Just my opinion, but if you are permanently disabled, you are not able to work, right? I don't t
Posted By: Sharon on 2006-10-30
In Reply to: Government disability and doing MT - sm
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If he's too disabled to work, he should be too disabled to do volunteer work....
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k, that is your opinion, i stated mine. poor quality in my opinion shows bad work ethics if they do
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It's no wonder so many of them are permanently closing. (sm)
In some cities, what used to be a 5-minute ambulance ride (with a REAL problem, not a splinter) has turned into a half-hour search for a hospital that still has one.
Are you with a company? Their software might have something permanently set in
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Venting vs permanently negative
Sure, sometimes we just want to vent. We get it off our chest, get a little validation, then we feel better.
But some folks just don't get over it. There's plenty of them at on-site jobs as well. Complaining becomes a way of life. We've all met them, they search diligently for what's wrong with any and every situation. They are full of dire predictions when anyone else is happy, when anything changes, when they get out of bed in the morning.
On this board, I've seen many people unable to let go once they get it off their chest. They make sure to bash a company they worked for a few years back every time its name comes up. If anyone tries to give them a suggestion to improve a problem, they shoot it down in the nastiest way. These people claim to have tried "everything" and sneer at anyone who keeps trying, and they never admit they are venting for venting's sake.
I think the point the OP was making is valid, because there are many chronic complainers here. They are very unhappy in general, and they refuse to be proactive and try to change all the wrongs they see. Its hard to give them any sympathy when all they want to do is argue and be very hateful to anyone that doesn't agree that everything is awful and nothing can be done about it.
You and your kids need to get out, permanently, BEFORE he gets physical from the drinking. nm
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In WP, anyone know how to permanently change 'View' in the search
window so it always shows a list and not thumbnails? Maybe this is a system-wide thing? Thanks.
So, no way to change it permanently? I knew about clicking on FORMAT, sm
but wanted a way to change it so I didn't have to do that every time I go into Escription. Thanks though. 
wonder what you think of the disabled
its scary i'm sure
The disabled cannot help that.
The fat humongous people can.
yep - my PS said not to load it and I disabled
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Help! My dictionaries ae disabled!
I recently upgraded to MS Word Pro and now my dictionaries are disabled. I'm almost positive that I worked in Word after the upgrade and they were fine, but this morning they are gone. When I look (Spelling>Options>Custom Dictionaries) I see my Stedman's listed and also a Custom listed which I think may be the words I have okayed (not really sure if that was there before). They are both checked. The custom was default so I changed Stedman's to default, but still Word is not recognizing any medical terms and is marking them all - good gravy! Hoping someone with a bit more tech expertise than me can help me figure out what could be wrong? TIA!
disabled transcriptions
Thanks to all of you that gave me an answer. It is for my friend and I will pass on the information as this is something that she really wants to do as being disabled it is much easier working from home than trying to use public transportation in our little rural town. I will certain pass on you sugestions.
Disabled internet
They were thinking of doing that or tried with a hospital I used to work for. Their rationale was that it was too much of a distraction. Could not believe that! MTs need the search assists on the internet. It just goes to show you how totally out-of-touch they are with job MTs perform.
any transcriptionists been disabled by
I am an avid gamer and a MT. I'm only 30 and already my wrists get sore periodically. I'm wondering if there is a point where I will be disabled due to transcribing and difficulties with their hands and what to do to prevent it. TIA for replies
Disabled working
Hey, hang in there. I know what you mean. I have been disabled since back surgery many years ago. I am in constant pain, but I still work for the Pain Clinic. I only transcribe one doctor who no one else wants. That is how I got the job. Company changed platforms and I only make 40% of what I used to, but I still work. I am now 69 years old and will probably expire in my chair. I still am thankful for my job, but I wish for all our sakes it was like it used to be when one could make at least a living wage and sometimes a good one. I praise you for working and not just letting your pain get the best of you and admire you greatly!
My hubbie is disabled and on permanent disability...sm
and he absolutely cannot make any money other than his disability if you want the full benefits. I think you can work part-time and get part-time benefits, but you will have to check on that. My understanding was they deduct any amount of money you make from your benefits and you would get what was left. But, again, the best thing is to go to the agency or call them and make sure before you do anything, as the rules seem to change constantly, but for full benefits you cannot make any money under your name.
I clean houses for disabled at low cost and run errands.
I have several clients and make an adequate amount extra each month for bills, gas, going out, and those other things that POP UP.
Why not? I have a right to an opinion and it is what it is. (nm)
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Ah, of course, an OPINION. Uh-huh.
You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. However, the statement "it is what it is" indicates that you don't truly consider it your opinion. You have decided that's the way it is and your mind is closed.
I strongly object to the sweeping across-the-board statements from you and the OP that MTs working for large national companies are either clueless or gutless.
There are many MTs working for large national companies that are paid well, treated well, and have no complaints. That does not make us "gutless." That makes us productive members of society.
What do YOU suggest? What are you doing to show YOUR guts? What is your plan for change? Where do you think all these MTs should go to work? You and the OP are very quick to say what YOU would do instead - but that's a solution YOU find acceptable and/or workable. Personally, I would NEVER work as a telemarketer again unless I was truly desperate.
Working outside the home also isn't a feasible option for me and many others. What is your solution in that situation? Stop working altogether?
My opinion.........sm
I believe many MTs stay with these Nazi-like companies* because their self-confidance has been pummeled into the ground by the abusive, demoralizing treatment they are subjected to every day. It's like the well known pattern of an abused child who clings to the abusive parent. What they don't realize, or refuse to see is that more and more MTs are putting their foot down and refusing to stay with companies that offshore, cut our pay, treat us like dogs, and then have the audacity to use us to help them achieve their ultimate goal of eradicating our profession. Why is VR technology becoming more and more sophisticated with each passing day? Because we're helping them do it!! Kind of like digging your own grave.
I truly believe that if enough of us take matters into our own hands by showing them that "We're mad as hell, and we're not taking this anymore" we can together turn the tables on these money hungry vermin. Do the math. We are "still" the backbone of the industry. We need to take action NOW while we still have the power.
* No ethnically based offense intended. Just trying to make a point.
opinion
Figure out your pros and cons to keeping your current job and the pros and cons to having a home-based job -- consider your need for medical insurance, gas money, clothing allowance for work outside of the home, eating out for lunch, not having to deal with co-workers on their crabby days, et cetera. Most likely you will not start at $15/hour but with saving money elsewhere while being home-based it might make it worth the loss of a few bucks to be home. I do have two children (7 & 10) whom are very active in extracurricular activities and it is a huge bonus to be able to split my shift when needed with no questions asked. My employer is very flexible. When school is out for the summer, it does slow down my production...but children aren't home forever...so I'll deal with it. There are a lot of jobs available but only half of them are worth the time...be choosy and check them out thoroughly before deciding. Good luck with your decision.
So your opinion is okay,
but no one else can give theirs. Yeah. Wrong. 
Want my opinion - here it is anyway
You wany my opinion, either way, here it is. Yes, for all of those that CONSTANTLY, AND I MEAN CONSTANTLY bash Medquist - find another hobby. You have already done and beat the darn horse dead - let it alone. Personally, I cannot wait for the phone call to tell me what changes they have made. Already the bashers are criticizing their plan and yet no one knows what it is. On the other hand, if there was no plan established, the complainers would be at it again - COMPLAINING THAT THERE IS NO PLAN. What is it going to take for you unhappy MTs to just quit already - I mean both quit your job and your complaining?
To all you complainers take my advice and "just zip it already"
I am always right and here is my opinion
Why, Dr. Phil here. Is there a problem. These people are living life to the fullest, something we ALL need to do. If you die tomorrow, can you say your last day on earth was spent having fun - probably not. GO HAVE FUN AND LOVE LIFE AND LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST.
I say HOORAY to these nasty posters for having fun!
My opinion
I apologize to you then MQx4 if all these posts were not yours. It is very difficult to determine who is who anymore.
Although, in those crazy people's defense, I actually did find those posters rather hillarious! I am just your average MT and no I am not disturbed in any way, just enjoy a raw sense of humor now and then. Please don't bash me for saying that, it is just my opinion. A raw sense of humor is not grounds for being in the psyhiatric ward. A good laugh every now and then does wonders for the body (burns lots and lots of calories you know). With that being said, we should welcome everyone here and as long as I am personally not being threatened, then I really am up for any conversation and/or jokes or whatever.
It's nice to know who you are talking with, so MQx4 thanks for being consistent with your name. Sorry if I addressed some of those posts to you!
Opinion of what
UH OH - Just watched FOX News and they indicate that Rita may become a category 4 or perhaps even a 5 once she hits the warm waters. From what I heard, it is heading for Texas - how awful considering that there are hundreds of thousands of evacuees already there from Katrina. Any thoughts or has anyone heard anything different of what could or might happen in the upcoming days?
Share your thoughts with us.
My opinion
To me, it is like watching a good movie, however we have no video to go with the audio. I am not so much for the swearing, but c'mon it is hillarious to hear people's reactions and comebacks.
my opinion
In my opinion, if you do not need to make a certain amount of money each week and you have another source of income, i.e. spouse, then going the IC route may be for you.
But if you depend on the benefits, certain pay amount, dependability in that pay, etc., then stay at the hospital. All the MTSOs can tell you "oh we have benefits and plenty of work, blah blah blah..." but guess what?? You do not know what is going to happen to that account you start out on. You could end up sharing it with 10 other MTs, then all of a sudden, 10 more MTs jump on that account because the MTSO lost a particular account or has no work on other accounts, etc. That changes your pay. I could go on and on about the ups and downs of working full time for an MTSO, but I would be here all day typing.
But one thing is this - very rarely do you get to "set your own hours" as a full time MT with an MTSO.
My opinion.....
If you want to be proficient in MT'g, you can't unless you know business English inside and out. Check out your local community college. It will be time and $$$ well spent, and remember, knowlege is power.
Also remember, grammar is very important in this business. A simple hyphen can completely change the meaning of a sentence.....
Case in point:
I saw a man eating shark.
I saw a man-eating shark.
See what I mean?
My opinion...
What your step-father is doing is horrible, but I don't understand your reaction towards your mother.
You expect your mother to "see" what is going on without directly telling her. If she has no idea what's going on, how could she possibly understand why you are treating him the way you are?
Do you think it is fair to end your relationship with your mother over something that she has no idea about? If you are going to end your relationship with her, she at least has the right to know why. You are not "saving her the embarrassment." You are taking the easy way out. I think it is mean to do this to her.
It is not fair how your step-father is treating you. It is wrong. But 10% of life is what happens to you and 90% is how you respond to it. Do the right thing. Tell your mother and everyone else what is going on. Keeping silent only protects him.
Personally, if my daughter ever told me what you just said about someone I was with, he'd get the boot right out the door. I don't think I would even wait for an explanation from him. Give your mother an opportunity to do just that.
My opinion is....
Go for it, just say you were wondering if they got your email, as you haven't heard back from them. That gives you the excuse to get one on the phone, then maybe you could get down to the nitty gritty of what positions they have open, what shifts, what are they willing or planning to pay, etc.
Please help! Really REALLY need your opinion SM
I have been asked to transcribe some training material for my brother-in-law. He puts together training manuals for addiction medicine counselors and has a lot of things that he needs transcribed into Word. (They are on tapes, VHS, DVD, etc., but he is going to put them all in a wav file format for me to transcribe.) He wants to pay me the normal going rate.
He wants to know how I would charge (word, line, job, etc.). I have decided to do 65 character lines including spaces, but need to know how much per line would be appropriate.
I don't know if this makes a difference, but he's in Minnesota. I am leaning toward 14 cents per line, but wonder if that is too much?
Please let me know what you think.
Chickadee
I did it, here's my opinion.
I was in QA/QA management for many years. I lost touch with what being an MT was about. It happens.
I regret many things I corrected while in QA because, quite frankly, being an MT is a very hard job and QA shouldn't sweat the small stuff. Anyway, I went back into transcription part time and felt as if the weight of the world was lifted from my shoulders. I enjoyed working again.
Now I have the fun of laughing over the tiny **** that QA finds to pick on in order to find errors on a review (hyphens, commas). Heck, I got a major error for not putting a capital letter in the middle of a drug name! Yikes! Did the patient die? No! But it's a major error. lol.....
I hope that someday the person who is QAing me will have the same "a-ha!" moment I did, but in the meantime I'll just smile and be grateful I'm not in her shoes. Or working for the manager who insists on such silly scoring.
I've gone back to transcribing full time with a hospital (yes!), and I'm making more money than I ever have in my life--even more than as a QA manager.
Do it! Go back to your roots, your first love, and enjoy the PEACE that transcribing brings.
My opinion is that you should
Go visit the family and come back. I think this is a great opportunity for you to be able, somewhere down the line, to have a lot of freedom in your life. When you finally get the house and aren't taking care of this person anymore, you will have the freedom to go visit them whenever you want and even stay there for long periods of time and still have the peace of mind that you have a home to live in that is paid for and that is a major expense that you won't have. Lets face it, not a lot of us have a retirement and most of us will work until die just trying to keep up the house payment. That is a real load lifter you've been offered.
My opinion
I know that what's one man's poison is another man's feast, but I wouldn't give you two cents for the Bahamas - the natives are ruder than heck and everything is priced beyond belief. UGH! If I'm going to see water and beaches, I want to go where it's worth looking at; i.e., the Pacific Ocean - The Oregon Coast and/or Southern California! Now THAT's a BEACH, and the food? Oooh LA la!
it is my opinion that you are very ill....sm
do you need any one of us to make an appointment with the nearest psych MD? Maybe we can book you a room in Bellevue Hospital.....
just my opinion
First off, let me say how sorry I am that you and your children are going through this horrible experience. I completely understand your range of emotions. I left an abusive alcoholic many years ago with 4 children under the age of 9. At that time I did not have any means of income, so I went on welfare. After the kids and I settled into being a "family" without a father figure, I got three jobs and went to college to be a paralegal. Let me tell you it was far from easy, but well worth it! I refused to allow my children to think that his way of "love" of normal or appropiate. I also did not have family or friends to lean on, I only had myself and my children. You need to find the strength and resove in yourself to do what you know is right (if you didn't think leaving was right, you wouldn't have posted). You need to lay out a plan, and then outline steps needed to fulfill this plan (make a real budget, find housing, etc..) Also you need the abuse documented in case child custody is an issue. Next file for FULL custody and child support. Please go talk to an attorney, many offer first consults free. I wish you courage through this.
Just my opinion, but
it sounds like you are bragging.
my opinion
really ask yourself how badly you want to do this. Read this board carefully and know where the MT field is headed and all the pros and cons- then decide.
my personal thought is go back to school to do something else
I would like to add - those asking for it, in my opinion,
are lazy and don't want to do the footwork themselves. No time for those who sit back and want things handed to them!
Just an opinion
Does anyone else think that all dictators should have to listen to their own dictation once in a while - I am so tired already this morning of dictators on cell phones that are so muffled you cannot understand them, horns blowing in the background and the dictation coming and going because of losing the signal. I think the physicians should periodically have to listen to some of their own dictation.
Need opinion...
I am currently a newbie doing transcription for a very high volume acute care hospital. I am having a hard time meeting production, and they are opening a position with a psych hospital. To be honest, I am bored with what I am doing now. I am wondering if I decide to take the psych position that maybe it might give me a chance to improve on my production and mix up my day a little better. Since I have such a wide range of doctors right now and such a wide range of reports, it is hard for me to make any templates or anything that can help with my production. Any advice would be much appreciated.
opinion
I would think that if you are bored with your current job, getting a different one would be the thing to do. I am a newbie to,working for one specialty, and I am very glad that I started this way first - not quite as overwhelming as to take on so many terms at once.
My opinion...
Find one that will work with you and treat you good!!
A small MTSO is what works best for me personally for those very same reasons!
Let us know what your opinion is!
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My opinion
Chris rocks the house and is soooo consistent week after week. However, I enjoy Kellie Pickler and Paris as well.
Personally, I think this is the toughest season yet....in other words, lots of excellent singers and performers.
I enjoy listening to Taylor, but I have to say that looking at him just throws me for a loop. So darn hard to believe he is only 29 years old. Even his demeanor and personality seems more like 40s.
I just hope Kevin goes home tonight. If not Kevin, then Ace!
My opinion...
Love is a choice. We choose to make the effort, and it goes both ways. He is obviously not making much effort. The fact that he is willing to go to counseling is a good sign though. Be sure and tell your counselor the reality of it all.
Would and could you get a housekeeper? That would take a lot of stress off of you - even though he really should help.
This is not much in the way of advice. Just hang in there. I am sorry you are going through this. You must feel the weight of the world on your shoulders.
My opinion
It is impossible to "spot reduce" one area of your body, but doing resistance training and building muscle helps to burn fat more quickly than aerobic exercise alone.
I need your opinion, please.
If you were given the option of either working at home on a schedule with a little flexibility for production with benefits or working outside the home on an hourly rate which is reasonable with benefits, which would you choose and why? Please give feedback as to why you would choose one over the other, pros and cons. I really need your opinions as you all know what is involved in this type of job. You may think of something I haven't already thought of and I value your opinions. Do you prefer to know your doctors personally so that you can get personal feedback from them or are you comfortable just knowing them as a "voice" and getting feedback from QA? Thanks in advance for your responses.
In my opinion....
..I think they are pretty good to work for. They don't really bother you, so you're just left to work in peace. They have several platforms, so what platform you use will be dependent on what account you're assigned to. The people are very nice. Pay is pretty decent and always on time. They can come across as a little disorganized in the beginning, but all-in-all I'm happy with them.
Hope this helps! 
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