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When we would do xrays, would have techs holding in position and talking to soothe and quiet them.

Posted By: OVT on 2006-05-29
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5 minutes to myself, quiet, a shower with quiet and no interuptions (never happens) and fresh air -
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Normal xrays would have a very low risk
of causing infertility these days. Years ago, things might have been different. On the Gardasil issue, the doctor does not have a right to force this on anyone.
Well, I was just trying to soothe
the "irritated"-sounding "Laurie".

I am behind the mom post all the way!

I thought someone else had taken one of MY posts wrong and was irritated by it -- because I was offering a little warm milk to soothe irritation!

I'm just happy with everybody except those being ugly! ROFL

Guess I'm anti-ugliness. ROFL

I've found it helps soothe the mania and keep me
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Don't need hand holding.
I don't expect them to hold my hand, but it would be nice if they at least pretended to be somewhat human! Compassion for another person's loss only takes a second to respond to.... as you said in your post. It only took a second right? Most of the time I am with you, I would rather NOT hear from them. But of course I sent an e-mail to tell her that I would be out for the funeral, she could have replied with a condolence. That's all I am saying. I think that's a bit of a problem with the world in general these days, no one even seems to have time to be kind. Thank you for your second to respond and give your condolence on my loss!
your holding the title!

First of all, I am sorry for your loss.


Second, how can he even say anything is owed since you have the title in your hand? 


Hope it all works out for the best.


I'm holding my breath!
I want Taylor to win so badly!!!!  He even looked adorable in that awful jacket he had on for his first song.  Can't wait to hear his last song--on the edge of my seat.  Breathe, breathe, breathe.  I think I may hyperventilate!
49-year-old female (and holding!)


Article on IRS holding refunds - sm
Any one ever have trouble with this?  It seems like every year they come up with some excuse to hold our refund....usually for 5 weeks past when it was due to be paid.  One time it was because they could not find my SE tax payments, they were looking under DH's SS#, not mine (really brillant there, 2 #s on the tax return but only check the main one); last year some trumped up thing about his ex-wife owing taxes and they wanted to make sure he was not liable (they had been divorced for 12 years at that point, and we had been married for 8), in-between these 2 excuses there was another one, though I cannot remember what it was now, in all cases except for last year they held our refund up for 5 or so weeks, last year it was supposed to be held for 3 weeks though they ended up holding it up only for about 10 days which surprised me quite a bit.  For some reason we get put on this "black list" every year, drives me nuts.  I have been audited 2 x too, though it was an internal audit at their end, all they did was send a bill, for which I knew I was at fault as I had failed to report some stuff my dad had in my name and he just would never get me the info I needed so I filed anyway without it, but it was relatively painless, though I wonder if that past error is now going to forever haunt me.  Anyone else have fun with tax time? 
Surprised they aren't holding it in India.
Why not?
Thank you - I think I have a bit to learn about shorthand - how about holding your bolded words when
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I would not be holding press conferences criticizing the government I want to help me find my
daughter nor offending the citizens of the country I wanted to support me.  She has clearly lost her mind and needs a spokesperson and she should vent to her husband not the world, although her vents and concerns are unfounded according to their attorney and the prosecuters.  They did not have EVIDENCE to keep these brothers.  No EVIDENCE.  What part of this doesn't Mrs. Twitty get.
Techs
When I worked for MQ on the new platform, it wouldn't connect. I called tech support and talked to a lady there. She asked me if my phone line was connected and I told her no, I had high-speed internet. She said "But is your phone line connected?" I told her again, no, I have cable. She said, and I am not kidding, "Do you have an adapter to connect your cable to the phone line?" Where do they get these people?
mammo techs
As much as you wish the tech would give you a hint, really you shouldn't take their word. These mammograms will be glanced at by the radiologists before you leave to be sure that they can SEE all the areas that they will need to study; however, they will be *reading* the mammo after you are gone (unless you are an extremely slow dresser LOL). The radiologists I worked for took their time and used magnifying glasses and really looked these things over. So I really doubt the tech is going to be able to give you any kind of reassurance.

If I were you I would just stress to the tech that you hope you can hear something ASAP. Maybe she'll relay that to the radiologist.

Good luck, I hope the lump is just a cyst or fibrous tissue. Keep us posted.
Pharm techs
Here's a link to the Bureau of Labor Statistics explaining what pharm techs do and the salary. (Note that it says some of their duties will be replaced by automated prescription-filling machines. LOL! It sees no one is immune!)

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos252.htm

For comparison, see the salary surveys for coders at www.aapc.com and www.advanceforhim.com.




Wait a minute, I'm not just talking about the boards, I'm talking about the news article.

Specifically,


"JLG has a contract with Arrendale Associates/ A+Network/CBay Scribe, which the group says is in India.
A letter from JLG to Barbara Dingman, chief compliance officer and director of health information management, says all medical transcriptionists assigned to the Medical Center Hospital account live in the U.S. and all work is done in America."


But yet they do business with Arrendale/A+/CBay, what am I missing here?


Did the techs say why? And do whole op notes really fit in the expander? nm
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Don't think techs will tip you off, but a word of caution - (sm)

Don't get scared needlessly if they want to "redo" any of the films.  That happened to me once, and the tech left the film up on the board where I was waiting and I saw this huge spot of light and I was absolutely sick worrying about it until I heard from my doctor.  It was normal, and several times since then they have have to "redo" some of the films.  Try not to worry, and be glad that you have doctors who ARE cautious and speed things through.


scary echo techs

  doc says "However, the patient was terminated by technician who felt the patient was becoming diaphoretic and having his symptomatology associated with shortness of breath."


 scribe types "However, the study was terminated by the technician who felt the patient was becoming diaphoretic and having symptoms associated with shortness of breath."


 


Good luck with the techs
I emailed a question last thursday and still haven't heard back.  Time to look elsewhere. Their platform is horrible.
So tired of these support-less techs at companies.

same ole answer- I don't know, not my job.  What is their job?   I can't work, I don't get answers, and it is their software.  First answer when I call the office is call support services.  Call support service and they say it is not their job.  Who it the sam $ell's job is it?  I can't work.


Guess these wonderful techs don't know that without us they have no job and it is possible to work without fancy programs with off the shelf software. 


 


I was told firmly by the Monrovia techs I had to have an XP computer for DQS, and that
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Ask the techs where you work. Probably software issue with their program. nm
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Is there a college in your area that offers training for x-ray techs?

If so, go to the college bookstore and check out the textbooks they have for the x-ray tech courses. There should be lots of good information there.


If you have any anatomy books, study them, not just the major bones, but the landmarks on the bones like the greater and lesser trochanter of the femur, tibial spines, things like that. Also study the muscles, tendons, and ligaments of the shoulders, wrists, knees, and ankles. MRIs cover a lot of that.


There are a lot of online anatomy sites if you don't have any books of your own, or you can check with your local library.


 Good luck! Radiology is a great field. I love it.


Emergency question for brilliant computers techs. sm
I just had a weird experience with my computer.  The screen looked like it was shaking.  I thought it was in Word at first, but the desktop was doing this also.  It was like a wavy line was going down the screen, part of it would jump a little bit, then below it some more would jump.  It was almost like a wave pattern to the side, I could see the edges of the screen moving in and out.  I thought I saw this yesterday once or twice, but decided it was my eyes.  It wasn't, this was definitely real.  It lasted for approximately a minute.  Is this something to worry about?  TIA. 
True! Computer techs are all foreign. Used to be a good-
still have a tech job are usuallyh IC's, with no job security and no benefits. Lots of computer and microchip manufacturing jobs, that spawned the 'Silicon Valley' in California have gone offshore. Now even radiologists have to worry about their jobs, as some places send the x-rays digitally to Philippines to be read.

What I'd like to know is.... What exactly is going to be LEFT in the United States for US to do? Gas station attendant? Nope... most are self-serve, unless you live in Oregon. Wal-Mart Greeter? Hmm... not old enough (or retired enough) for that. Farm worker? Nope. Mexicans have cornered that market. Waitress? Nope. Lots of eat-in restaurants going belly-up these days. Typesetter? Nope. Newspapers are going extinct. Web designer? Nope. Most people can design their own nowadays. Retail? Same as the restaurants. Teacher? Whoa - talk about an underpaid profession! Nurse? Another underpaid one. Not a good choice for us work-at-home recluses. Truck driver? One of the few jobs where they need people, but to make ends meet these days you have to pretty much live in your truck. Flight attendant? Not a good choice for us recluses who hate to fly. Rap artist? Pretty saturated field. Hair stylist? I don't even comb my OWN hair most of the time, and haven't cut it in years. So I'd be pretty useless unless someone with long hair wanted a French braid. Chef or short-order cook? Not if you only cook TV dinners. (Does that count as cooking?) Dog-walker? Nah - I'm a cat-person. Bike-messenger? In my town, most of em don't live very long. You never see middle-aged bike messengers. Taxi-driver? Nope - the Sikhs have cornered that market. Executive secretary? (What? Go back to wearing heels and pantyhose? NEVER!)
I'm talking about MT school, not K-12, which is where I learned most of what you are talking abou
My clients DO NOT LIKE IT when I correct their wrong crap - did you actually read what I said?
I'm not talking about ignorant as in grammar or spelling. I'm talking about sm
ignorant in general.
The Dictaphone techs are usually great at problem solving. Have they been contacted?? nm
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Techs aren't supposed to tell you anything as they are not doctors, but occasionally you'll fi
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Ask the ShortHand techs. They've always responded back very promptly to my
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Vista is still too buggy & not "friendly." Techs not familiar with it yet. And lots of
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Computer techs - I want to add undo, redo, and repeat to my IE toolbar which are not listed as an

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If your SH copy is a legit purchase, ask the techs at their site. They gave me stepbystep instructio
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But I do know myself. I am quiet and keep to myself

tragedy.  So I'm pretty sure I'd look WITHIN and gather strength and then focus that on my kids and getting them through school.  Plus I'd need to so some weight losing/revamping to go looking for another man!


But the "traumatic amputation" thing.  I just posted about that the other day on another board, saying my aunt told me when my uncle died it was not like a death, it was like an amputation, because they were so close.  Just wondered if you picked that up from there.


It's quiet to me!
I get up way earlier than my husband and our bedroom is right across the hall from my office. He never hears me typing! And the 3 choices of backlighting is awesome! I love the Saitek!! I've had it almost a year and will say the N and D key have white blotches over the letters, but hey, I know what they are! That's the ONLY drawback to this keyboard that I can find. I will always have one!
quiet
Conjunctivae, not conjunctivas
quiet
Anterior chamber is quiet? Could it be: Conjunctivae clear, sclerae anicteric, anterior chamber is quiet?
He has been really quiet
for like 2 or 3 days
I think most MTs like quiet

and solitude and are more introverted than extroverted.  Most people don't understand the nature of the job and the skill set it requires along with the personality.  We are not librarians but we have to have the aptitude and the research skills that most librarians have along with a desire for knowledge and understanding of medicine.  People who have to be around people all the time naturally would think people who worked from home and actually liked it were odd. Just look at all the people looking for jobs they can do at home these days. Most people think jobs from home are scams.  MT is a legitimate job and for some quite lucrative.  No one has it easy these days with the job market the way it is so maybe some people only wish they had MT skills and get frustrated because they are stuck and have to play the people game every day.


I have been there -just say "I'm so sorry" and stay quiet.
a cooked meal sounds great!!! A good time to do that is after the hoopla has died down and she is faced with emptiness. That is when most people think you should be *over it* - she won't ever be. If you are a close friend, send her a card on the child's next birthday and on the 1st anniversary of his/her death. The mother will love you for it. Mention the child in conversation whenever you can, but don't force it.

and p.s., you are entitled to your own feelings, so gripe about anything you want!
Transcribe it and keep quiet. sm
We're professionals. We do our job and we keep any info learned to ourselves. I've even typed reports on family members. Never disclose any info you learn as a part of your job.
You lucked out is all if it was quiet....sm

But most MDs dictate near the unit stations where the nurses and other people are talking loud and seemingly don't care that there is an MD there trying to dictate.


I STILL work for MQ (only on weekends for 9 years and work privately during the week).  They quit the *cesspool* stuff and have given us all 3 accounts (possibly more for other people).  I sometimes do get a 4th account if all my 3 others are done.


Have a good one!!! 


what if your environment is quiet?
anyone have suggestions for headphones that provide the best sound optimization and clarity? i work at home alone in the office in my basement, so i hear nothing from outside and don't have anyone home making noise.
Some just can't be quiet and have to ruin it for others.
I agree.
Just keep quiet. You are griping and complaining. nm
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Need a quiet place to work without .

Trying to avoid interruptions in the home.:)  Any of you work from an added room or trailer that you turned into an office?  Closing the door is not an option.  Would need to actually leave the house even if it is to go to a room added on or to a camper in the yard.  Wondering if others have done the same thing.   I saw in the paper where a company rents out an office for a day, a week, or however long you need it for.  Wondering if that would be worth it just to have the chance to work in peace.


 


Yep, very very quiet town. Not much happening there
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Just 3 words: "David, be quiet."

And then you just walk away or change the subject to something like, "DO I SMELL SMOKE?!!


I'm actually thinking "David, shut up." But that not only is not nice, I'm sure there is a "go to hell" card in his "Meet My New Religion" game for that expression.


Goooooood luck


And don't get married because you're going to fry in hell if you don't. Trust me, it only makes more laundry and dishes.


Merry Christmas!!!


lol. If she is quiet during the night, be thankful for that.
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Bose Quiet Comfort 2 - now they have a new
version which supposedly is even better - QC3. They are AMAZING. They do block out background noise, though its subtle. And the clarity is amazing! I can hear what the doctor is thinking!