I really enjoy helping others, especially sm
Posted By: CL on 2006-01-21
In Reply to: Wow!! - newgirlonblock
Subject: I really enjoy helping others, especially sm
MTs like you and NewbieMT who show a lot of promise.
To answer your questions, I majored in medical secretarial and got my AA in that. After that, it was tough finding a job with no experience, but I managed to get a great job at an ivy-league teaching hospital. I worked as a medical secretary in the outpatient department for 7 years and then decided I hated the "front line" with the phones, appointments, yelling patients, screaming doctors (and doing transcription as part of that job, too), that I branched off into transcription. So, in total, over 30 years. Even after all this time, I haven't forgotten how terrifying it was starting out, so I really feel for you guys.
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You're welcome. I really enjoy helping, sm
Subject: You're welcome. I really enjoy helping, sm
as it keeps me up on what's going around in the MT world.
I actually enjoy it when I can help out here!...sm
Subject: I actually enjoy it when I can help out here!...sm
It keeps me on my toes, espcially when the question may be an obscure one in a specialty I may not be doing at the present time. Okay, I have also seen some very basic, easily-referenced questions here at times and thought "did that MT actually even graduate their school or read their references?" but then we have built a strong, cohesive community here and it feels good to help.....don't we all have those "duh" moments when we are exhausted, busy, harried, and just need a hand? I hope we can all keep helping each other, but googlinng will never take the place of the rows and rows of Stedmans and Mosbys and Dorlands, etc., and continuing education credits. I do hope no MT short-changes his or her self by not searching out terms, it is a great way to sharpen your education and also your listening skills.
I actually enjoy
Subject: I actually enjoy
hearing a doc dictate "melanotic" once in awhile (yes, I change it to melenic)...it reminds me that they are not infallible & that no, I shouldn't believe everything they say or (especially) spell. I double-check constantly, & to me, having a doc spell something is MT for "look this up."
glad to help -- I really enjoy ..../sm
Subject: glad to help -- I really enjoy ..../sm
I really enjoy coming to this board, especially the word, drug and abbrev. forums. ... I like the challenge to see if I can figure things out, but I REALLY ENJOY learning new things from all the other posts!!!
Just a week or so ago, I had been on browsing the posts before signing on to work, and one of my first jobs came across a term that I had just been reading about here!
I predict you will enjoy it. (nm)
Subject: I predict you will enjoy it. (nm)
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Do you know about the medcompare.com? It is good also. Enjoy. nm
Subject: Do you know about the medcompare.com? It is good also. Enjoy. nm
Glad to help. Enjoy the link. nm
Subject: Glad to help. Enjoy the link. nm
I always enjoy reading your replies. Thanks for the info also!
Subject: I always enjoy reading your replies. Thanks for the info also!
MANY MANY thanks for helping.
Subject: MANY MANY thanks for helping.
Thank you for helping
Subject: Thank you for helping
Hi, thanks for helping. She is 30.
Subject: Hi, thanks for helping. She is 30.
Sorry, helping!
Subject: Sorry, helping!
nm
Thanks for helping!
Subject: Thanks for helping!
Thanks all!
ah ok thank you for always helping me
Subject: ah ok thank you for always helping me
That's it. Thank you very much for helping :)
Subject: That's it. Thank you very much for helping :)
Thanks for helping!
Subject: Thanks for helping!
Thanks for helping...nm
Subject: Thanks for helping...nm
Thanks for helping..nm
Subject: Thanks for helping..nm
Would anybody mind helping me. sm
Subject: Would anybody mind helping me. sm
I am doing a report and doc marked an area on the arm states "was demarcated in lines of ____, sounds like langar? Thank you so much. I appreciate all your help.
Sounds more like "a-RYE-tol" but thanks for helping so far!
Subject: Sounds more like "a-RYE-tol" but thanks for helping so far!
Thanks Txczech for always helping around here!
Subject: Thanks Txczech for always helping around here!
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We don't mind helping you!
Subject: We don't mind helping you!
Tympanic membranes are clear. No elicitable or spontaneous nystagmus is recognized.
Hey, we were all once in your shoes - it's okay!
MT50 - thanks for helping -
Subject: MT50 - thanks for helping -
I've never heard this - are you saying the rest is correct and would be written as 5 Hz resting tremor? Thanks.
You guys!! Thanks for helping!
Subject: You guys!! Thanks for helping!
Usually I work nights but I'm going to ask for a shift change because the MT Stars board is so much more active during the day! This newbie appreciates you taking the time to help.
It's Versed! Thank you both for helping me! :-))
Subject: It's Versed! Thank you both for helping me! :-))
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Okay, I'll leave as a value. Much thanks for helping.
Subject: Okay, I'll leave as a value. Much thanks for helping.
If I don't mind helping her, then you shouldn't either. sm
Subject: If I don't mind helping her, then you shouldn't either. sm
This MT shows promise, and a little mentoring won't hurt any of you, so relax. She's doing a great job on her own, and working hard, too.
If you all worked in a hospital setting, you would get this kind of help, too. I did, and I won't ever forget the help I received and how much I learned.
Just a helping thought - if you go to google
Subject: Just a helping thought - if you go to google
and type in "99-m diagnostic" google will question you with "99m" and provide you with technetium 99m. Ta dah! Double check to see if it is capped or not by going to a reputable website (i.e., mfr or such). Just a hint for future searches.
you're very welcome...helping keeps me awake! :) nm
Subject: you're very welcome...helping keeps me awake! :) nm
Not a question but a site for helping
Subject: Not a question but a site for helping
Not sure if anyone has found this site or not, www.mt-stuff.com. I stumbled upon it when looking up a word on Google and thought it might be helpful to some. There are samples of reports in the directory section of the menu plus other links. Might want to check it out.
Yes, it shows. Suggest helping yourself out sm
Subject: Yes, it shows. Suggest helping yourself out sm
by investing in some MT reference materials. It's much easier (and much, much faster) to look things up that way, and learn as you are researching. Also suggest your getting someone to mentor you 1 on 1. This job is tough enough!!
Are you the same Rebecca who was a surgical tech for 8 years?
I listened for that and I am pretty sure that is not it. Thank you for helping!
Subject: I listened for that and I am pretty sure that is not it. Thank you for helping!
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I usually try helping myself first to save egg on my face
Subject: I usually try helping myself first to save egg on my face
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Helping hand is one thing...
Subject: Helping hand is one thing...
but the questions I see being asked are indicative of a total beginning depending on training provided by the board.
It's inappropriate and unfair.
Thx. I am helping on new acct for holidays, and not doing too well :(
Subject: Thx. I am helping on new acct for holidays, and not doing too well :(
I think you are right, thanks MT50. You are all helping me so much today. nm
Subject: I think you are right, thanks MT50. You are all helping me so much today. nm
Was taking Naproxen and this is not helping. Please sm
Subject: Was taking Naproxen and this is not helping. Please sm
Was prescribed s/l A-lod-id and this did not agree with him. Patient has complaints of back and left leg pain. Thanks
Found it..Xolair. thx for helping :)
Subject: Found it..Xolair. thx for helping :)
Thanks for helping, TZ, I confirmed chain sutures.
Subject: Thanks for helping, TZ, I confirmed chain sutures.
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OB.. I am helping someone out while on vacation...we will do another pregnancy test....
Subject: OB.. I am helping someone out while on vacation...we will do another pregnancy test....
just to make sure she does not have a s/l glueto-phase pregnancy as she has had intercourse..thank you
Thanks for helping. Patient is in for metrorrhagia, if that helps.
Subject: Thanks for helping. Patient is in for metrorrhagia, if that helps.
Thanks for helping. Sorry I didn't have time to get back to thank you immediately. NM
Subject: Thanks for helping. Sorry I didn't have time to get back to thank you immediately. NM
Helping the offshore "MTs" with these basic terms they should know sm
Subject: Helping the offshore "MTs" with these basic terms they should know sm
will only mask how bad this situation is with their appalling ineptitude. (They have their own boards anyway.) We cannot help someone who cannot or will not help her/himself. These "MTs" can spend all their hard-earned money on reference books, take courses and go to lectures the way the rest of us have and can learn this very difficult work the hard way, LIKE WE DID. Hopefully, someday, these greedy MTSOs will see the errors of their ways, and we'll have our jobs back, we'll be able to pay our bills and feed, cloth, and house our families again.
I think it helps open up veins, thereby helping circulation. (nm)
Subject: I think it helps open up veins, thereby helping circulation. (nm)
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You're Welcome. Thought you might like to know for future reference since you were helping me.
Subject: You're Welcome. Thought you might like to know for future reference since you were helping me.
Trose, helping doesn't bother me and I did not mean to hurt your feelings. SM
Subject: Trose, helping doesn't bother me and I did not mean to hurt your feelings. SM
I try to teach the way I was taught, to do research and learn to find things because answers are not always available or correct on the Internet, and this way, you are more self-reliant. Please excuse my tone in the last post. It was not meant to hurt you at all.
I meant, "then you shouldn't mind my helping her, either." Geeze! nm
Subject: I meant, "then you shouldn't mind my helping her, either." Geeze! nm
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You need to ask your service for some of the docs samples. Will go a long way to helping you create
Subject: You need to ask your service for some of the docs samples. Will go a long way to helping you create
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yup! Getting a blank! He talks so darn fast too, and that is not helping. grrrr
Subject: yup! Getting a blank! He talks so darn fast too, and that is not helping. grrrr
Thanks both for helping. I finally was able to hear a very faint "ly" at the end of appropria
Subject: Thanks both for helping. I finally was able to hear a very faint "ly" at the end of appropriate.
Well said. I have always enjoyed helping people find answers and I have received a lot of good help
The most important thing is to learn how to do research and how to frame a question so that you can get a useful answer. If you learn how to get the answer and know it is correct, then you are on the way to doing a good job as an MT.
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