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Posted By: michelle on 2009-04-17
In Reply to: See message.. - nony miss
Thank you for providing some good points. It is always good to have more than one side to a story. In reply..
"I don't believe the government has a grand sort of conspiracy going to keep us sick and dying for their Pharma buddies"
-Why wouldn't they? The pharmaceutical companies contribute big bucks to the people making the laws for their campaigns. If the companies aren't making billions (remember cancer is a multi-billion dollar industry), they won't have as much to contribute to the government to keep certain people in power and in turn keep the pharmaceutical companies in business. They walk hand in hand. If you think the government cares about us, you are naive.
"You might not patent the plant but you can patent the end product."
-if you can make it at home, there is no need to buy an "end product" at the store. one of the biggest reasons it is still illegal.
"You think the production, use, and sale of THC oil won't be regulated by government??"
-It shouldn't be. It is my God-given right to grow a plant and use it as I wish. That is why I live in America. So I can have intact my life, LIBERTY, and pursuit of happiness. It's what this country is founded on, remember? Any attempt to regulate a plant is tyrannical.
"If marijuana were to become legal - I hope you're ready for more drug testing, b/c I certainly don't want my physician, bus driver, pilot, babysitter, schoolteacher, or anyone performing a service for me or mine to be toking or hemping up."
-When taken properly for healing purposes, THC oil does not get you high. I would not have a problem with my surgeon using THC oil daily. Also, not that this is what I am talking about "toking up," but do you really think your physician, bus driver, pilot, babysitter, schoolteacher, etc. don't go home and have a drink or go out to the bar? Alcohol is far, far worse than using cannabis. I would rather have them getting high than getting drunk. Plus, drug testing is the biggest load of BS i have ever heard, it is a huge evasion of our privacy and a shredding of our fourth amendment rights.
"And what do you do when you catch Bubba stealing your "cure" from the backyard or basement?"
-This is one issue I have thought of many times, which is why I think we should spend more time and money fighting real crimes like theft and burglary instead of prosecuting people for gardening.
"Or your 12 y/o taking a cure?"
-There is nothing wrong with children taking THC oil to cure ailments because it does not get you high and will not kill you. Would you give a child Tylenol? Pepto Bismol? CHEMOTHERAPY? These are also drugs, and they are not natural, and many of the "safe" legal drugs kill a lot of people every day, unlike cannabis, which has never in recorded history ever killed a person. We have all been so brainwashed into thinking that synthetic drugs made in a lab are so superior to something that is made by the earth. Think about it, we inject little babies and kids with chemotherapy, POISON, that is killing their healthy cells. Those poor little babies. Chemotherapy kills more people than it saves. If we could cure them naturally by keeping the healthy cells intact while the cancer cells self-destructed AND do it by not making them sicker (with chemotherapy and radiation side effects such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, fatigue, hair loss) why wouldn't we??? What would be so wrong about it? I'm sick of the social stigma and brainwashing about cannabis. Also, not that this is the issue, but I would much rather have my kids using cannabis than drinking. Drinking is so bad for you and can make you have sex and do really stupid stuff, kills brain cells, can put you in a coma, or even kill you. It's so messed up that alcohol is legal and completely socially acceptable. WHen kids drink at parties, most parents say it is just kids being kids or 'we all did it when we were young,' but if a kid uses cannabis they are labeled a druggie, stoner, loser, or sent to rehab for having a drug problem when they were the ones making the responsible decision. As the laws and stigmas of society stand, I could get in a cab, drive across town and stop at every bar on the way (while passing like 5 billboards for alcohol). I could have a drink at each bar and then buy a bottle at the liquor store on the other side of town. I could then take that bottle home, drink it all, and die. This is all perfectly legal. More evidence that our government doesn't give a crap about us. Even though they tell us so, the laws are not about our safety and well being. (i do believe people have the right to ingest any substance, even alcohol, but when they become irresponsible and start infringing and violating other people's liberties, that is when I have a problem with it). Cannabis users infringe on other people's liberties far less than drunk people.
"But I should be free of not having to pay the health and social costs such ingestion incurs."
-What about alcohol? This causes hundreds of medical problems, not to mention drunk driving. It you drink alcohol or condone it and make the statement above, you are being very hypocritical.
"The best idea is live healthy and try to avoid the medical/pharmaceutical industries, and when serious illness happens, get the best medical care available."
-I agree, but I also believe cannabis hemp is a huge part of the best medical care available. If it THC oil helps a person, why deny them the right to use it?
"Pro-pot people are not concerned about a cancer cure"
-I believe cannabis should be unrestricted and legal to grow and use any way we see fit as FREE citizens. (I don't believe in prison for gardening) That is what liberty is all about. I guess you could call me "pro-pot," and I care very much about a cancer cure. I will, however, agree that there are some stupid people in this world that just want to get high because they are druggies. I can say the same thing about people who use alcohol.
"they just wanna grow their own stash"
-If you could grow free medicine in the backyard instead of paying thousands of dollars for one pill, wouldn't you want to? Also, about the other issue of cannabis for recreational use, if more people gardened and grew their own cannabis, drug dealers would be out of business because there would be no business. The laws keep horrible people rich. One good example is the drug lords in Mexico. The majority of them deal with cannabis because there is such a demand for it here. The ambassador for Mexico, Arturo Sarukhán, is asking Obama to legalize "marijuana" to help combat the powerful drug gangs in Mexico. Watch him here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr1p1wq7mHI&feature=player_embedded
Prohibition is causing the crimes. As it stands, Americans generally have to go to drug dealers to obtain cannabis. This is were the 'gateway theory' comes into play. If you didn't have to go to a shady dealer, there would be no opportunity to be exposed to or offered harder drugs like crack or heroin or even prescription pills like oxycodone. The laws directly create the gateway theory, yet prohibitionists use the term as an argument as to why cannabis should stay illegal.
*Another thing, I am so sick of people being hypocrites by saying ooooo "pot" is sooooo bad it should stay illegal those dang stoners!!! (then they go home and either have a drink or take some Ambien to fall asleep at night). Ambien makes people drive in their sleep!!!!! how is that safer than cannabis??? If people could use cannabis to fall asleep, they wouldn't need to buy Ambien, Lunesta, trazodone (the list goes on and on and on and on.....). Cannabis doesn't make you feel all drugged the next day, just lets you sleep.
I could type all day about this because I know that I am right. If you have read this far, thank you and I welcome anyone's feedback on the issue.
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THE ARUBAN CASE INVOLVES AN AMERICAN, HELLO? Comparing this and the Idaho case is just plain stupid! She is an American and deserves to have Americans looking for her. God, give me a break!
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Well I have only been working for 5 days now hard to say...
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Oh you are kidding!!! I just tested and was offered an IC position.. did you work for them long and they didn't pay you or if I am being too nosey please tell me.. I hear so much on this and other boards about companies not paying, you just don't know anymore about any of them!!
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That is not always the case sweetheart (see being nice). I have been sugary sweet to these people and it does not work. I have found that if it is a woman on the phone..my husband gets where we need to be and if it is a man on the phone, i get where we need to be. Sad but true!!
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Please read my reply to Vanessa Satterwhite's post. If you are still interested in working for us, please contact me at smt_recruiter@yahoo.com
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Give this newbie a break! Trust QA? You don't if you do all that research. What makes you think no research was done?
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Thats what i said..we don't know. So therefore, she needs to be aware that she should definitely do the research PRIOR to just leaving the job. If she hasn't then a new job is not going to do her any good other than show that she changes jobs often, which does not look good on a resume. As far as trusting QA...not ALL companies hire crappy QA. We again do not know. The QA COULD be right and COULD be very good at his/her job. You simply don't know, but telling her to move on before you even know the facts is just silly.
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Animal advocate, I really appreciate all your info you are putting out there, but I do take pause at your statement above that animals were meant to be consumed, I do not believe this. We are made to be vegitarians as our digestive tracts are not meant to digest meat, our intestines are too long thus the meat sits in our stomachs and rots before it is expelled. Yes there is a food chain, but I don't believe animal meat is part of that food chain for humans. Keeping on researching you will find the right answers for you, again thanks for your input.
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Can you tell me what you were offered? If you don't mind.
Thank you! for your reply. Must tell you
When I got the email telling me I passed my test, I had tears rolling down my face. My 10-year-old daughter said, "Mama what is wrong?!" I said, "I passed the test!" She said, "Why are you crying? You're happy aren't you?" The combination of the stress of testing and finding out that I actually do have what it takes, hit me all at once.
I've been home for a year now after doing inhouse for over 15 years, and it is the best decision I have ever made. I love it. The flexibility is great for my kids, not to mention that I'm saving a small fortune on gasoline!
I get your message loud and clear about looking things up. I have dozens of dogeared reference books and I am the queen of Google. I took a medical terminology class to help with areas I wasn't too experienced with and the instructor's main focus was, "Don't guess. Look it up!"
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Thank you for the feedback. any ideas on a company that is honest to work for?
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It is because I still have the best I can get right now with the hospital, even though MQ did make it much worse, I can't afford to lose the benefits that we have. I went to work for MQ part-time on the side in the SAME PROGRAM and realized that it was EVEN WORSE, SO I QUIT MQ.
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if your life is so void of friends/family that you have to come to an MT board to discuss your personal issues. transcription is only ONE aspect of my life. I come to this board to discuss transcription issues and transcription issues only. I have other people in my life that I can discuss things like KATRINA with.
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you obviously don't live with anyone.
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Your assumption is that less profits for CEOs and businesses and MORE money funneled into services will alleviate poverty. I don't agree. That is still a Band-Aid to the problem. Since Johnson's Great Society in the 1960's poverty has not improved much at all. In fact, some of the core underlying reasons for poverty have now been enabled... Who needs to worry about having kids without the proper preparations, the govt will save you. We have a culture filled with rap music telling impressionable young people anything goes. And I don't buy the "parents should just not allow kids to listen to it if they don't like it" because the kids that it impresses are kids who don't have proper parenting at home. I'm all for funneling money into programs to get people onto their feet, to get educated, to help them while they achieve this goal, but to just hand it out to people who feel entitled without any effort in return is wrong. Poverty will simply continue and even worsen.
For you and WA see my reply below. I did this
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My microwave is broken again, so I had to order out for pizza.
I first called my sister and asked her what to do. I asked her how to use the big huge white appliance thingy with all of the dials on it that sits next to my refrigerator and has cute little covers over those "coily things" on the top. I told her that the dials and numbers are way to confusing.
Her reply to me was, "Oh my gawd, you cook?"
Glad I made you guys laugh or chuckle. With this job, we all need it.
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I am confused by your response.....I actually enjoyed the original posters "little jokes" about Walmart and someone had to come on here and say how ridiculous it is and how it wasn't funny and what not. I voices my opinion and she kept having come backs. I certainly always love a good laugh and just cannot understand how this Walmart jokester was so wrong in people's eyes. So, perhaps you should be addressing her and not me, because I have a good sense of humor and found it somewhat amusing.
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No, I have my college degree. All I was saying was that no job is certain anymore even with a college degree. I have met quite a number of people who have college degrees in areas such nursing who have gotten into transcription because what they were doing before was too demanding of their time and they had no family life. I wish people would stop knocking this profession. For myself this is a great fit for me. I just recently moved across the country from PA to CA with the same job totally intact. I have total freedom to move where I please when I feel like it without it disrupting my income or where I work. How many people can say that? Not many.
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what are people supposed to get paid??? $20 an hour? Sometimes I think part of the problem is that people think that just because they went to school that they should come out making $40K plus a year. Let me tell you something, even with my university education plus my MT education I knew what seemed at the time nil. I think people forget the saying -- if it so easy then everyone would do it.
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I have two full time QA positions and I am not certified. I am salary on one at about $16 per hour. I am IC on the other at $20 per hour. The salary, I get paid the same amount each pay period no matter what volume comes through. The IC, I am paid to monitor the work as well as QA so for whatever shift I am on, I get paid, work or not.
I can't help you on average lines as I am not paid by line so I do not keep track of them. The amount of work required depends on your companies requirements. Mine are based on what platform and what account I am working on and they are not set in stone. Hope this helped. Good luck to you.
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You don't shop there...Good for you. I never said you SHOULD shop there if you have personal reasons not to. If they're breaking the law, the law will deal with them. If they are TRULY the evil company that you say they are, that will be their eventual downfall. One class action suit on a company that big? Hardly a shocker. As for Chinese products? Please check the labels on the stuff that you DO buy at where ever you buy it (other than Wal-Mart) and tell me where it's made. EVERYTHING IS MADE IN CHINA! Why? Maybe because Americans and their unions didn't help the situation by demanding big bucks for little skill. You arguments doesn't hold up either, at least as far as Chinese products go.
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So what you're saying is that everything can be arranged for except for keeping ice. That brings us to who needs ice? I can live without ice. The only people who must have it are people who have meds such as insulin that must be kept cool. Were those lines full of people on medications? I doubt it. As for the way the storm hit, I guess people should assume the worst and be glad when it doesn't happen. No offense though, but I can't see how anybody wants to live in the state of Florida. I've been there. It's awful. Hot, sticky, flat, expensive, and riddled with bad weather. I'll keep on freezing my butt off up here in the Northeast (with my 4 cords of wood piled up for our 2 woodstoves just in case the blizzard of all blizzards keeps us trapped this winter).
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I use the phrase, "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." Then I tell them that I wouldn't have to actually kill them, but it IS confidential and sorry, but I am not able to discuss it.
End of discussion.
(I just couldn't stand hearing ONE MORE PERSON say, "Oh, I know how to type! Maybe I should do that!" Grrr!
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 Actually, I have known and worked on many projects with the owner of USA Type before they owned this board and Sheri is a great gal to work for and work with.
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I appreciate the supportive posts, I really do. Sometimes it's hard to tell folks how much their words of encouragement are needed.
For the other posters, well what can I say. Thanks for kicking an old dog when he's down. FYI, I am a good MT, probably not the best, but I am a hard worker and have always given 100%. Not that I have to defend myself - I took the test as I would have transcribed it. This company was a very small company in Alabama and the person who owns it wants the best MTs. The pay is excellent. I was very upset I did not pass the test because obviously I am not the best. But I have heart and wanted so much to succeed at this career. Now, I don't know. I looked up real estate tonight!
And concerning the 1/2 cc...0.5 mL - Especially the ***hole who told me to keep up with my profession....per my copy of the revised safety rules..."use one-half or 1/2" depending on the way it is transcribed. Also, it is mL now, not ml. No mention made of cc being acceptable. So I followed my AAMT BOS standards. But it was drilled into my head over and over at MQ too, VERBATIM! Change only the obvious stupid stuff. On this test, one dictator spelled cephazoline...I changed it to cefazolin.
Thanks to the MTs who encouraged this nervous MT and the first nervous MT and piss on the other holier than thou MTs. I wish all former MQ's good luck.
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I think this is great. Thanks for your opinion. I really appreciate the time you took to reply. I am kind of lost right now, to get professional MT's opinion about business I think is wonderful.
Yes,I have been bombarded this morning with EM from people concerned for my health and wanting to take over my account. Maybe I did not make it clear in my original post. . . but I really wanted to know if anyone has sold a MT business and how they went about it.
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Thanks so much for your help and encouragement! How long have you been there? Do you like it there? Any idea what the starting pay is? Is it extremely frustrating at first?
Thanks again!
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What do you mean by platform? I've used a couple of in-house systems for pathology. Could you be more specific? Perhaps I could help.
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1. Have long have you been using TransNet? Is it hard to learn?
I don't use it anymore, but I used it for 18 months. It was super simple to learn. It just downloaded my work when I told it to.
2. Does it work with Word 2003?
It did for me.
3. Do you d/l the files through a modem or through a cable or DSL line?
I did it with cable internet.
4. If you have a cable or DSL line ... how long would it take for you to download, say, all of the Alta Bates or Sequoia reports. I ask about those only because I can translate that into lines in my head. IOW, "it takes 1 hour to d/l a full day of Alta Bates." This way I could figure out where things would stand on one of the accounts I work on.
I am clueless here.
5. Would you rather use TransNet or C-phone? Why (whatever your choice is) <-- this is the critical question, so feel free to go into detail
I've never used a C-phone. TransNet is easy software to download and use.
6. What happens if you've download a batch of files and your hard drive crashes? Are those files gone forever or are the "originals" still on the master system?
The files are still on the on the master system. When my system crashed, I could load up TransNet with my files still waiting for me after reboot.
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It's for IC, PT, not sure about headers and footers-- do you mean like patient info? no benefits
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I have only one account, but it is a huge acute care hospital. I could have different doctors every day. I do use short hand, and I am expanding my dictionary almost daily. It has helped tremendously. I just can't seem to type the correct way. My hands move around quite a bit. When I keep them still, my left wrist kills me. Sometimes I can get in those modes where I am flying, but they are not consistent.
Well, I think in my situation it would probably not be something that would help tremendously. Thanks for the info though. Maybe I will invest in a really good typing program!!
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Overall, I really enjoyed being an MA. I liked working hands-on with the patients. I liked working side-by-side with the doctors, too.
I left MAing because we wanted to have another baby...not because I didn't like it. I also learned a lot, which helped me out when I wanted to do MT... hope this helps and good luck!
Thanks for your reply. sm
I'm going to look into it in case I decide to work part-time or whatever. I think it will give me some freedom job-wise not to have to worry about having insurance through my work.
Thank you for your reply. :) nm
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You're so sure that US MTs are all less bright or well-educated than you. That sure makes a lot of sense when you talk about "outlook" (or shall I say "outlike"?)
Insular? Econmomy? Enounter? Just a few other misspellings in your letter. I don't think anyone here truly puts offshore MTs all in one boat to speak of, as you seem to be doing to us. I, for one, am angry only at the US MTSOs (transcription companies) who allow US MTs to lose their jobs, selling them out to save pennies and, in some cases, (note I said "SOME") trade their years of training and diligence for quality. Yes, I have seen the quality difference firsthand (having edited both Indian and US MT for some years now), as well as seen firsthand breaches of confidentiality involving offshore MTs.
Thanks for your reply.
I will do that.
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My husband and I made a flyer at 5 a.m. this morning with a picture of our lab that said he was killed by two pit bulls that were loose in the neighborhood last night. We put our phone # on it and put it on doors around the houses where the dogs live. The house is a rent house where these dogs are. We are trying to find out the owner of the house to report it to them. We filed a police report, so I imagine they will hear from more than just us. People called us all day with stories of these dogs being out all week. They had called animal control as well. I am so mad and upset it is hard to breath. I just miss him so much.
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You're lucky we all don't come down there and show these load mouths some mannors.
thanks for your reply (sm)
I had a little pep talk with myself in the meantime. I'm just going to do what I need to do and not worry about how others get by without recourse. I need the money and have been with this place for 4+ years. It's just new people have been added to the account, so who knows. Maybe the less I have to deal with them, the better. I'll just do what I can to avoid any type of situation like that.
Sometimes it helps just to get it out there and maybe someone will understand; someone who has been there and bought a few T-shirts in the process.
Thank you so much for reply-nm
nm
Thanks for the reply.
I will have to try to sweet talk one of the guys in rad dept. to give me access to my lines. Thx.
Thanks for your reply!
My reply to those
who complain about prices and/or try to knock them down below reason - came from a long-time business man in another field -
"I have no quarrel with those who charge less, they know what their work is worth"
Thanks for your reply! (s/m)
One of the things that shows me how stressed I am at work, is how unstressed I get when I've been away from it for a while. I learned long ago that when I have a vacation scheduled, I'm so wound up from working that I can't just jump on a jet that night or the next day and fly somewhere and have a good time. The last time I tried that, I came down with a bad migraine! Now, I routinely add 1-2 days so that I can "decompress" before I even feel like taking the vacation.
I, too prefer my own bathroom (even though the toilet doesn't flush very reliably!) And the thought of changing my commute from driving like a maniac on the freeway to try to get to work on time to simply stumbling from my bed, to the kitchen for some coffee, and over to the computer in my jammies, definitely appeals to me! ;D And wow-- I thought my office was the ONLY one that started monitoring bathroom-breaks! That really is the last straw, isn't it?
Thanks again for your helpful replies - I'm going to save it and add it to my "pros" file!
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Netgear works well for me. I am over 200 feet away from my computer that is connected to the router.
Good luck!
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In my opinion, and no, I have not been faced with this situation, but I feel that simply transcribing a report, which is your job, is in no way condoning abortion. I commend you, however, for having the guts to even think twice about doing it...that says a lot about your character!
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