and made $1000 a week. Loved it!
T-chart changed all that. 
It was one year for me on March 13th...sm
I've quit for a couple years each time I had my children, but always went back. This time I'm never going back and find it disgusting.
I used Zoloft for three months and lorazepam for a month to quit. My PCP worked with me on this because I didn't feel I could do it on my own. I had used Wellbutrin in the past and it didn't work. I have never typed or heard of this combination used, but it really was easy and I'm not kidding. I found it so easy I got my brother-in-law to quit using the same combination and he is now almost a year out.
My PCP wanted to be sure I didn't replace one addiction with another, so the lorazepam was only used very sparingly, but when I felt that tension in my head and wanted a cigarette this worked.
Some day I'll be 20 years out and will have added years to my life like you.
Great job.
I have a 15 year old daughter....
and it is also a 16 mild trip to pick her up...but yet every day I am there and I will be no matter what the cost of gas. I would not trust an inexperienced teen driving my daughter. The price of gas is becoming outrageous yes...but your daughter's life is priceless.
My daughter got married a year ago and
she, too, wanted something different. She had a small reception (about 75). Instead of having a "traditional" cake, she opted for a cupcake tree, which we did ourselves. We simply stacked cupcakes on tiered platters that were decorated with beaded pearls and tiny day lilies that we found at Hobby Lobby. It was very unique and so pretty. This might not be anything you would be interested, but thought I would pass it along anyway. BTW, congratulations on your coming wedding!
When my daughter got married last year,
a lot the pictures were taken before the ceremony, but some were taken between the ceremony and the reception. During that time, the servers for the reception got the final things ready and the guests graciously waited on the bride and groom to begin the reception that was, after all, in their honor.
My 5-year-old daughter in a dress-up outfit.
My daughter got married a year ago and didn't wear
a veil. She chose a tiara instead.
My 9 year old daughter has it now. Two other kids in her class were sick this week also.
My daughter already started 1st grade - year-round school. Yippee! (nm)
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Actually, I made just under 56K last year...
It is only in the 40K range for the first year.
I made $13,000 last year
working full time. Constantly out of work. I moved to a different company in September of last year as an IC QA and still had the same problem.
I made 33K last year. nm
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I made $45K last year doing rad, 9 cpl.
I make a lot more there than I do with acute care.
Gotta love it.
I made over $20,000 my first year.
I graduated early this year and I worked 30-35 hours a week and pulled in just over $20,000. I started in acute care and then switched to a clinic account which I make a lot more money on.
Wow. I only WISH I made 31K per year!
Last year I made $36,000...... BUT
I work 12 days on and 2 days off.....anywhere from 8 to 12 hours per day just to make a buck.
If I made $250,000 a year and had Air Force One to myself, I'd
take a lot of vacations, too.
A co-worker made this last year sm
for a Halloween office party. So cute to see a plate of mice with licorice tails and almond ears. She actually put these on a huge cookie sheet with a Rat Cake in the middle. (rat cake was covered in chocote icing-- inside was a red cake, actually quite delicious.) LOL Rats and mice. .... not too scary for that age group though.
http://starchefs.com/features/kids_cookbook/html/recipe_03.shtml
Not getting back - how much we made gross for the year. nm
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Full-time without OT. Made about 40K last year. nm
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so far no one has posted they've made 100 grand a year. nm
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I made 21,000 last year working part time...
hoping when my youngest gets a bit older (she is 16 months) I can make a bit more...
Sickest thing, I made more money my first year as MT as I do now, for working
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Made 60K last year working 50 hours a week being paid on gross line
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Don't take anything for granted
There are unscrupulous people everywhere, including in the MT field. Just because they are MTs does not make them honest people. Things always come in to play, like jealousy, etc. I am always on my guard, as I have had others try to undermine my work, although not in this field, but attempted to get me fired because I would not join their team of trying to get the boss fired. It backfired on them, and they are still in litigation for purchases they made on company funds, but mark my words, if you think it is happening, it probably is. A duck is a duck. Talk to the "owner" of the company...no one in between. You have no idea who is doing this. Trust no one. (sorry to feel that way, but experience talks). Good luck.
Granted I am no CPA, but I think you would - sm
pay your taxes on the amount after your write-offs/deductions. That's how our regular taxes work, and how SE tax works. I would presume a paid salary to someone is an expense and therefore can be written off, otherwise the government is getting double taxes (taxing you and the IC) on the same money. If they did that there would be no deficit and a lot of angry people.
I'd get the riding mower fixed pronto, granted - sm
push mowing 3 acres is probably great exercise, but it must be a bit time consuming. I used to cut 1.3 acres and it would take about 60-90 minutes on a riding mower, and that is with a house and pool in the way; can't imagine how long it takes to push mow 3 acres.
How would you type mid-March? NM
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I took a position as IC in March
and first time ever for me also.
I was told by my accountant to take about 20% of my pay each pay period and submit it quartly. I have printed out payment vouchers,
Form 1040-ES which I then send to the US Treasury.
I was told the 20% should be enough. We will see at this end of the year and then I can adjust things as I go.
Good Luck and hope this helps.
I took it in March and passed
Don't sweat the transcription. The CMT Review Guide serves more to scare that provide an accurate representation of the transcription portion, IMO.
Just take it when you are ready. If you don't have the 2 years' experience yet, you will benefit from taking the RMT first because it is very similar in format. The RMT is far less intimidating than the CMT before you actually sit down to take the test.
It's very reassuring that you can receive the results immediately. Heck, even nursing boards that are all multiple choice questions don't give you an immediate answer.
Good luck!
I'll let you know in March
The doctors that I work for are turning to EMR, but not necessarily all the doctors yet. There's a meeting scheduled with the transcriptionsts to learn our fate. They originally told us that they would still need us in some capacity so I'm just waiting to see what happens. I do have p.r.n. jobs lined up in case I do lose my job.
I had a hysterectomy last March. It took me about 3 weeks actually to
want to be out of bed or off the couch. Even then I took long breaks and rested. One friend took 12 weeks before she ever went back to work part-time. It's different for each person. Just give yourself time. You need to heal and that means that your body needs to rest.
I fell down my steps in MARCH of 05 and my tailbone still ...
hurts a lot of the time. Both soft and hard chairs are hard to get out of, depending how long I have been sitting. My sister said about trying an inflatable pool ring, but there aren't many to be found this time of year!
I have been working at home 4 years in March...
I worked in an office for 4 years before that...prefer being at home by far...
i made $15/hr before and didn't stay long because i made so much more on production. sm
that was with full benes too. i wouldn't do it for less than $20, but i think even with $20, i'd want benes. are you in-house?
Ditto....granted I am not working much these days, but am currently trying out a new way of working
when I do work which seems to be helping. I am timing myself and keeping a log of how long it takes to to type however many minutes. I am averaging anywhere from 13-18 minutes of dictation an hour now doing this. Granted the time fluctuates between who I am typing, and if I have to look up names, addresses, etc., just depends on the division I am doing at the time. But work that used to take me 3 hours to do is now taking me under 2 hours, I am also trying to put in more macros as I go along, which slows me down initially but pays off in the long run of course. I was working "all the time" before but took forever to get done since I was not applying myself. This new "attitude" has helped me a lot. My goal, in the Fall, is to do 90 minutes a day consistently at 6 hours, and then maybe get up to 120 minutes a day at 8 hours, still while having at least half of the day free (do 60 minutes at night, and the other 60 by Noon). Thereby doing 1200-1400 lines a day. I have never really buckled down and done more than 8000 lines per pay period, so it will be a nice change. Maybe you can do something like that and have a specific knock off time as was suggested below. 
cancer
My husband might be diagnosed with oral cancer. He has had a lump in his cheek for awhile and wasn't really concerned about it until he went to the doctor for a check-up. The doc is sending him to have it looked at more thoroughly. Any words of encouragement or anyone that has gone through this. Thanks
Cancer
Please let me know if you need any moral support and feel free to write me. Read my post on MTStars.
Margaret
cancer.
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cancer.org
They have a great cancer drug list. I really like oncology except when my doc does a weeks worth of dictations all in one day.
why so much cancer?
Did you know about the atomic bomb testing/nuclear bomb testing done around the world? Well worth researching. I was shocked to find out that it was more than originally led on, well over 700 bombs and I cann't remember if it is just our country or if the numbers were world wide. Then we have companies that polute our water, our land fills, our air... We have paved roads that are giving off gases constantly into the air, not including the vehicles that give off gases continuously, encircling the earth. Do you know about the carcinogens in the plastics that hold bottled water? Chemicals added to food is going to build up in the tissues... Deodorant is not safe, either, and we don't stop there with hygiene chemicals...
cancer sites
I usually use the NIH-National Cancer Institute site. It has listing of clinical trials, types of drugs, different types of cancer treatments. I also depend heavily on the Oncology Word Book by Stedman.
Okay, my experience with cancer
Rather I should say my husband's. He was diagnosed 6 years ago with stage III colorectal cancer. Very advanced out of the bowel wall. They did not think they could cure it, but did say maybe remission. I was floored and in tears always. My hubby was a young man, 50. He had been misdiagnosed by several other doctors and it had reached a very large size by the time it was found. It was found by a doctor I did transcription for. This was God's intervention, because I feel this wonderful doctor was put in our lives to save my husband. He came and asked me several times to do his transcription and I was so busy I turned him down, but he was such a nice man, I finally said okay. Well I was talking to him and I mentioned my husband's problem and he said to bring him into the office. This doctor found the cancer on my husband's first visit. We had a wonderful surgeon and a wonderful oncologist. (By the way, all except the surgeon were ESLs so I love doing ESLs now, have a soft touch for them.)
My husband had a very large cancer. They were very concerned. We sought alternative therapies, in addition to traditional therapies of chemo and radiation. He had a 6-hour surgery, blood transfusions twice, blood clots, DVT, abscesses, etc. It was touch and go, I felt. Like being on a rollercoaster. We prayed and prayed. We spent lots of money on alternative therapies that we researched on the internet. Also he had conventional therapy, except had to stop the chemo because of low blood counts.
Well my hubby is still alive today, no sign of the cancer. In the doctor's consultation letter he uses the word "amazing" about not finding ANY sign of cancer during the surgery. Everything was just dead tissue, they could find no viable cancer, just friable tissue. I really believe that with the help of prayer, the angels, God, alternative and natural therapies, plus excellent regular medical treatment, a positive attitude and creative visualization (which my husband also used) that it saved his life. We moved 3000 miles after that cancer to where we always wanted to live in the mountains on a farm, both our dreams. I feel like I am living in heaven. I don't get too worried about what is going on at transcription companies, just do my work, because are so much more important things to concentrate on.
Very little gets either of us down anymore because we learned the hard way what is truly important in life. My three children have their dad still and I still have my husband.
Good luck and I am praying for you. Remember, cancer IS curable.
Cancer - moody as all get-out and
sometimes very touched and concerned about my transcription patients. Even though I know they are totally in another part of the US.
Leo. On the cusp with Cancer.
Very appropriate!
Cancer ..... Leo cusp nm
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Just had a doc say a guy with gastric cancer was...
admitted to the OB/GYN service. (I didn't miss something in my training, did I?)
does anyone know if bone cancer is always..sm
metastatic or can cancer originate in the bone?
Breast cancer
Does any one on this board know where I might find a sample report with regards to breast cancer? Any tips greatly appreciated. I want to be sure to get all of the stages ect. right on and though I have MT experience this is my first shot in the area of breast cancer clinics.
Breast Cancer
Thank you for your kind thoughts. I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. I had a sterotactic biopsy last Wed. I had one 4 years ago that was clean and assumed this one was too. Yikes!! That didn't happen. I was given an option of mastectomy or lumpectomy and radiation. That's the good news, as the tumor is less than 5 cm. I'm really scared. I recently moved to Virginia (about 60 miles south of Roanoke) so I haven't made any friends and no close family nearby. Luckily, I'm close enough to the local hospital and work at home to be able to go for the daily radiation treatments for 6 weeks. Surgery is scheduled for next Friday and then the wait to find out if the cancer has spread, what type, the extent of the treatment, etc. I really do appreciate everyone's kindness and prayers. I will also buy a copy of the book tomorrow. Also have a really good to reason to march with all the "pink" ladies now :-) Bless you all for your kindness
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