So that's why I do that!!!! LOL... nm

• You know you're an MT when.... - finish this sentence
  • . - LGT
  • MT when - kh
  • text/IM messages have to be deciphered and analyzed - nee
  • you ask all your friends to email you rather than call. nm - txmt
  • After years of typing, you can no longer read your own handwriting. nm - wmx
  • you get irritated because you can't spell check your handwritten letters - me
  • You teach your 3 y/o daughter abdominal anatomy on the chart in the doc's ofc while waiting...nm - Oh yeah
  • you proofread all business letters you receive in the mail and have fits over the errors! LOL (nm) - Sandi
  • you don't really listen to people because you figure you'll - rewind them and listen later.
    • I actually asked my MD the other day do dictate his corrections instead of handwriting them in. - Yes!
  • You go to other internet boards and think everyone - from Montana is a medical transcriptionist.
    • I don't get it. Are you from Montana or something? - MT
      • LOL. - No.
        • MT is abbreviation for Montana - LOL
  • You talk about medical bloopers at a party - and you're the only one laughing - nm
  • dropping everything you pick up... - when things go flying out of your hands...
  • You know you are a transcriptionist - your keyboard has no letters on it!
  • You charge your kids to proof read their homework. - nm
    • Per line (nm) - Who me?
  • You start a letter to Norman - Dear Normal:
  • you cnanot spell unless you are typing or faking it in the air - dls
    • OMG...yep! Air typing!!! it's like - air guitar
  • When a friend asks how you are today you reply "Oh, I'm feeling within normal limits." - RadGuy
    • Or after a boring weekend when working at a hospital someone asks "How was your weekend?" and - answer "Uhhh, atraumatic." actually did thi
    • In no acute distress (NM) - Who me?
      • Mood and affect are normal - rofl at these
  • You know you're an MT when - sienna
  • this has to be my favorite post ever...keep 'em coming! ROFL...(no message) - MTbuster
  • You know when your 7-year-old can spell (and locate) the pancreas. nm - I knew
  • When you play Balderdash and can fool everyone with your definitions. - LOL
  • When someone says the pie you served is "exquisite" and in my mind - tigger
  • PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS - Ask your friends if they can spell this!
    • I can't even spell that! LOL - Sheeeeesh
    • Yikes!!! - LOL
  • When somebody states they got 'novocaine' at the dentist and you know its an archaic term. - Miss Know-It-All
  • Your own physician tells you that you know too much. nm - mlstoo
  • You're typing a recipe to email someone and put... - mix together in a large bowel. nm
  • OMG...these are hilarious...I think it's safe to say we all have - medical transcriptionosis?
  • you never type don't or can't but only do not and cannot etc...lol - silly ol me
  • And how about, "My turbinates are boggy" - omt
  • My favorite, but I'm stealing this one from awhile ago - omt
    • On the same theme, you've done so many ESLs that you can understand (& interpret for family or - Nyuk nyuk
  • When your family calls you wanting medical advice. - If you can spell it, you are as smart as the MD.
  • When you fall down a flight of steps and announce, "I have eccymosis over the lateral malleolus.& - Self diagnosed
    • Me too. - mtathome
  • You proof read signs and get irritated when there are mistakes. - NM
  • You correct others' spelling and get jumped on - nm
  • You spell it "hurricaine"...nm - MT2
    • So that's why I do that!!!! LOL... nm - perfectionist transcriptionist
  • ...your E-mails have to have proper English and punctuation. - I don't feel comfortable using LOL!
    • and you proof read IMs too - Not alone
  • Your son develops a rash and a fever and you swear he has Scarlet Fever! nm - Dancin Shoes
    • Glad I'm not the only one.. My kids have had cystic fibrosis, leukemia, mono, and bone cancer. - All in my imagination of course. nm
      • How about yourself? I type a report on some horrible disease and think "Hey, I think I have that. - Hypochondriacs R Us
        • I typed so many stomach cancer reports that I swore I had it. - tell me about it!
  • When your 5-y/o knows the location of his popliteal and antecubital fossae (nm) - MadamX
  • You ask your know-it-all friend if he can spell esophagogastroduodenoscopy. nm - T
    • Say "I'm having a MedQuist Moment" instead of "Maalox." - RadGuy
    • which your 6yo child can spell (& who loves to hit egdy for you - to see it expand) nm
  • Your emails don't make sense - cause of all the shortcuts!
    • LOL!!!!!!!! - I've nearly done this!
      • I do it contantly on Chat room, IMs - LOL
  • you actually use the word "grossly "in - a sentence
    • You know "prophylactic" doesn't necessarily mean condom. NM - Endiqua
      • You swear to never have another surgery sm - mlstoo
        • and you know the mistakes that happen - I am sworn off
  • You step on someone's foot to get them to repeat what they said if you didn't hear them the - JoH
    • people speak and you see the words spelled out in your mind... - poopie
    • Oh.. I Love that!!! ROTFLM.... lol.. nm - You all are hysterical!!
    • Very funny! (nm) - Who me?
  • typing pleural when you mean plural - How many times has this happened?
    • haven't done that one right in years - me too
  • You sit on the cough. :) - MT
    • The patient was prepped and raped...nm - MTsquared
      • that you do not use an expander when you work. - dead give away

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