Nope. Not after sitting in an office chair for 15 years
Posted By: omt on 2006-02-23
In Reply to: Anyone else tired of being at home? - Lisette
with earphones stuck in my ears all day.
At least this way if I go to get a drink, I don't hear all about what this one said or that one said, blah, blah, blah.
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After years of sitting in "cheap" chairs, I bought an Aeron chair and it was worth it!!
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Office Max. Seriously, it's like sitting on a cloud.
and it's microfiber.
I am glad I was sitting in an office with experienced MTs when I first started.
I think I have a decent ear for accents, but I can't imagine doing ESLs for acute care when you are a newbie without having a trainer sitting at the next desk to interpret now and then. Otherwise I'd have cried at times.
Office chair - sm
If you have a clothes shaver, that should remove the "tufts"...as far as keeping it clean, the towel probably contributed to the "tufts", so I would try a pillowcase or other non-linty material. Spray foam cleaner made for furniture should help keep it clean, or ScotchGuard maybe? The shaver is definitely a help for all kinds of pills and pulls in clothes. I love mine. Hope this helps.
office chair
Does anyone know of a good ergonomic chair to help with upper back/neck pain? I haven't found one yet and am in desperate need. Thanks!
Office chair
I got a wonderful one from Sams...has about 6-8 different adjustments for knees, hips, lower back, etc. I think it was about $125, but I've had it quite sometime and am still happy w/it.
After years of sitting down and getting 1 job an hour....
I finally got out. They don't care if 300 people type 50 jobs a day or 3000 people type 1 job a day. Makes no difference to them. Hey, if you don't make their minimum line count, they don't have to provide you with benefits, so it's a win-win if you don't get much work. I can only hope that a company that cares that little about their employees will eventually implode upon itself. It took me over a year of scouring the employment opportunities at the local hospitals before I finally got a job with a hospital. For the first time in 17 years of doing MT, I feel like somebody. I was also fortunate enough to get a job that has all their MTs at home telecommuting, so it's best of both worlds. I know that isn't possible for everybody, but maybe if enough people "bail" on these nationals who HAVE all the hospital accounts, and they're left with inexperienced "typists" who will eventually mess up the work so bad that the hospitals get mad, maybe hospitals will go back to having their own department where at least they have some quality control over the finished product. That's my hope for this profession.
I got a chair at Office Max and I love it.
I only paid $89 as it was on sale, down from around $150. It sits wonderfully and adjusts to any position I want. Even the armrests adjust. I can positions throughout the day if I get uncomfortable with one position. I don't know the brand, I'd have to look on mine at home if you are interested.
Office Chair Question
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good back support for your office chair? My back has been bothering me more lately so I was curious as to what everyone else uses to help stay comfortable while they have to sit in the chair.
Need new office chair. Any recommendations? sm
I sold my Herman Miller as it was simply not comfortable to me so am very cautious about spending that much money again for a chair. I think I would like one that has a high back and a neck support. I definitely need one with arms that adjust in so that I can rest my arms while typing. Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated as I am sitting on a dining room chair now!
Office chair restraints
Google for Rifton... They produce high quality handicap harnesses of all sorts. If I could afford it I would get one of their sitting harnesses that holds the person in a "working position" slightly leaning forward from the hips, spine straight, fully supported. They cost but they would be so comfortable. I'm not handicapped, just sore backed!
Anyone use the AK Octane office chair?
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Keeping office chair clean
Hi,
I have a cloth office chair that is fairly new. Lately, I noticed it's getting a bit of those little tufts (for lack of a better word) of fabric on the seat. I had used a towel to cover the seat for awhile but it was more hassle than it was worth. I was wondering how I can get this cleaned up and how I can prevent it from happening again.  TIA
I wish there were office chair restraints to hold
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Can anybody recommend a good seat cushion for my office chair? I'm having a lot of problems SM
with numbness in my tailbone, and left buttock with tingling down into my left leg and foot. I can't afford a new chair right now as I just bought this one six months ago. I have to get up and stretch out and walk around quite often during the day and its cutting into my production.
The chair I use and have for 10 years +...sm
is a kneeling chair. I have NO back problems, am able to sit for long periods of time without problems, and find it very comfortable. I have supplied a link below as an example.
http://www.sit4less.com/categories/kneeling-chairs/19?gclid=CNqagOy0no8CFVB1OAod5iYmWQ
Nope not new at all. Almost 20 years of
I just think that forming a club of "oh woe is me" is not going to solve anyone's burned out problems. Be glad you have a job. 
Aeron chair - never would use any other. About eight years ago my hospital
bought all of the transcriptionists Herman Miller chairs and we always say we are taking them when we leave. Yea right, BUT, I would buy one even if I had to pay for it over time. It is so worth it considering we sit all day. It is made of some kind of a nylon mesh that gives to your body weight and is always comfortable. There is tons on line about it. I love my chair, I love my chair, I love my chair.
After 25 years, nope. Just work. But I used to. nm
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Nope. Let mine drop years ago.
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Nope. Many years working at the School of Medicine. SM
An MS4 is a med student till June graduation. He's "Mister So-and-So" then in June when he graduates, he's "Doctor So-and-So."
A 4th year resident is something else entirely. He is an R4 (or that's what they call them here). HE is an MD. The MS4 is not an MD.
Nope, after moving 9 times in 9 years, I hoard
and benefit me at the new destination! LOL!
I saw a special about theft in the post office years ago. SM
This isn't saying they all do it, but luggage handlers and post office employees have a high rate of left. I bought a really cool Video Now XP for my granddaughter. The tracking information says it reached my local post office and they scanned it in there. They say they never saw it even though they scanned it in. Someone there has a really nice present for someone this year and they didn't pay for it either. Disgusting.
I've been in MT for 20 years. Started out in the office at a hospital.
Switched to working for services from home for a while and now I work for the same hospital I started out at, but I work from home now. So I guess you can say I've come full circle and now I'm back where I started. I much prefer being an employee of a hospital versus an IC or employee of an MTSO.
It may be that your user profile in EXText is not set up to allow you to add normals. I've found with services they don't give their MTs a whole lot of freedom with their software. 
My CPA deducts the square footage of my home office and has for 12 years. HTH..nm
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I better switch my computer chair for a potty chair. nm
Nope, I don't feel "LUCKY" to be treated like an imbicile by my company. Nope, No way.
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Early in my career I worked for a service in the office. I gave my notice after almost two years...
with them because I got a job with a hospital that paid better and had better benefits. I gave my notice and the office manager made my life heck for my remaining two weeks. He gave away my desk, my chair, my transcriber (we were still transcribing cassettes back then). I spent the next two weeks shuffled between workstations and using the crappiest equipment they had. He also refused to give me any help on my account. It was a huge family practice from which I would get at least seven 90 minute tapes a day from them. Before I gave my notice, I was the lead on the account and had three other people helping. When I gave my notice, he couldn't spare anyone to help me and I got several tapes behind. I kept telling him I was behind and he would just say do what you can.
Long story short, he tried to stiff me on my last paycheck because he said my account was way out of turnaround time and I had cost them money. He had told the owner of the service that I had never asked for help and that I purposefully held tapes back to screw them. I ended up taking them to small claims court to get my money.
Some people are just ugly people that take EVERYTHING personally. You can't win with people like that. They are unprofessional. I wouldn't worry about your boss' attitude. In a couple of weeks, he'll just be a memory.
Have most people had good luck with their MQ office closing and moving to the regional office. Have
things gotten better or worse for you.
Yes, I lost mine. I upgraded the Office 2000 package to Office 2003. sm
I have over 2000 autocorrect entries and lost them all as well as my supplemental dictionary for my Stedman's spellcheck. Lots of grief!
Maybe you will be lucky and not lose anything. Good luck to you.
Might be able to rent one from an office supply or office machine repair shop
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I gave a tin of toffee for each office and a Lia Sophia necklace to each office manager. ~nm~
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I gave a tin of toffee for each office and a Lia Sophia necklace to each office manager. ~nm~
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Office politics. That is why I enjoy working at home. In the office,
people are in other people business. Just mind your own business.
Well let's just say I'm sitting here without
work, which is a typical day for me. Does that help any?
re: sitting on leg
Please, try to break this habit. I sat on my leg for years and years and my neurologist has told me he forbids his patients to sit on legs, cross anything but the ankles! This because of all the peripheral vascular disease, sciatica and DVT's.
Pet sitting
I make good money at it and it is fun
Sitting
When I started transcribing, I had a lot of problems with sitting. I am a pretty fidgety person, so I can't usually work without at least a 5-minute stretch every hour, 2 hours at the absolute most. I did a lot of research into office ergonomics, & one of the most helpful things I found was this:
Q: What is the best sitting position?
A: The next one.
So I try to not stay locked in one position for a long time.
Also when I first started working, I started getting 4th & 5th digit numbness. This can be an ulnar nerve compression or a disk problem. I tried to look at how I was positioned at my desk, & what I discovered is this: The higher my monitor, the worse my neck pain was, because the more I would round my back & crunch my neck (chin jutting). There are a lot of places selling things that lift the monitor higher, & this is the exact opposite of what I needed. Also I need to have my knees lower than my hips in order to avoid the tendency to round my back.
The chin jutting/back rounding was pretty obvious, but I wasn't sure what was going on with my wrists. Anyway, I took the shotgun approach & immediately got a downview desk (monitor is under glass), a modified "kneeling chair," (I removed the knee rests but use it for the seat tilt), and a Kinesis keyboard.My chair does not have any back rest at all, & yet I am so well balanced that I am very comfortable without it. I had some wedge-shaped foam cut and occasionally I use this as a seat cushion. It helps maintain the hip tilt & gives my butt a rest.
After I made these changes, my numbness disappeared completely in a couple of weeks and has never come back, & I've been doing this work for around 6 years with the same setup.
Can't help you with the hair loss issue.
Hope this helps.
Sitting all day...
You can look forward to your backside expanding as well! The more years that go by, the wider I get!
When it comes to sitting all day, sm
I have been at this 15 years. My backside is actually SMALLER then when I started. I have not become obese at this, quite the reverse. It is all in what you do when you are not sitting at your desk.
You actually DO need to get up and at least stretch, hourly anyway and you need to have an actual break every 3 hours, that being 15 minutes or so. You also need to break to eat lunch. No one expects you to sit for 8 hours straight, nor should you.
I remember being a new MT and the excitement of the work and what I was doing, and my pleasure in it and trying to do it right, etc. meant I didn't want to get up. I was trying to find that magical flow. I did, but I developed less than great working habits. You are new, learn to balance. Having a break can renew your spirits, your energy and reduce your stress.
Hair loss is probably not work related so have that checked out. Hypothyroidism, lupus, etc cause it.
Sitting
I have a bad back, if I go to school for medical transcription, is there any way to cope with prolonged sitting? WHat kind of chair do you use? What do you do?
Tired of sitting
I can stand to sit for just so long and then I have to get up and move around. Sitting and pounding a keyboard makes me more exhausted than if I was doing something physical. When I am doing something physical, I feel much better and am not as cranky.
As if we don't do it enough sitting at the computer! (sm)
If I do transcribe while I am dreaming I surely don't remember when I wake up. I'm usually passed out the second my head hits the pillow. Don't remember a thing when I wake up. Heaven Forbid!
Ha, sitting here waiting
for work!
New MT problems with sitting all day?
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I am new to MT and not used to sitting at the computer all day or a big portion of it, and lately my neck has been hurting (more than usual) and also my hair seems to be coming out more?! My husband says it's stress from everything? Any suggestions, or is this normal starting out?
Sitting like this all day is so bad for us. Plus, tinnitus is no fun...(NM)
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Sitting waiting right now....
I guess this gives us time to chat on MTStars.
Can anyone suggest an office in MQ that is not run like this Amherst office. They are absolutely
pathetic. I wonder how many other MTs are in that office in the same situation.
Just DQS from my office was transferred and the rest are getting on DQS before the office closes.
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Pay kids work around office, renovate office.
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Yep. I was falling asleep sitting up.
I went to the neurologist, and he put me on Provigil. Works pretty good. I'm also switching to an earlier work shift.
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