Once I got over needing/wanting to talk whoever on a daily basis, I liked not to - sm
Posted By: Laura E. on 2005-12-08
In Reply to: How often do you talk by phone with your significant other? (sm) - Pollster
For years (my 20s) I felt I had to talk to my SO every day for 5 years....finally broke up for good...took 3 times to work. Next SO was much more laid back, talked to him 3-4 times a week maybe, saw each other maybe 3 x a week. Helped me a lot in getting over the previous jerk/SO. That lasted about 20 months....then met DH. We did not talk every day at first even though we lived 100 miles apart....later on we did. I moved in with him though 6 months after meeting him so it became a mute point then. But even today he calls me usually 1-4 x a day which at times gets to be a bit annoying actually. Though when he does not call I do worry and wonder if he is okay....he did not call yesterday and the roads were icy so it gets you worried when your DH/SO does not stick to form. The only way to get over being annoyed is to call him and ask him if he called and hung up and to next time please leave a message. Or be stubborn and wait and get angrier if that makes you happy.
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If you don't speak on a daily basis . . .
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I work with SR on a daily basis, and I can tell you...sm
...it will NOT be replacing human intelligence, now or 10 years from now or 50 years from now. The files we work on come from a VERY expensive speech recognition system and the quality is very poor. SR cannot handle punctuation well at all, doesn't know when to stop and start sentences, has problems with capitalization, and ironically enough, when the doctor actually spells something out, that totally confuses SR!
But even if technology advances to the place where speech recognition can accurately reproduce every word and sound that comes out of a doctor's mouth, so what? That STILL will not replace human MTs, because doctors do not always say what they mean, or even when they DO say what they mean, what they mean is not right! We're the only ones who can clean up that mess.
Jay
What reference do you use the most on a daily basis? SM
I lost all my reference books in a fire and I can't afford to replace them all at once. I am buying a couple of books each pay check and I've been trying to decide what I need the most. So far I have gotten a Dorland's Medical Dictionary, Surgical Word Book, and Radiology Word Book because I do radiology a couple of times a week.
So to all you acute care MTs out there, what books do you find yourself using on a daily basis?
I take ibuprofen usually on a daily basis
although really should not. I have this in the bilateral wrists so it cannot be just the mouse use alone. A certain movement with the wrists elicits such excruciating pain, you probably know though. Am glad not doing anything real serious, like brain surgery or the like, when this pain hits.
I fax all my reports on a daily basis
I have a fax machine right in my computer. As soon as I'm doing typing a report, I print it directly to the fax. It has the capability to schedule faxes. Where I work we have to hold the reports for 5 days in case there are any corrections so I just schedule my faxes five days in advance and it automatically faxes everything out. I can keep tract of whether or not a fax has gone out just by clicking on the fax icon on my computer. It's really very handy.
I type oncology on a daily basis.
It's tough, especially when it's a young person. At least with older people, I think they lived long and happy lives. The doctors are taking good care of them, and their family members are usually there with them. Then there are times when the doctors describe the person's presenting symptoms and I sit there wondering if my aches and pains could be cancer. Maybe that's why so many MTSOs are looking for people to type oncology. Nobody wants to do it. I should probably find something else to do.
People die and lose everything on a daily basis, not just hurricane
victims. I wish people would stop insinuating that everyone in the country who is getting on with their own lives is selfish or uncaring.
very few responses on the State Boards on a daily basis
So I thought I would try the main board. If I don't get a response in a couple of hours, I guess it could be taken off.
Thanks
Eewwww... you don't talk like an MT, you talk like mangement. Ick. (n/m)
:p
Been there myself on a day to day basis.
and it just plain blows big time.
First name basis
IMHO, if the client wants you to call them Pipsqueak, you comply. It's their perogative - the customer is always right. 
It's on a per-account basis. nm
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My husband does this on an every day basis
changing what I say to something else and I laugh each and every day we are together. He is so funny i start laughing before I ever get a sentence out of my mouth. He keeps me in stitches, my bestest friend in the whole wide world! I tell him I think he needs a hearing aid and he says WHAT?? I said is something wrong with your ears and he says.. I don’t have any tears. I have no dull days when he is here with me. The way he works is home most days and I can hardly wait for him to get out of bed so I can laugh more.
Regardless whether HIPPA is the basis or not....
there is a problem there that needs to be addressed here. Either you agree or don't! No need to critize an MT who is at least trying to make an effort to do something about it.
possible, but not on a consistent basis, I don't think
I have done it, but it is not possible to do that for 4 hours straight, and definitely not for 8. There are so many factors that affect your work.... how many times you stop to look up things, ESLs, wasted time with doctors who don't have their thoughts organized, etc. I have done 350-400 lines an hour rarely... usually it is 275-300 if I have a very familiar doctor, no terms to look up, and my fingers and mind are communicating that day. :o) So long answer short, it is 'doable', but doubtful that you could keep it up for 8 hours.
I have probably 30 dictators that I get on a regular basis, usually
the same work type, but depending on the workload I may get all different work types, and lots of dictators I've never had before, but that isn't the norm. My company has very high standards and I think they realize in order to retain the good MTs they have to make them productive and they try to do that as much as they can by keeping them on one account.
I've had accounts in the past where it was rare that I got the same dictator more than a couple of times and they were all very difficult ESL dictators, which makes it harder to learn them.
Google is not good basis, IMO. sm
Look up the definition of "hire." It can apply. You can certainly hire an IC, just as you can hire a service, plumber, electrician, babysitter, etc. Even if Google does show it's being used often to refer to employees, that doesn't mean that every single person saying it is implying or in any way establishing an employee-employer relationship. That's not to say the person you are referring to didn't mean it that way, just that I don't think it's fair to paint every MTSO that might say it with that broad brush. I don't think the IRS would consider it a valid cause as establishment of employee vs. IC relationship, either. It's a stretch to say that someone can't even say they "hired" an IC. I just think that's reading way too much into it. JMO, FWIW.
From dictionary.com:
Hire is a general word, most commonly applied to paying money for labor or services...
Ask your PS to see if you can try it on a trial basis, say for a month or so...sm
You won't really know if it'll be better for you unless you give it a trial run. 5-1/2 hours each day should go by quick even with breaks.
Good luck.
Most pay is on a production basis these days, so SM
in looking for a typical wage, you really need to find out what group of "typical" MTs to compare oneself to. All experienced, of course. Slow, below-average speed, average speed, above average, fast, very fast, and wow-I-wish-I-could-do-that. Some very experienced MTs are slow for various reasons. A few probably have no real talent for the job but have always worked on salary. Others can be faster but again have always worked on salary, which didn't encourage developing one's maximum speed. Others prefer to work in a relaxed manner and choose not to focus on high production. The higher producers are either very talented or they've worked hard at harnessing the available technology to work for them, and all work steadily and fairly hard.
$20+ also strikes me as fairly typical for a sincere MT who applies herself reasonably consistently, and I agree that 30-35+ is still an achievable goal for most who commit to making money, though typical only for the fast classes.
Most pay is on a production basis these days, so SM
in looking for a typical wage, you really need to find out what group of "typical" MTs to compare oneself to. All experienced, of course. Slow, below-average speed, average speed, above average, fast, very fast, and wow-I-wish-I-could-do-that. Some very experienced MTs are slow for various reasons. A few probably have no real talent for the job but have always worked on salary. Others can be faster but again have always worked on salary, which didn't encourage developing one's maximum speed. Others prefer to work in a relaxed manner and choose not to focus on high production. The higher producers are either very talented or they've worked hard at harnessing the available technology to work for them, and all work steadily and fairly hard.
$20+ also strikes me as fairly typical for a sincere MT who applies herself reasonably consistently, and I agree that 30-35+ is still an achievable goal for most who commit to making money, though typical only for the fast classes.
Not to mention doing it on a regular basis
I could maybe, maybe, if the stars were aligned properly and all the factors MTinNC mentioned were in place, type 3000 lines in a 12-15 hour day. But it would be one day. I couldn't do that everyday, and it probably would take so much out of me that I'd end up slowing down in subsequent days, making it all balance out. Of course, I'm no longer in my 20s, but I think it would still take a quick toll.
We are paid on a tier basis, based on
your production during the entire pay period. For example:
12,000 - xx
12,001 - 14,000 - an additional 0.05.
14,000 - 16,000 - an additional 0.05.
16,001 and above - an additional 0.05
So, lines between 12,000 and 14,000 we are paid xx + 0.05;
14001 - 16000 - xx + 0.05 + 0.05;
16,001 - above xx + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05.
I need something on a trial basis for now...if it works out, I will invest later...Can't afford..
to invest in software unless it is a sure thing. Thanks
Per diem is on an as needed basis - not a stable job. May work 1 day a month. nm
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i would see if they would hire you on a part-time basis those 2 days you are off for a trial to see
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Just needing to vent
Hubby and I had a stupid fight. I was watching a television show last night, really engrossed in it when DH decides to fuss with the candles on top of the entertainment center and stands right in front of the TV. I thought it was rude as he had just walked into the room and had not been in there previously plus he knew that I was just sitting there spacing and watching a show. So then after 2-3 minutes he turns to me and says he needs help with something he's holding in his hand, a model he's working on. I just say, okay, now that you've stood in front of the TV and I was watching it, what is it you need? He storms out of the room and doesn't say another word to me the rest of the night. HOW STUPID IS THIS!!!! I can hear that little girl Stephanie on that old TV show saying "how rude." LOL.
So he didn't really need my help obviously, I guess he's survive. 
Does anyone finding themselves needing a nap (sm)
Everyday almost, by 2:00 PM, I am so sleeping that I can't keep my eyes open. I think it is boredom actually, but a quick 1 hour nap helps tremendously:) Just wondered if it is just me.
Needing a solution!
Does anyone know how to eliminate static on the AM radio created by the treadmill running. This is quite annoying and with my New Year's resolution (lose some weight!), I can't be on the treadmill until hubby leaves for work. He's an avid listener to the radio in the morning! Don't want to start the day of bad! 
Just sad and needing to vent.
I just needed to come here and vent to you guys. I don't post here much, but I do come and read a lot of the posts. I think there are a lot of wonderful people on this board. I just needed to come and express myself somewhere other than my husband and friends.
To start with my mother has COPD and has been unable to work since March of 2005. She is not on disability yet, because we were both naive and kept waiting for someone to contact us after filling out the paperwork online. Anyway, I have been working at a casino job for 12 years and I have let her have my pay checks for the last 3 years to help her out with bills and other things. I also work full-time with Spheris. I work 60-65 hours a week. I also try to do her grocery shopping and do errands for her on my off days. I don't mind doing this, and if I had to work 3 jobs just to keep her here on this earth with me, I would. We have always been close. She doesn't have any insurance, so she doesn't get to go to the doctor as much as she needs to be going.
The thing that is really bothering me is the fact that I am the youngest of 4 children. I am the ONLY one who calls her every day and asks her if she needs anything. I have told my siblings that I cannot do it alone anymore. My older brother did start helping somewhat over this past year with the prescriptions and going to the store on occasion. But he will only do those things if I call or my mom calls him. My middle brother, about 2 years ago, won 50,000 dollars at a casino, called my mom to brag to her about it and never did one thing for her!!! He also about a year ago won 30,000 total in one night, and NEVER called her, and never came by to see her or anything. Last week, he wins ANOTHER 54,000, and yet, again, the very same thing. 
In 1997, my mother and I took out a 15,000 mortage on our house to do remodeling. We ended up being taken advantage of by a guy that we had known for many years. We didn't have a contract drawn up, so there was nothing we could do. He came out and tore out a wall and concreted the add-on area, made a concrete porch, and then left everything else torn up. She has squirrels that get in her house from time to time from some hole somewhere. I absolutely kills me to see my mom in the terrible health that she is in. I try so hard to help her. I can't afford to get her house fixed up, but it kills me to think of her passing on without seeing her house fixed up. She deserves so much more. She and my father were married for 32 years when they divorced--due to his infidelity. I have tried talking to my siblings and it just doesn't work. How can a child be so cold to their mother??? I told my sister that I hoped that some day when they becamed aged, that their kids didn't do the same thing to them; also, I hoped that they didn't get in that type of health.
My sister has a gambling problem and doesn't do anything to help her either. She will call her and tell her that she will bring her something down, and then never shows up. I am just so tired. I have a 4-year-old son and a husband, 2 jobs, and the rest of my family JUST DON"T GET IT~!
I am sorry this was so long, but I just can't take it anymore. Thank you for listening.
Paulette
re: Really needing a vacation
I'm in WV too. We generally went to either Cape Hatteras, NC or Myrtle Beach for vacations, but Myrtle has gotten so commercialized it's pretty expensive. Hatteras is really nice, quiet, super clean and really not that expensive.
While I do not diagree with needing more
protection for our children, we should also remember that our children are safest during the hours that school is in session. For that matter, I recall hearing years ago that we are ALL safer during the hours that school is in session.
Wish I felt capable of home schooling though.
Needing help- how to get IP address
Here in the SE AT&T had internet outage this week and now 1 of my computers is asking for the IP address, trying to get back on line. Where to find this? TIA.
Needing to know if anybody feels same way
I wanted to post because I have had a very eerie feeling lately and wanted to see if anyone has been experiencing a similar thing... I was a home MT working directly for a hospital for many years and a high producer. Then, the hospital cut our incentive and many of us ended up with a MTSO after that. Well, after being with the same job for many years, I spent over 2 years with the MTSO and found out that my line counts were very low because the platform was not counting my lines in a well honest (to me) way. I thought I was losing my talent, but after finding out about this for sure by looking at the minutes versus the lines over a couple of weeks and checking with other MTs (finally) I found out it was not me. I since have been working for a very reputable MTSO (no hospital jobs around directly that I could find by me) and something is happening. I am struggling to get my line counts again, and I did a study with the minutes and though not as bad as the other MTSO, the same thing is happening AGAIN! (dont mean to yell, just emphasizing). It is so hard to look for yet another job...My question is this: Is it my imagination, am I just losing my talent and my mind, or are most jobs now counting the lines differently than before say 3 years ago when I left the hospital job. And, if I can't produce that much anymore because they count lines differently now, how does one find at least a job which is moderately easier to get more than minimum? Look, I used to make over 50K a year and now I am eeking out perhaps 27 a year and feeling like I am losing my talent. Any advice would be appreciated here. I don't want to go through job after job, stress after stress. BTW: My husband will be able to provide benefits in a couple of months, but until recently I have been the one to have to provide health coverage and this has figured heavily into where I work. Thanks in advance for your opinions. I don't want my hand held, just a little reality check. Thanks in advance.
Needing to vent.....
I have to say I consider myself still fairly new. I have been a Transcriptionist now for just almost a couple of years. I am a little upset because I have at least 99.6 QA score each month. I work on several different accounts and we are always told to push, push, push the reports and get them out. Because if we don't meet our standard line count amount then you will get canned. But, my question is this, on the accounts I work on, it is hard to make normals for all of them, which does save time. So, when you are flying through your documents and trying to proofread as you go, you are sure to miss a few MINOR mistakes. I do not understand this field and sometimes I wish I would have never spent the money to get into it, because we are yelled at if we don't get our minimum line counts and get yelled and told to slow down if you make a few small mistakes---nothing that would put the life of a patient at risk. So, please tell me where the happy medium is. Again, my QA score is never below 99.5.
Seriously thinking about getting into a different profession. Thank you for listening.
I'm needing the same information...sm
Would there be a change to extext?
Canadian Needing Help
Hey everyone, I'm Canadian and am currently researching possible MT schools. I was originally thinking Canscribe, but am not so sure anymore (I read on another forum that they don't train students enough, and I want the best possibly training so that I am great at my future job). I know M-Tec and Andrews School are seemingly the top two schools in America, but I kind of wanting to attend a Canadian based school possibly. If anyone can help me out, I would really appreciate it. Also, if someone knows a Canadian based MT forum please let me know. I have been trying to find but it doesn't seem like there is any out there.
Thanks so much for your time!
:)
What do they seem to be needing most right now if looking for a job change. nm
:
MT, are you just now learning about her needing a
Xanax?
Nothing to do with needing silence
Has to do with protecting the privacy of the information I am transcribing.
Just needing a vent.
I've been job hunting, testing, sending out my resume for 2 weeks now and no bites.  I'm not a new graduate. I worked for 2 years but have not worked MT for a little over a year now. I have 3 toddlers and finally am able to have enough time to work full-time again. My family really needs the extra income right now and I'm finding it very frustrating that so far I am not able to contribute. We live in a very rural area and driving into town for a job plus daycare for 3 toddlers would kill any income I'd get.
I get answers from companies saying I have a good resume, experience, and even tested well but they are only hiring people with #+ years RECENT experience.
*sigh* I'll just keep looking, emailing/faxing resumes, and testing... one will want me eventually.
/rant.
Needing to make some money.....
I just started a new job and really like it when I have work but the problem is that I do 2 or 3 reports and then it's gone for 20 or 30 minutes. I can't make any money doing a report here and there....I've asked for a backup account but they are saying everything is low right now. What do I do? I don't want to switch companies again when I just started this one, but my bills aren't waiting simply because I don't have any work. I didn't get to work Friday or Monday at all. Yesterday, I finally did my minimum (I want to do a lot more than that) but it took me until 11:00 last night to do it because I had to work here and there all day long..........Just wondering if this is the case for a lot of people. Guess I just needed to vent.
Southwest. I was hired..LOL ... ?? I'm sure they are needing more?!
no message
im needing it to make my hands
run smooht across the keys, becuase they tend to sweat. lotion makes them greasy and sticky on the keys.
Needing advice from others in my situation....
I am needing suggestions and advice from fellow IC transcriptionists who also have subcontractors working for you. I am just a one person typing service and have taken on a couple subcontractors. The one I am having trouble with has been with me for about a month and is always coming up with excuses for why the work has not been sent yet. I received thousands of resumes for this position and there were a lot who were more qualified than she, but I liked her enthusiasm and I am one who is willing to help a new person break into this field if they have had some experience and knowledge in that respect. I am at a point of deciding whether to let her go and find another or keep her on to give her "one more chance". This is more like her third chance I would be giving her. I really like her as a person, but she has never worked from home and I just don't know if it is going to work out or not. How have you all handled situations like this? This is my first experience with something like this and I'm just not sure of how long to give a person before cutting them. Any advice given will be greatly appreciated.
Ok, needing to type letter in
Microsoft word office (this is also happening on my platform)- the words are HUGE on the screen (in office) but when I print you cannot read, so tiny. My boss lady is saying for the work problem to go to Microsoft word and I have no clue where this is. Said on my PC
i do it occasionally when needing to catch up; sm
as the other poster said, my production shows in the next 2 days though. i always keep a light on (not just a lamp). i have lots of dr. pepper. i usually do laundry so that every 45 mins or so i have to get up and fold another load and that keeps me awake. i avoid food as that will make me sleepy too. also do as the other poster said, don't surf the net at all as that makes me sleepy to. i stick to my work and knock it out as quickly as i can.
Newbie needing tech help
I live in a very remote area and am unable to get DSL but can get it through Alltell cell phone. Is that good enough for internet transcribing? Also where could I buy bulk durable micro-cassettes ?
Thanks cb
You have a reason for needing the lines, keep that
goal in mind. Write it on a sticky note and put it on your monitor. If that doesn't work I don't have any other suggestions. You're an adult. Caffeine may help.
Needing assistance with formatting
Asked to go to word, tools autoformant and disable autonumber but cannot locate this. Can anyone help?
Any hospitals/clinics hiring home-based employees on an hourly basis? TIA
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If it weren't for needing a land line for DSL
My cell phone is my primary phone and I have more minutes and free long distance than I can use per month. I got basic phone services and locked it from any LD calls to save money and my land line still costs $30 a month. I feel I'm wasting that money but there isn't anything I can do. I won't drop my cell phone because I have my kids on as extra lines and they wouldn't have a phone otherwise.
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