My doctor just gave me a very unusual patient name and didn't spell it,

then she's trying to read the date of discharge and says, "God, can't anybody write?  You're going  to have hold off on that because I really can't read any of this."

Hmmm, doc, it's just like YOUR DICTATION.....couldn't you at least spell the name or say it twice the SAME WAY within 2 sentences.

Okay, I'm done venting now.

• My doctor just gave me a very unusual patient name and didn't spell it, - Hey, I'm trying here!!!
  • I like it when they say *Carl Flufennahkmaker*--that's C-A-R-L. - nm
    • "common spelling for Flufennahkmaker" - love it! n/m
    • Too funny, - too true

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Have you ever had someone dictating with a piece of hard candy, clicking around on his teeth in the back of his mouth?

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I have had the strangest thing happen to me about how my MT career is going.  Up until about a year ago, I felt very secure in my career, working for a hospital for a long time.  After they let our incentive go, I got into a couple of jobs with services where it seemed like something was wrong with each.  Line counts not right, no work available, etc.  I finally am working as an IC with a decent company, however, when I first started there they were running out of work constantly. So, I have 3 accounts now, and I see they are hiring again.

My problem is this: I have this fear that I will never again be able to feel comfortable in my job. I keep looking for other jobs to go alongside this one in case we run out of work again.  But, my doc says one job is enough, or I get stressed out.  This is ever since the last year when I was tossed about between services.  But I keep looking to see if I can find that 1 job where I don't have to worry anymore.  I would take it along side this for long enough to know that this other new job would provide the security I seek.

Yet, when I get a second job, I am afraid of having 2, so I stick with the IC and regret that I did not try.  Any suggestions?  I am not asking for a million dollars, or even a guarantee that the job be 100% perfect.  I just want to be comfortable in the knowledge that I can have a decent paycheck and feed my kids without worrying from day to day will there be work? Are they over-hiring again? Should I indeed quit looking for that job and settle with my phobias, or should I trust my instinct, keep looking and finally overlap the 2 for a while (in spite of the doc's warnings of stress) and perhaps get a better job?

Thanks in advance for your comments.  I am so confused, because I have never in my life experienced such a lack of trust in my job and a possible new job.

I feel your pain, but they don't have to be foreign.  What about Dakota?  Is that a boy, a girl or the family truck?  I know I shouldn't laugh.  A dear friend has a lovely little boy with that name.  It's just that when you're typing a report without a genital exam, how can you tell?

I used to be director of medical records in a tiny rural hospital, so I typed up the birth certificates.  Here are some of my all-time personal favorites:

Caboose.  A little boy, the 8th child.  Mom didn't care what the Pope said, this was it and she had a tubal.

Princess Leia.  The original Star Wars had just come out.

Vagina.  Yeah, you read that right!  A little girl.  Nobody could change mom's mind.  That was an interesting call from the Health Department!

Bambi.  I know, it's more common than I thought.  Great for a little kid who can't talk yet, but I have no picture of her 98 and in a nursing home.

Actually, my coworkers weren't any better.  We threatened to provide a "name your baby service" for the parents who just couldn't come up with a name after 8-9 months of thinking about it.  The Wolf twins were going to be Timber and Gray.  The Fruit triplets were going to be Grape, Passion and Juicy.  No, we never really did that, but we were tempted. 

Hope you had a good laugh.  You deserve it!

I don't think they even cared why I was quitting.  I called the supervisor to tell her in person and she simple said "I need it in writing and when will your last day be".  Personally, I like things quick and painless. 

Fun way to learn to type and brush up on your skills.