MQ will buy Spheris and set the captives free. Don't worry, be happy. MQ to the rescue.
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I work for Spheris, and I'm very happy there. sm
Good accounts, steady work (not counting the holiday slow-downs that all companies go thru), good support, and great people. I'm very happy there and would recommend them to anyone.
No, you are not free to work for Spheris and MQ and
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Any former Spheris employees employed elsewhere now and deliriously happy?
Would love to hear from you. Seriously considering looking elsewhere. Thanks much.
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Don't worry about it. In 5-6 years you'll have plenty to worry about!
A 10-year-old is never in a situation where anything can "happen," and they don't understand anything "happening" anyway. At this age they're only capable of "having a boyfriend" because that's what they see on TV - that's what the world "expects of us", to pair up and "like each other."
Her friends aren't talking about adult "things" to do in a "relationship" yet, and she doesn't even have those feelings, hormones, or needs yet so don't worry about it.
At 10, having a "boyfriend" is the equivalent to playing "dress up" or "make believe" and is just "sitting together in the cafeteria" at best.
Plus they move on to a new "boyfriend" in a week, a few weeks tops.
Relax, Mom. The part to worry about is yet to come and I wouldn't want to deal with that again for anything!
Best of luck and enjoy these years while you can.
Little snow globe from Spheris with "All around the world, Spheris
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RESCUE YOURSELF
Rescue yourself.
I just did it. It takes an immense amount of energy when you don''t have any from the abuse. You have to sell whatever you can, go to Catholic Charities, Salvation Army, whoever/whatever will listen to you and GET OUT.
I just did it. It was not easy and I had to dump all my pride. But the fact is, I did it and now I can sleep at night and there is peace.
You just start begging family, friends, churches, to help you. It is worth it. The result is that you and your babies have peace.
You will prolly have to go to court, and that is scary, but remember, dig in. You are fighting for your kids's peace of mind. It is worth every effort that you make..You will be told no more times than yes, but you will be told yes enough to make it out.
Pray. Ask. Wait for the break that you need...and take it.
GOD SPEED.
Marion to the rescue
You are a lifesaver woman! I can never thank you enough.
Thanks, didn't think of a lab rescue. I will NOT
take her to a shelter. The rescue is a good idea because I'm sure they would have the heart that I want her new owner to have. A local station does have a TV spot weekly, but only from the various shelters.
I just wasn't sure what a reasonable time to keep her before I found her a new home.
Bird rescue, etc. (s/m)
Interesting story about the birds! It sounds like you are doing a great favor to a lot of animals. Yes, actually the Queen Bee friend did request that I give back clothing I didn't want to her, but after the fact. I already had my nose a little bit out of joint by then, so felt that I would just put an end to the problem in its entirety by no longer accepting gifts with strings attached.
It is different with animals, though, and I agree with your request to give birds back to you, since the birds have feelings and have already had unstable lives. I got my cat through a cat rescue, and although he is now MY cat, I signed a paper agreeing to return him if I didn't want him (ha! that'll never happen), or couldn't care for him. That info. is actually on his microchip, as well. If I were to suddenly die or something, I would have the peace of mind in knowing that even if he ended up in the animal shelter, one scan of the chip would let them know the cat was to be returned to rescue, and they would actually have someone drive down to get him. Then he would be safe and well-cared-for until they found someone else who would spoil him as much as I do! ;)
doberman rescue
I'm happy to read your post, thanks. There is a rescue in Illinois, my border state, so one day I will go there; I visited the web site, which makes me happy there are places like that but sad also that the dogs end up there. You are right, they get a bum rap; they are misunderstood. They follow you around your house and just want to be by you and love children. My first one years ago I left her tail long and ears down; I had compliments all the time on how pretty she was; she one Third Longest Tail award at a dog show once. My last one I had to put down in the spring due to degeneration of her hips. Yours lived a long time; average life span I think is 10 years. They are beautiful, protective, loving dogs. Some day I want to sell my house, buy some acres and have a rescue of my own.
Ask your vet for advice. There's probably a wildlife rescue somewhere near you. nm
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A rescue helicopter crashed in N.O. but all got out
safe and alive. My heart and prayers go out to all these people.
Thanks U for coming to my rescue, Busy!
I HATE being called a liar!
Agree with Lab Rescue. A friend of mine sm
is involved with them and fostered labs before she got another dog of her own. They will provide the dog with medical care and a loving home while they try to find a good home for the dog.
Thank you for being so diligent caring for this dog. You sound like a terrific person. Labs are such wanderers. Hopefully someone will claim the doggie soon. Good luck!!
MT doc to the rescue; ma'am, i think you have ADHD or hypersensitivity. sm
maybe we should prescribe you some meds for that. it will make you perform better on your job and help you greatly. now, i need you to follow up with me weekly so we can draw some labs and keep a check of your status to make sure we don't need to adjust your meds any. that will be $250 for today's consult. yep, and $75 for your RX. oh yeah, and when you come back weekly, expect to pay another $100 per visit plus lab fees. sorry, having a boring, working night. had to spice something up, lol.
A beautiful peacock that my girlfriend has on her horse rescue ranch!!
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Oooh "help fairly soon!" Hello, William Shatner, it's Rescue 911!
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Good grief, you started this all. You should have just waited. Xanax to the rescue. nm
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Good for you, I love people who rescue homeless pets. I take in cats myself
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I agree with Misty, after doing rescue work with cats for over 20 years, they do adjust and become v
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We played our rescue's favorite game if she started looking worried when a storm came up.
Normally we would do as mistoo does and ignore the storm, and she did fine. But one storm was particularly loud, so she seemed a bit anxious. I got down into "let's play" position on the floor, and proceded to play a nice loud growly-bump game with her. We had a good time, and the exercise not only distracted her, but the physical exertion calmed her nerves and made her very happy.
Recently I kept my sister's dog for a week and discovered that fireworks cause her to shake terribly. I called my sister, who had never seen her quake with fear - because they leave the dog outside all the time. So all those times fireworks have gone off in the neighborhood, her dog has been outside alone, quaking in fear. So sad. For her nerves I put a T-shirt on her (supposed to be calming to put on semi-tight clothes) and let her sit in my lap on the couch. Yup, all 50 lb of border collie up on my lap, LOL.
Abacus is not free. It is $20 but worth it. You can download a trial version free which does not h
I have used this for years and have compared to Sylvan, Word, and MP Count, etc. When you have it set to count every character, bold, shift, tab, etc. It is great and always higher than the others. Now if you are wanting gross lines like in Word then no it won't be as high because Word counts blanks lines and Abacus counts a line only if there is a character on it. There is also two places to check for it to count the Headers/Footers. If you have the FREE version then it must be the trial or a very old version so you don't have all the features and functions.
Free? As in, free trial? Otherwise, I don't think you'll find a spellcheck software that's
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Don't cap happy holiday season. Cap the others and Happy Holidays alone. nm
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yes it is free....mine was free....why the exclamation?
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Heck, I did not say not to wish her a happy birthday! She deserves a happy birthday.
I was just saying her birthday was on Sunday!! :) Why does everyone always want to read something negative into everything on this board. I certainly did not mean anything negative by it! I was just makin' it known WHEN her birthday was!!
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Please do not worry about it.
Sometimes, it seems as if we do everything the way we know it's right, but they nitpick about everything we do. I have proved my use of proper grammar documented with my college English books, but they come up with this, "That's how the client wants it" stuff. OK, so why isn't it on my account spec sheet?
I think the trick is to find a smaller MTSO, one who believes as we do style-wise. For example, I learned to use commas quite often. At one national I worked for, it was NO commas period. If you had two independent phrases connected by a FANBOY, you broke them apart into two separate sentences. I worked for two other nationals and a hospital, and they never had a problem with my work. It was just this one certain person at one certain national. You should see some of the other things I was corrected on. I wound up quitting because this person went against everything I learned in my MT course, at college, and in all my years of work experience. This was not a good QA person, and other people on this board have worked with her. (PRINCIPAL vs. PRINCIPLE)
However, the MTSO I currently work for gives me rave reviews. I don't have to relearn everything again. We evidently went to the same school of style! LOL Keep looking. You'll find your fit. It's no fun working in a constantly negative and nitpicky environment.
Of course, you don't worry. Don't want to get
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Not to worry.
When my husband was in the military and deployed, we had tons of "discussions" over finances. It's a control thing. He's gone and can't add his input into your decision making, so he feels a lack of control there. I kept spreadsheets and quicken files to prove where I did or didn't spend money. Then I'd send printouts to him so he could feel like he was part of it. Granted, you shouldn't have to prove that you weren't blowing his money at the mall! With my husband and I, our roles are reversed. I'm the critical one when it comes to budgeting, bills, and finances. My husband is more, shall we say, impulsive? He'd be deployed and go sight seeing and out to eat because he'd never left our state before joining the military. I'd be at home juggling the kids, the broken down car, the bills, my job, and everything else, so I'd get mad at him for having fun being the single guy. Granted, some trips were definitely not fun for him.
Let's see, you two are married, therefore, his money is your money, your money is his, etc. We had the whole his money, my money, our money thing going on as well. Have you thought about a joint account? Remember, he's responsible for supporting you and any kids you have, as well as for paying the bills. DO NOT let him make you feel guilty about spending money on bills or the household or about not working. I think the women of today have that problem. Women of the '50s were expected to stay home, clean the house, cook the meals, and care for the kids. Now, we're expected to do all that, plus work on top of it. I tried being SuperMom for the first 8 years of our marriage before I snapped. It's not worth it. Don't feel guilty because you DO contribute to the household even if you don't have a paycheck. He couldn't pay someone to clean the house, cook the meals, care for the kids, take care of your personal finances, and everything else that you do.
:))))) oh don't worry, I have
  
this ol girl has left the room
MQ kept wanting every year for me to invest more into providing profits
for them and yet never ever reacted to my inquiries of additional monies for
a line I produced. Well, I'm a business too. I need to increase my income to
meet my overhead and my cost of living goes up for me just as it did for them.
Yet all they could offer was "let me give you another account".......well, honey,
I told her--------there are only 24 hours in a day! or haven't you noticed.
see ya
Don't worry. We all have to go through
the dreaded learning curve with any new job or account for that matter.
The more you work on the same account the faster you'll get so with you being full-time should help.
Oh and make sure you get plenty of samples for those difficult dictators and that you follow up on the blanks you have to leave them.
Is there another MT on the account that can give you some pointers?
Why worry.....
If you're going to get it, you're going to get it, and all the fretting in the world ain't gonna' change that. I mean, when you go out to check your mail, a car could hit the curb and run you down; are you going to worry about that, too?
I don't think you have to worry about any
subcontractors knocking down your door to work for you. You're generalization of "them" is what makes your posts so rude. We do not all look for excuses to not work. I work my shift every day unless I have an emergency. I do quality work. I do not bother my supervisor with stupid e-mails. After all, there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers. While I would agree that good MTs are hard to find, we are out here, and willing to work for a good company (which can also be very hard to find).
Don't worry. sm
Most of these little abnormalities are minor, not cancer. Don't lose sleep over this. Just follow your doctor's advice and don't worry!! This happens a lot, believe me.
Don't worry
It do believe that ADHD is real, but you need to exhaust all other possibilities before you go there. It is a possibility that she has just not matured enough to go to school and would maybe do better if held back a year. During that time you can set her up with a predictable routine and practice focusing on different activities for a period of time. A friend of mine did that and it worked. No one accuses her son of having ADHD anymore
Don't worry, not just you...
I have heard things being mentioned here and there that it is ridiculous and that things we really don't need to know are on the test. I took it around 5 years ago and it was not like that, I passed it easily. I also saw some sample questions in the JAAMT a while back. We type it, we don't diagnose it for crying out loud! I have not tried this, though. Where did you find the sample test. Is there a website? TIA!
Don't worry.... (sm)
 where one goes to EMR, there is another waiting in the wings for just the right transcriptionist. It sounds like you are good at heart, and good things come to good people! Maybe something even better will come your way!!! We are all rooting for ya' and hope something spectacular comes your way! 
Thanks - don't worry -
Yeah, I think it warrants a doctor visit. I'll get it checked out and get a real ibuprofen dose. (600 mg b.i.d.?) Okay, I'll stop doctoring myself!
WORRY NO MORE
I hear you! I am worried about my future also with transcription. I have been doing this for over 20 years, but found HEAVEN recently in a travel program. Go to www.teamresult.com and watch the short video, you will see what I mean. E-mail me if you would like me to call you to answer questions.
Michelle
manzotravel@gmail.com
I had this - nothing to worry about!
I had it about a year ago. It's called alopecia areata (I think). I didn't know what it was and I happened to see my hairdresser and she told me what it was. She said it can be caused by stress, or it come on for unknown reasons. Mine has grown back, although I have some nice short hairs there now! Not to worry!
No need to worry
MT is definitely not phasing out, but it is changing. MTs are now becoming editors like I am. I work for a hospital that uses EditScript, an amazing speech recognition program. Imagine putting out 500 plus lines an hour. That is how good it is. All the MT Editors use the same style and corrections and it remembers them and each time it recognizes the dictator better. Of course with that much production, we did have to layoff some MTs but because of the cost savings, accuracy and physician friendly program, this will be the future of MT. We will always be needed!
Should not be a worry
As long as the blanks are "good" blanks, you should not have to worry.
The company I work for would rather have us leave blanks than to guess, so even if we are "pretty sure" we know what they are saying but NOT sure, we are to leave blanks. - The same if we cannot verify something from a reliable source.
I have blanks every day. Some more than others depending on account and how well the dictators happen to be speaking.
Just do your best and don't fret unless they bring it to your attention.
we have to worry.
because of TAT, many companies are now outsourcing, not just for the price, but for the quick turnaround. and we also have to be concerned, as it impacts the amount of work available for the MT, when companies hire heavy for an account to keep the TAT and then the MT runs out of work.
yes, the eating while they dictate is my biggest peeve too.
Don't worry
Usually if you don't hear much about a company it's because there isn't anything to complain about.
Good luck with your interview.
don't worry about it. I take the sm
negativity and let it fly over my head!
The MTs that have been in this business for a very short time haven't had the experience to realize what you can do. It takes yeras and years and you really have to be a workaholic sometimes. They have already shown their attitude by the whole "I am not working weekends, holidays, nights, blah, blah blah" They don't understand this is what the job is.
My employers appreciate me also and let me know the same. It will never stop. There are always going to be MTs who rip the profession apart, say we don't what we are doing etc. etc. I would like to work along side of some of these MTs for a day or two and show them exactly how its done. I started when I was 22. to me that was pretty young starting from scratch and learning my experience.
Congratulations on your new job and I hope you love it!
And not like we don't all have enough to worry
about, but I keep asking myself that if this happens, what happens to our jobs? Will the government hire their own transcriptionists to do the work? Will they phase out all of the MTSOs (which in some cases may not be a bad thing, lol)? Will things stay pretty much the same, the MTSOs get grants from the government for doing the work, our pay go down even further (not like any of us can afford that either? Just things that I have wondered about since all of the talk about the government taking over healthcare. 
There are free ones out there. I have been using a free one for 5 years. sm
Just have to research FTP server software.
free? We are not *free* - what planet R U on?
Free? Liberal? You know nothing about me......I'm a 4th generation American so don't get up in my face......
We have a bad bad reputation today....and we do NOT HAVE 60 ALLIES/COUNTRIES BACKING US UP IN IRAQ....you better open up your eyes to the REAL stats. Perhaps in 2003 we had 60 allies/countries backing us up....NAME 60 today. I can name maybe 10 countries.......
You are terribly off-base.........even the soldiers have spoken up stating *unfortunately, this has become OUR vietnam* -
here's where you might think of beginning...iraqi veterans against the war......not a liberal website by any stretch of the imagination..
http://www.ivaw.org/
Don't worry -- they are the unhappy ones...
doubt they will ever find satisfaction with their attitudes.
They should be pitied for their woeful disposition.
They are embarassing themselves.
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