Not unless it was emergency surgery for bleeding, perforation, etc. Food would contaminate the

• Is it typical to perform gastric bypass surgery if - pt did not remain npo and had semi-solid food?
  • looking for a case, are ye?.......nm - R U planning on suing?.......nm
    • Not all MT's are overweight - sweetie.
      • WHAT? Who said MTs were overweight?...n/m - post lacks comprehension I think...n/m
    • No, it was a report I typed. Now will you tell me off - about that?
      • But will make an observation - won't tell you off
        • BINGO!!!! I read into her post YESTERDAY!!..nm - R U planning on suing?.......nm
          • You are in need of some friends. - Sad.
            • was the post addressed to YOU?....sm - you don't know that poster...
              • Hmm, seems to have struck a nerve. - LOL!
                • I know what that aa in your post means....N/M - LOL............
    • I thought it be me an MT who had "cheated" on her preop - regimen and wanted reassurance. nm
    • Glad someone found humor in that question because I hadn't....until now) - arcogal716
      • and I even think I know who OP is...sm - R U planning on suing?.......sm
        • do reveal OP's true identity. I received - arcogal716
          • LOL but I can't do that - it's unethical...nm - R U planning on suing?.......nm
  • You've GOTTA be kidding..... - arcogal716
    • This OP might just be looking for a lawsuit...NM - be careful................NM
      • No, the OP was just questioning report she did. - There are some idiots on this board.
        • no, there are just some posters who are....NM - dead giveaways!!! LOL
  • It would be a lot of added risk to an already risky surgery. nm - I had to fast for 18 hours with mine.
  • Not unless it was emergency surgery for bleeding, perforation, etc. Food would contaminate the - surgery site and cause vomiting. nm

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I’d like to go back to medical secretary work.  I’ve had cortisone shots in my ECU tendon 3 or 4 times and was warned not to have too many or my tendon could rupture.  It’s been very weak for a year or so and my left wrist is smaller than my right wrist.  I can’t type at all with my left pinky so I think it’s ruptured.  I have Word auto correct and Instant Text set up so I very seldom type As, Qs, or Zs.  I haven’t had surgery because I have my own account, no subs, a DD in college to support, and no disability insurance and didn’t want to take time off work for surgery.  I do have medical insurance though my DH. 

I’m debating whether to get a job, save up sick time, and have the surgery while getting sick time pay or have the surgery first without any sick time pay.

I’ve done medical secretary work before.  I figured if I use Word there I can save their Auto Correct and transfer mine.  If they use EMR, I can make my own shorts to stay away from Q, S and Z.  I could only accept a job where I don’t type for more than an hour straight, which is what I do now.  Then I started worrying about what if I have to use someone else’s computer?  What if I unexpectedly have to type more than an hour?

I think I have cold feet about getting a job outside the home after over 7 years at home AND I’ve had cold feet about having surgery!  Can someone help me think this through logically?  I can’t think straight when my feet are cold.

One of the biggest perks I can remember when I worked in a doctor's office was when the drug reps or orthopedic equipment reps would cater lunch for the whole office just so they could meet with the docs.  The whole office would get so jazzed at the idea of free lunch.

If you can't afford to cater lunch, then I would do something like a muffin basket and bagels always go over well.  But food is your best bet.

You don't have grandchildren? The only family the girls could live with was the two grandmothers. I only had one child and her husband is also an only child. The military doesn't care what happens to your kids when they send you. Oh wait...I know....we could have put them in a foster home....why didn't I think of that? Any OTHER grandmothers don't think caring for your babies is not an emergency in time of war?

I have often wondered this exact same thing. A lot of people go to the ER who have no health insurance or no primary doctor. 

I had one woman bring her child in because he made a funny face after eating a sour fruit candy, I mean come on! 

What sort of background do you need to learn ER reports? 

Is it normal for an IC to be called often for emergency reports that need to be completed within a short amount of time - one to two hours.  Is this normal practice?  I get these calls fequently and it makes it difficult to complete the work I was doing, and/or I may be out on my own time when these phone calls come in.  I tend to work best in the evenings so I do most of my chores, etc., during the day.   

I cannot understand why I type SO many ERs with trivial chief complaints such as:

sore throat - cough - pimple - splinter - blister - farted - (okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little, but COME ON people!)

The most recent ccx.....Can I take a laxative? Not constipated, just needs to know if she can take a laxative along with her hypertension med. Thought she better go to the ER to ask.

Why are these people allowed to be such a waste of ER resources?

Just a pet peeve....wondering if anyone agrees with me.....perhaps someone else who has spent hours in an ER waiting room for something or other.

Just to let you know the condition I am in, and I am not looking for sympathy here, but I had a major foot surgery.  I was born with clubfeet.  I had to undergo a calcaneal reconstruction due to bone damage, and I underwent an Achilles lengthening and reattachment.  I was totally non-weightbearing of the right foot for 8 weeks, and then another 8 weeks of rehab.  Again, my doctor did not want me to go back to work yet, but due to the insurance and FMLA situation at work, I had to go back. 

I am just belly aching I guess, but it just seems that this other FMLA person gets away with murder.  I am more than willing to work 4 to 6 hours a day, as my foot withstands it, but it would mess up my insurance coverage, which is the only reason I have stayed at this facility for as long as I have.  Such is life!

I waited way too long before taking steps to stop it.  Good for you for doing this now.  Make sure to get an ergonomic keyboard and mouse.  They have new ball mice (is that right for multiple mouses??) that is supposed to be really good at preventing cts.  Taking breaks and wearing the splints at night are the keys though I think.  Hoping that you can stop this in its tracks. 

when I thing of some of the doctors I've known over the years, we could probably learn brain surgery before they could learn transcription ! 

Has anyone ever had it?