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Online support groups for MTs - Need to get Positive


Posted: May 08, 2014

Reading this site has confirmed what I already knew--that medical transcriptionists everywhere are being squeezed, cut, marginalized, denigrated, demoralized by the current trends in our industry.  

This has taken a major toll on my emotional, as well as financial health, as it has for many of you.  The lack of control we now experience in our work lives exacts a high price from us.  

With that said though, discussing all the minutia of what's wrong with our employer, dictators, etc. really is not that helpful to me.  MT has always been a lonely profession, but I would love to have the chance to talk to fellow American MTs, to encourage us who are struggling to keep our sanity in the midst of this.  I desperately want out of this profession, and I'd like to leave it with my mental health intact.   

Do you have any ideas? There might even be - IMANMT2

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grant money available if a not for profit was set up.

This is worth looking into. Informational videos on You Tube, forums, people sharing their experiences/pitfall in heading back to school or retraining.

People who have started their own businesses out of MT.

An MT e-mailed me once who sells a line of pet food and treats about her online business looking for support from her former peers.


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