SAME THING HAPPENING TO ME
Posted By: DK on 2006-04-02
In Reply to: Just sad and needing to vent. - paulette
Hi Paulette, I am so sorry this is happening to you. I am going through the exact same thing, except none of my sibling has won any money. I am the youngest girl, I have 3 older sisters and one younger brother. He is the only one who is well off. He makes several hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. And he says that it is my mother's fault she didn't plan for her future. Never mind the fact that she paid for his college tuition and he has a master's degree, nevermind the fact that he, his wife and kid lived with my mom years ago rent and bill free. And she paid for his wedding, the birth of his kids, and other things. Then now that he has capitalized on his education, he will not help her. I send my mother $500 every month. She too has COPD and is 75 years old. The bad thing is I live in a different state than she does but I do more for her than my siblings who live in her neighborhood. I pay for someone to do her grocery shopping, clean her house, etc. My sisters could go over there and do those things but they don't. One of my sisters has finally kicked and started to help her but then she took over her checkbook and misuses the 500 a month I send her.
But like you said, I would work 5 jobs if I had to. In answer to your question, I think they might get it, but as long as I keep helping why should they? Then again, maybe they don't. I have tried to stop trying to figure them out. You know that you are doing the best you can to help your mom. In the end, that's what's important.
Believe me, I understand fully your frustration. I want my mother to finish out her life with some sort of dignity, and the same pride she has lived her life with. I love her deeply and we are very close also. My husband doesn't understand their self centeredness and selfishness. I can only do what I feel is right!
Good luck to you and all of God's blessings to you.
Dee
Dee
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I thought I was the only one.
Yes......same thing happening to me, after 25 years. sm
I am tired all the time.....I think I need a change or 2nd job doing something else, other than MT.
My butt hurts from sitting too long, day in and day out, even after exercising and walking daily.
I am burned out also.....I feel your pain.
I notice today, the same thing is happening
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that is the same thing that was happening on this board too, not a virus, server problem. that's
if you check your vault - there is probably nothing in there.
The article is old but bares all. the woman did devious things that brought the house down on her and she lost this site.
Now she pulled her junk on Google and she is in trouble with them...so stirs up trouble here.
you can ignor it or research her through all other MT boards. Not quite a legend, must say.
I'm sorry that' s happening to you. My doc
was sports medicine/rehab, and they are set up in their own office to do EMGs. Yes, I had them done, and it took 5 minutes, so in the same visit I got my injections. Maybe it depends on your area in the country and how up they are on sports meds and the like. Good luck to you. It nearly ruined my life. I couldn't even sleep at night due to the aching and pain and numbness. Sorry you have this.
It is happening right now
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OMG, I can so see that happening!
the doc mentioning it in his dictation. You poor thing!
If that is actually happening, then
I would suggest that is a company to run from.
I am sorry this is happening to you. I can
relate 100%, though not the schooling part. Go with the good company, forget the bad and get rid of that stress. Its a negative drain for you. Give a 2-week notice if you can, or a 1-week at best, as you, yourself, feel it is honorable for you. I did same at MQ, after decades, but I had absolutely had it as well. The end of the line - breaking point. It was the longest 2 weeks of my life, and many times I felt like tossing it in early and using my PTO time, but I hung in there, and now I do feel good about that. As unprofessional as they were, I was professional. But, if my new job had needed me to start earlier, or I was having anginal pain, I would have told them to stick it ASAP. Don't jeopardize your health at all. Maybe you'll feel a million times better once you hand in your notice and know you will be leaving. But if you still feel angina, etc., don't put your life at jeopardy. No company or bridge is worth that, please. Blessings to you! 
This is happening to me
Does anyone know why this happens?
Sometimes I can't bear the thought of having to go out ... even if I had been somewhere the day before and had a good time, suddenly this dread comes over me, and I can barely even answer my phone!
Since it is happening
to more than just me and we have two or three different ISPs between us (employees, I mean), it must be on their end.
I don't think I would get a very good reception from IT. That's why I asked on here.
Unfortunately, I feel it's better not to make waves at work. It seems things (that should not be a problem) are a problem for them.
happening???
 Anything can happen if all MTs stick together on a united front. You DON'T have to strike or walk out. You do have to STOP allowing the companies to pay you less and less to do offshore corrections and VR. I do not know all legal aspects here, but I do know that they can only get away with what MTs allow them to. Again, if they fire you or you lose your jobs, possibly unemployment.... I do not have all the answers. I am only trying to put some thought into possibly resolving a few issues, not make more. If they were to fire all the qualified MTs, where would they be. AND maybe, just maybe it would bring the rate of pay up a bit and benefits back into your arena.
Yes, that me.....have way to much crap happening....
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Well...heartening that I'm not the only one with this, but WHY is it happening to me?? I'm no
with MQ, with another mid-sized national and just starting using this via SpeechMachines. We've tried everything! The 9-pin pedal, the USB pedal, a new USB pedal, deleted some of the virus checkers, keep others closed, deleted programs I don't use anymore, switched the ports, switched the keyboards, redownloaded DQS...I'm the only one in the company having the voice and pedal freeze up and having the mouse and my typing freeze up. Speed and memory are great using XP; have plenty. Tested the CPU and that's fine. Things only freeze up while IN the DQS screen. I can still use my mouse on the periphery. Defragged, spychecked, kicked out the cookies, etc. I have the same software and spyware that the big kahunas have, too, nothing odd or unusual on my machine. If this last reboot doesn't help, they gave me DQS's own tech support to call. I'll keep ya posted! This really bites.... .Passing Thru
Just read about what's happening in...
placed like The Netherlands where some drugs are legal. I don't think it will EVER be legalized, and I certainly hope not. Before you call me an old fuddy duddy at the rip old age of 45, please know that as a teen in the 70s, I smoked more than my fair share of it. Know why I stopped? Because I realized at about age 18 that I was lazy, paranoid, and forgetful. In other words, it made me stupid. Should responsible parents be sitting around smoking dope with young children in their care? Or driving a car? I don't think so. We have enough trouble with people addicted to alcohol who have turned their lives into a train wreck. Don't ask me why one is legal and the other is not. I have no idea, but the last thing we need is another legal mind scrambler to deal with.
that's been happening for over 4 years now.
Yo-Man, Dude, What's happening?
I agree, Simon is more realistic. Chris did do great last night even though I am not into rock. It was tolerable though! He at least got into it and...was good. Paula LOVES those rockers. She loved Bo Bice also. I think a few girls are the best. Can't wait til tonight and then next Tuesday. It is my favorite show.
That is already happening in my office no doubt about that. You are 100% right.
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First, NY office said no such deal happening; secondly,
the fact that I work for both companies is not why I'm not worried. In fact, that could be the end of my employment stent with either.
I'm not worried because I'll easily get another job or 2 and I can afford to not work for a while if I couldn't find another job immediately.
MT isn't the only thing I can do so I'm not worried.
Yep, very very quiet town. Not much happening there
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Yes, happening right where I live. I am in South
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OMIGOSH! This has been happening to us for MONTHS.
and IS keeps saying, must be your ISP, must be this, must be that. Problem is keystroke lag doesn't hurt anyone but transcriptionists...everyone else can wait for the Keystrokes to catch up but not when you are trying to type at the speed of light. Anyway, we have screamed about it for months, but now our account told us they are trialing a voice recognition system. So see? It could be worse.
This was happening to me yesterday. PleaseSM
I work with the DocQScribe platform. I was using my DocQScribe Expander as my license ran out with my SH. So, when I renewed my SH license and started using it again, the same exact thing was happening to me. I fixed it by hitting F4 to toggle my DocQScribe expander off. It was messing up because it was trying to use 2 Expanders at the same time. I have no idea if you are on DocQScribe, but I thought I'd share my experience just in case! Good luck!
Oh! Also, in SH I went into preferences and on the keystroke options I have (put) Pause 0 msec after every 999 keystrokes. That helped my expansions expand more quickly in the past.
Chickadee
OMH - This is unbelievable!!! What is happening to our country! nm
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It appears to be happening to all of us. How do you spell -
well, that sums it up as to what's happening in this profession! NM lol
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We had a weird happening after my father died...
He died in August and when we went to visit his grave just before Christmas, the grass was still growing back over the plot. The grass had grown in the shape of a Christmas tree inside the rectangular plot of dirt over the grave. We got some bulbs and decorations and laid them in the grass and took pictures. Guess what, the pictures didn't turn out. "dodo do do" (twilight zone tune)
Check out my post above about schooling and what I think is happening. sm
Like I said, newbies cannot do VR effectively. They just don't have the experience. They need to do about 5,000 clinic and/or acute care MTs with extensive notes, books, the ability to do their own research via google, etc., in order to do VR.
There are negative things happening in the MT field that's why
if you've been watching the field evolve over the past 20 years like I have you would know that. If wages were going up, and work was coming FROM other countries, there would be no what-you-call-negativity and what other people call reality. It's the elephant in the living room syndrome. Some people are in denial that there is anything "negative" going on in the MT field, other people prefer to face it head on and discuss it openly. Feel free to skip posts you don't like. Ya know "take what you need and leave the rest."
I understand your frustration but this is happening in all fields.
It affects every work situation as technology advances, etc.
The fact is one cannot expect to have a lifelong career in any one line of work without experiencing some times of either changing with the flow or stepping into another line of work.
Doesn't matter, right or wrong, it's been happening.
Evenutally, the only need for US MTs will be for editing and ASR. If I remember AAMT even changed their name. Everyone but the MTs are profiting from this. My salary has decreased so much over the last 5 years it's a joke. This has been going on for years already and the reality is, it's just getting worse. As long as there is money to be made the big guys are going to go where they can get it and laugh all the way to the bank.
own contracts versus what is happening with transcription field
can any of you out there who do transcription for local clients give me some insight here. Is it still worth it today to try to go out and get local clients versus working for a national or even in house? I am so tired of working my you know what off and struggling just to make $12 an hour. When I first started my per hour was not so bad and then other changes came a few years later and I just cannot go on like this and waiting for the good to happen because I am just not feeling it with my company even though they say "those who stick it out will be glad" I am sooo tired and worn out. Any info regarding on this would be helpful or any advice at all for that matter. Thanks all. I need a break now.
Don't get weird stuff happening when using ShortHand. Easy to use; not like Instant Text. nm
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Ebonics: Not a black thing or white thing. (sm)
I don't think there's any cause to get upset or defensive here. Look it up on line...even colleges are offering courses in Ebonics! ...well of course they are more sociology-type courses, but still, people are PAYING to learn about the why's and how's of this "other" language.
A quote from one of the sites I found:
"UT-Austin's "Introduction to the Study of African American English," teaches students that the sentence, "Nobody didn't leave" is not "mainstream English with mistakes," but rather a legitimate English dialect. "Ebonics: Myth and Facts" and "African-American English" are both offered at Harvard. Penn and UCLA also promote Ebonics as a legitimate dialect in, "Introduction to African American and Latino English" and "Afro-American Sociolinguistics: Black English," respectively."
Here's the link: http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2002/september_2002_2.html
Best thing - I am my own boss and my own emloyee, worse thing - I am my own boss and my own
:P
A "man" thing? What the heck is a "man thing?"
"I was told it was a "MAN" thing and everyone does it (i guess all men)"
whenever anyone takes an action and relates it to a whole gender and then tags on everyone does it....well, I guess there's your answer
And the best thing of all, it's
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Thanks gj...the only thing I can tell you...sm
is that I just worked some overflow stuff and kept looking until I found what I wanted. I am lucky enough not to have to depend on my income right now, so I was able to be much more picky. If you would like more info, let me know and I can email you. Hope all works out well with you and thanks for the good wishes.
one more thing sm
 I was only referring to the bitter ones here who work for MQ, not all MQrs. I am one of the MQrs, ya know! Please get your facts straight before you post a response!
One more thing... (sm)
Tell her if she is willing to travel, there are PLENTY of jobs for traveling coders.
I just had to add one thing (sm)
You need to stop thinking you are owed, whatever the situation may be.
Hard work does pay off and if you're working for the wrong people, there are many more out there. I've found a lot of "wrong people" in this business, LOL.
one more thing...sm
I suck at OP notes...does this matter? 
YOU ARE SO RIGHT - IT WAS THE BEST THING I EVER DID ALSO!
And I too heard from companies I didn't even know existed!
I was told by a couple of them that they don't post on this board because they received calls and resumes from people who did not read what the positions were for and it was a nightmare. They made requests for no overseas need apply and of course, overseas would call and apply. If it was a certain requirement, say 5+ years experience, newbies would apply. Just things like that.
same thing
This profession is going to hell in a hand basket.
The only thing I have to say is sm
why on earth would anyone stay with ANY company if they are treated so poorly? A good MT still has a whole lot of options. Assuming these complaints about SS, MQ, KS, Spheris, whatever company, are true, why do people continue to work for them?
one more thing
Go you for watching something that is hard to watch and for trying to inform yourself and others, please spread the word, what an idea to get this into schools, but probably will never happen. There are many videos out there that you can purchase for nominal fees and hold private showings for friends and family members, one person tells one person and so on, keep the information flowing!!!!
one more thing (sm)
If you are talking about disability insurance on your mortgage, credit account, etc. be very, very careful when you purchase it. Read the fine print on the contract. A friend of mine is terminal and had disability insurance on a number of her accounts. The one on her second mortgage is still paying. She had one on a credit card and those weasels charged her $15 every month for the insurance fee, paid $16 on the balance of her credit card each month, and then after a year said they were done paying! Read the fine print!!
My dad is going thru the same thing....
From what I was told he is having all checks made out to her estate and not him personally (he is the executor). She had some stocks ($2000-$3000). If the checks were made out to him he has to pay tax on them but if they are made out to my grandmother's estate then she is responsible but since she did not make enough money in 2005 there will be no taxes taken out. I may be wrong but that is my understanding of the situation.
VR may NOT be the Next Big Thing...
MedQuist has been trying for years to push VR on the hospital radiology department I transcribe for and they absolutely REFUSE to use it. MQ was always like "try it, you'll like it" and I believe they did try it one day and that was it. MQ finally gave up. So there is hope for us all yet!
My son did the same thing.
He was in football and really did well. Everyone in the family always talked about how great he was with football. Then he decided to quit one day. I was so disappointed because I knew he could have gotten a college scholarship. It is SO tough to be supportive of someone when you think they're making the wrong choice. My Dad got on my son's case about being a quitter and an underachiever. He really came down hard on him, so I had to defend my son. In defending my son, I changed my own thinking. I realized that although we give birth to these adorable little babies, they are their own person. They're going to do things that we would have done differently. What can you do? You can't impose your will upon them. We all have dreams for our children. However, their dreams are more important than our expectations of them.
My son just did the same thing...
to him and we all had to adjust our schedules to accommodate him and he just quit. This was going to be his senior year on the varsity team. Unfortunately, he did not participate in anything else for his whole high school career, so now he has no activities resume. You can't tell him anything though. He does do extremely well in school and takes several APs as well, but it was disappointing. He was going to try to get an internship with our local hospital, but of course, that never panned out. Now he works about 15 hours a week and hangs out the rest of the time. His attitude is getting really crappy too, but his father won't do a thing about it. He took his car the other night, but gave it back to him the next morning. Yeah...that really taught him a good lesson :(! He has been really frustrating me lately. He is a great kid and when he is good he is the best, but when he isn't, he is just unbearable. He's not into drugs or drinking or partying and is a homebody, so I guess I have no real complaints. Maybe it's me not handling his new "adultness." pheww....that was a vent and a half!
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