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20 Years in the MT Chair

The Inundation
September 2, 2008 9:27 AM by Renee Priest
It was not really the water level I was worrying about as I sat on the porch (once more half-listening to my husband pat himself on the back for having built our house 8 feet off the ground years ago) watching a record 30 inches of rain come down in one Read More...
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Hi-Ho Silver … Away!
August 15, 2008 12:14 PM by Renee Priest
I have worked Sunday through Thursday for years. It has become a routine that fits me comfortably, giving me a weekday off to run errands, take the in-laws to doctor visits, handle my husband's business. For that one day of my work week there is a lesser Read More...
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Hazard Pay
July 23, 2008 11:17 AM by Renee Priest
My first thought when the ear-shattering eruption of sound literally made my house shake (we live in a stilt home, 8 feet off the ground) was that if the next thing I heard was Bon Jovi warbling ..."wanted dead or alive," like he does for those crab fisherman Read More...
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Of Watermelon and Viagra
July 21, 2008 10:27 AM by Renee Priest
From the stunned look on the face of the presidential candidate (of a certain age) it was painfully apparent that the question about why Medicare pays for Viagra, but not a female drug of the same nature, was just about the last question in the world Read More...
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"TROTTS"
July 1, 2008 8:09 PM by Renee Priest
There is no way of getting around it, turn around times (TAT) are important to MTs, the QA staff, their service owners and clients. My first TATs were for what now seems like an amazingly long time of 24 hours from the moment a dictation was assigned Read More...
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I Love My Career
June 25, 2008 11:28 AM by Renee Priest
The day I started thinking of myself as a "real" MT was not the day I graduated from school (Seminole Community College's MT program); not when I started working as a part-time MT for a couple of orthopedic surgeons (one with a rather dramatic speech Read More...
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