| [~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Saturday, June 06, 2009 11:13:21 AM | |
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Hi Gang.... Doing yard work today,,,,, Its nice and sunny outside,,
Planting more stuff in the garden..
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
MG~
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| [ron h] Saturday, June 06, 2009 6:20:59 AM | |
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Good morning Board...for those of you that can get this...
JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing will appear this Saturday, June 6th, on the
Hard Rock Nights radio program on WMWX-FM Cincinnati, streaming on-line at
classxradio.com.
The program airs at 9 PM (EDT) every Saturday. Downing will discuss Judas
Priest’s upcoming tour, the new live album, their last studio album,
Nostradamus, and other bands playing Priest songs.
Judas Priest is preparing to hit the road with WHITESNAKE for a summer tour, in
which they will perform their classic British Steel album from beginning to end.
The band is also releasing a new live album in July, A Touch Of Evil: Live,
featuring a number of songs that have never before been officially available in
a live context.
Hard Rock Nights features the best hard rock from the past four decades and can
be heard every Saturday night at 9 PM (EDT) on classxradio.com. |
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, June 05, 2009 9:44:05 PM | |
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Thanks. It is tomorrow! G'night!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ~ MG_Metalgoddess~ from Friday, June 05, 2009 9:02:33 PM)| |  | ~ MG_Metalgoddess~ wrote: | | Well goodnite... Good luck Guido on your hockey!
Nite Metal Family.
MG~ |
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| [Metallark] Friday, June 05, 2009 9:38:44 PM | |
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HRMG...I would love a copy of that article you mentioned.
I may anonymously post it in ER (lol). Better yet, I'll see if maybe I can get it mentioned in the hospital newsletter. Our micro department worked their tails off during the swine scare. The phones were constantly ringing with inquiries from both the public and physicians. Micro was awesome in how they responded.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Friday, June 05, 2009 11:27:15 AM)| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | I don't really see MT's getting the credit we deserve because we are never seen by the public. The only lab people that the public sees are the phlebotomists. Unfortunately, a lot of people believe that the phlebs are the ones running the tests too. And the tests, well, you just stick the tube in the instrument and walk over to the printer and report the result - what's so hard about that? LMAO. Yeah, right... no interpretation necessary. Doesn't help when TV shows like ER cut us down. In Micro, we still laugh about the episode when George Clooney gets pissed at the lab for not testing the spinal fluid for Cryptococcus and does the india ink himself and finds it in the first field!!! RIGHT!! Most docs can't even USE a microscope!
And don't even get me started on ER blaming the lab for stuff. One time the ER tried to blame us for not having the Group A Strep done on this patient and it was collected over an hour ago and she screams at me, "What's wrong with you down there?" Told her I can't run a test on a specimen that I don't have! Well, then suddenly the swab is HAND DELIVERED to us from ER and I was told that it was laying on the patients table the whole time. When the RN tried to blame the lab, the parents said, "Are you talking about that throat swab right there?" There are just too many stories just like that.
MT's did have a nice write up recently as the unsung heroes due to the Swine Flu "outbreak". I'll forward it to you if you want. Maybe if we get more exposer like that, then things will change! I really enjoy my job and am very proud of what I do because I know that without us, doctors couldn't make the correct diagnosis. It's just frustrating when you are treated like you don't know anything even though you have a bachelors degree.
| | | Metallark wrote: | | A small world....cool to see other med techs about on this site. Now if we can just get the medical profession to give us our due as professionals instead of tagging us as support services. Hah!... a song title....MT Meltdown (lol).
Whoops! Wrong thread. I need to go to "something pissing you off thread"....eeeeeh!
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | Wow, it's a small world! I've been a med tech for 16 years. Worked most of them in micro. Then when we started doing PCR, I moved to the molecular lab to do infectious disease testing. I get to do lots of cool new stuff and help companies validate their new tests. It makes this lab rat VERY happy  !
Good luck on the job hunt Becks!!
| | | Metallark wrote: | | So your a lab rat too?
I've been a med tech for 18 years....(aka...mad scientist) lol
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL only thing I've been kidnapped by is job hunting LOL! A fixed term (maternity leave) job in the microbiology lab where I work has come up so I've emailed the manager asking to meet him etc. I'm trying to put myself out there as much as possible - all I want is a chance to do what I really want to do - practical science work!
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| [~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Friday, June 05, 2009 9:02:33 PM | |
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Well goodnite... Good luck Guido on your hockey!
Nite Metal Family.
MG~ |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 05, 2009 4:54:08 PM | |
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Morning everyone!
LOL Justin, if only it was that easy. I've been sick for the last 2 weeks, still running my own snot factory here, it's awful. I'm sick to death of being sick! LOL!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Justin Kenny from Friday, June 05, 2009 12:17:23 PM)| | | Justin Kenny wrote: | | | The moral to all of this? As my grandmother always used to say: "...don't get sick." |
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| [Justin Kenny] Friday, June 05, 2009 12:17:23 PM | |
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| The moral to all of this? As my grandmother always used to say: "...don't get sick." |
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| [HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Friday, June 05, 2009 11:27:15 AM | |
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I don't really see MT's getting the credit we deserve because we are never seen by the public. The only lab people that the public sees are the phlebotomists. Unfortunately, a lot of people believe that the phlebs are the ones running the tests too. And the tests, well, you just stick the tube in the instrument and walk over to the printer and report the result - what's so hard about that? LMAO. Yeah, right... no interpretation necessary. Doesn't help when TV shows like ER cut us down. In Micro, we still laugh about the episode when George Clooney gets pissed at the lab for not testing the spinal fluid for Cryptococcus and does the india ink himself and finds it in the first field!!! RIGHT!! Most docs can't even USE a microscope!
And don't even get me started on ER blaming the lab for stuff. One time the ER tried to blame us for not having the Group A Strep done on this patient and it was collected over an hour ago and she screams at me, "What's wrong with you down there?" Told her I can't run a test on a specimen that I don't have! Well, then suddenly the swab is HAND DELIVERED to us from ER and I was told that it was laying on the patients table the whole time. When the RN tried to blame the lab, the parents said, "Are you talking about that throat swab right there?" There are just too many stories just like that.
MT's did have a nice write up recently as the unsung heroes due to the Swine Flu "outbreak". I'll forward it to you if you want. Maybe if we get more exposer like that, then things will change! I really enjoy my job and am very proud of what I do because I know that without us, doctors couldn't make the correct diagnosis. It's just frustrating when you are treated like you don't know anything even though you have a bachelors degree.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Metallark from Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:08:03 PM)| | | Metallark wrote: | | A small world....cool to see other med techs about on this site. Now if we can just get the medical profession to give us our due as professionals instead of tagging us as support services. Hah!... a song title....MT Meltdown (lol).
Whoops! Wrong thread. I need to go to "something pissing you off thread"....eeeeeh!
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | Wow, it's a small world! I've been a med tech for 16 years. Worked most of them in micro. Then when we started doing PCR, I moved to the molecular lab to do infectious disease testing. I get to do lots of cool new stuff and help companies validate their new tests. It makes this lab rat VERY happy !
Good luck on the job hunt Becks!!
| | | Metallark wrote: | | So your a lab rat too?
I've been a med tech for 18 years....(aka...mad scientist) lol
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL only thing I've been kidnapped by is job hunting LOL! A fixed term (maternity leave) job in the microbiology lab where I work has come up so I've emailed the manager asking to meet him etc. I'm trying to put myself out there as much as possible - all I want is a chance to do what I really want to do - practical science work!
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| [scorpion01] Friday, June 05, 2009 9:04:07 AM | |
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AS CHICAGO ONCE SANG: IT'S JUST ANOTHER RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK CITY. IT'S RAINED LIKE 10 OF THE LAST 12 DAYS. SHOULD BE A SUNNY WEEKEND THOUGH. |
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| [Head banger] Friday, June 05, 2009 7:26:12 AM | |
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| Happy Friday one and all! |
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| [ron h] Friday, June 05, 2009 7:03:59 AM | |
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Good morning/Day to everyone in Priestland...and Jane, if your out there...Happy Birthday!!! 
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| [guidogodoy] Thursday, June 04, 2009 10:17:29 PM | |
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It is a real problem here in rural America. First is that there really ARE no doctors (last time I was really sick it took two weeks to get an appt) and the local hospital is just really small and slow. No great backup in terms of doctors and those few that do work at the local hospital are not "top of the line" by a longshot. Anything beyond a bandaid and they usually just try to stabilize and medivac the person out to Memphis or Nashville. That meningitis case was just one of many and, sadly, will hurt an already crippled hospital (no pun intended) as the parents are probably going to win a substantial amount of $.
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| [spapad] Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:54:20 PM | |
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You know, I understand that ER's are sometimes overwhelmed, but in that case they need to call people in instead of looking at us all like cattle they don't really care about. I know there are alot of medicaid cases that come to the ER because the mom or dad wont take off work to take the child to a regular Dr. and those cases backlog the ER, but to let someone die from misdiagnoses because you cant be bothered or the attending Dr. can't be bothered to call for the appropriate tests is insane! WTF! A child comes into the ER with no past history and an acute altered mental status! That should call for a CT and spinal tap if she has fever! INSANE!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:11:33 PM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sadly, I can vouch for THAT one. ERs do, indeed, suck! Slower than frozen molasses.
Local one I just visited is being sued now because of a girl who showed up with meningitis. They made her wait forever and a day and then mis-diagnosed her as psychotic. Gave her some meds and strapped her to a bed where she died. Sad.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Labs have to be run in a rather expediant matter. Otherwise the sample is comprimised.
The ER's are notorisiously slow. Unless you have a serious injury your going to sit in the waiting room half the day and then lay on an exam table for about 5 more hours.
I once had a friend who stuck his hand through a window with serious cuts and he waited in the emergency room for 12 hours with his hand soaking in Betadine.
I put my arm through a window on a fall one time and I was seen pretty quick and sewed up quick because one of my cuts was very close to a major artery.
Go figure. I was not bleeding to death, but my cuts were bad. 44 stiches to put me back together, but I was in probably in less pain than others in the ER. Glad they worked on me quick, but I think about people who die in the ER waiting room because they failed to convince the triage nurse of the seriousness of their condition.
ER's suck.
| | | Metallark wrote: | | Yes! Also, when you are in the ER (for god knows how long) watch the docs blame lab for the long wait. I had a family member in the ER a few months back. I had some friends in the lab and they clued me in my wife's lab tests were all ok. Two hours later I listened to the doc state they were still waiting on the labs.
The rule of thumb is 95% of labs ordered in ER are back within 60 t0 90 minutes. 75% are between 45-60 minutes. Occasionally there are exceptions but for the most part that holds true. If they tell you otherwise they are feeding you a line of dung. We bust our asses to get those to ER so don't believe a word. It's the standard of care.
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| [Becks] Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:43:27 PM | |
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That is very sad, Guido. Meningitis is far to often misdiagnosed, usually as the flu, never heard of anyone being misdiagnosed as psychotic! That's an enormous mistake. How awful for her family.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:11:33 PM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sadly, I can vouch for THAT one. ERs do, indeed, suck! Slower than frozen molasses.
Local one I just visited is being sued now because of a girl who showed up with meningitis. They made her wait forever and a day and then mis-diagnosed her as psychotic. Gave her some meds and strapped her to a bed where she died. Sad.
| | | spapad wrote: | | Labs have to be run in a rather expediant matter. Otherwise the sample is comprimised.
The ER's are notorisiously slow. Unless you have a serious injury your going to sit in the waiting room half the day and then lay on an exam table for about 5 more hours.
I once had a friend who stuck his hand through a window with serious cuts and he waited in the emergency room for 12 hours with his hand soaking in Betadine.
I put my arm through a window on a fall one time and I was seen pretty quick and sewed up quick because one of my cuts was very close to a major artery.
Go figure. I was not bleeding to death, but my cuts were bad. 44 stiches to put me back together, but I was in probably in less pain than others in the ER. Glad they worked on me quick, but I think about people who die in the ER waiting room because they failed to convince the triage nurse of the seriousness of their condition.
ER's suck.
| | | Metallark wrote: | | Yes! Also, when you are in the ER (for god knows how long) watch the docs blame lab for the long wait. I had a family member in the ER a few months back. I had some friends in the lab and they clued me in my wife's lab tests were all ok. Two hours later I listened to the doc state they were still waiting on the labs.
The rule of thumb is 95% of labs ordered in ER are back within 60 t0 90 minutes. 75% are between 45-60 minutes. Occasionally there are exceptions but for the most part that holds true. If they tell you otherwise they are feeding you a line of dung. We bust our asses to get those to ER so don't believe a word. It's the standard of care.
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| [guidogodoy] Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:11:33 PM | |
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Sadly, I can vouch for THAT one. ERs do, indeed, suck! Slower than frozen molasses.
Local one I just visited is being sued now because of a girl who showed up with meningitis. They made her wait forever and a day and then mis-diagnosed her as psychotic. Gave her some meds and strapped her to a bed where she died. Sad.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:06:21 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | Labs have to be run in a rather expediant matter. Otherwise the sample is comprimised.
The ER's are notorisiously slow. Unless you have a serious injury your going to sit in the waiting room half the day and then lay on an exam table for about 5 more hours.
I once had a friend who stuck his hand through a window with serious cuts and he waited in the emergency room for 12 hours with his hand soaking in Betadine.
I put my arm through a window on a fall one time and I was seen pretty quick and sewed up quick because one of my cuts was very close to a major artery.
Go figure. I was not bleeding to death, but my cuts were bad. 44 stiches to put me back together, but I was in probably in less pain than others in the ER. Glad they worked on me quick, but I think about people who die in the ER waiting room because they failed to convince the triage nurse of the seriousness of their condition.
ER's suck.
| | | Metallark wrote: | | Yes! Also, when you are in the ER (for god knows how long) watch the docs blame lab for the long wait. I had a family member in the ER a few months back. I had some friends in the lab and they clued me in my wife's lab tests were all ok. Two hours later I listened to the doc state they were still waiting on the labs.
The rule of thumb is 95% of labs ordered in ER are back within 60 t0 90 minutes. 75% are between 45-60 minutes. Occasionally there are exceptions but for the most part that holds true. If they tell you otherwise they are feeding you a line of dung. We bust our asses to get those to ER so don't believe a word. It's the standard of care.
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| [spapad] Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:06:21 PM | |
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Labs have to be run in a rather expediant matter. Otherwise the sample is comprimised.
The ER's are notorisiously slow. Unless you have a serious injury your going to sit in the waiting room half the day and then lay on an exam table for about 5 more hours.
I once had a friend who stuck his hand through a window with serious cuts and he waited in the emergency room for 12 hours with his hand soaking in Betadine.
I put my arm through a window on a fall one time and I was seen pretty quick and sewed up quick because one of my cuts was very close to a major artery.
Go figure. I was not bleeding to death, but my cuts were bad. 44 stiches to put me back together, but I was in probably in less pain than others in the ER. Glad they worked on me quick, but I think about people who die in the ER waiting room because they failed to convince the triage nurse of the seriousness of their condition.
ER's suck.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Metallark from Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:26:29 PM)| | | Metallark wrote: | | Yes! Also, when you are in the ER (for god knows how long) watch the docs blame lab for the long wait. I had a family member in the ER a few months back. I had some friends in the lab and they clued me in my wife's lab tests were all ok. Two hours later I listened to the doc state they were still waiting on the labs.
The rule of thumb is 95% of labs ordered in ER are back within 60 t0 90 minutes. 75% are between 45-60 minutes. Occasionally there are exceptions but for the most part that holds true. If they tell you otherwise they are feeding you a line of dung. We bust our asses to get those to ER so don't believe a word. It's the standard of care.
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| [spapad] Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:57:14 PM | |
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Enjoy what is left of Harper's Island because it is on the chopping block for next season, along with, shudder the thougt, "My Name is Earl", I really liked that show!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by ~ MG_Metalgoddess~ from Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:12:24 PM)| | | ~ MG_Metalgoddess~ wrote: | | Yes and then the DR charges 60.00 every 20 minutes,,,, Geesh,,
Well Iam off to Ice the knee, and watch Harpers Island have a great nite everyone.
MG~
| | | spapad wrote: | | If we didn't have med lab people who would conduct all the proper tests for the Dr. to read? Surely NOT the Dr. he does as little as possible. LOL
| | | Becks wrote: | | I agree with you Metallark, it's about time those who work in the lab part of the medical field get the recognition they deserve! Even at uni the people studying med lab science get put down by those who get into dental/medical/pharmacy school. It's not right.
| | | Metallark wrote: | | Becks...My earlier comments were directed at the lack of recognition for MT's and lab professionals. There seems to be a focus on other medical disciplines. I' was only saying we should have our turn too.
Lab work is very rewarding and worth pursuing. It is not a lame dream. It is a great one. Like I said I have been doing it for 18 years and have no regrets. It is a fact that 80% of all treatments and diagnoses are based on lab results. We make a difference. It's what keeps me going. Your positive outlook and enthusiasm will drive your success.
Here's to seeing you live your dream and best of luck.
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL Metallark and HRMG, yeah trying to get in to the lab field, it's hard to break in to though which sucks, even with a degree etc. I'm trying though cos it's what I really want to do, and I don't want to give up on my dream (may sound like a lame dream but it's honestly what I want). Waiting to hear back from the lab manager, if I don't hear back by this afternoon I will call him LOL! Really trying to put myself out there for this job so yeah 
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | Wow, it's a small world! I've been a med tech for 16 years. Worked most of them in micro. Then when we started doing PCR, I moved to the molecular lab to do infectious disease testing. I get to do lots of cool new stuff and help companies validate their new tests. It makes this lab rat VERY happy !
Good luck on the job hunt Becks!!
| | | Metallark wrote: | | So your a lab rat too?
I've been a med tech for 18 years....(aka...mad scientist) lol
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL only thing I've been kidnapped by is job hunting LOL! A fixed term (maternity leave) job in the microbiology lab where I work has come up so I've emailed the manager asking to meet him etc. I'm trying to put myself out there as much as possible - all I want is a chance to do what I really want to do - practical science work!
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| [Metallark] Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:26:29 PM | |
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Yes! Also, when you are in the ER (for god knows how long) watch the docs blame lab for the long wait. I had a family member in the ER a few months back. I had some friends in the lab and they clued me in my wife's lab tests were all ok. Two hours later I listened to the doc state they were still waiting on the labs.
The rule of thumb is 95% of labs ordered in ER are back within 60 t0 90 minutes. 75% are between 45-60 minutes. Occasionally there are exceptions but for the most part that holds true. If they tell you otherwise they are feeding you a line of dung. We bust our asses to get those to ER so don't believe a word. It's the standard of care.
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| [~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:12:24 PM | |
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Yes and then the DR charges 60.00 every 20 minutes,,,, Geesh,,
Well Iam off to Ice the knee, and watch Harpers Island have a great nite everyone.
MG~
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Thursday, June 04, 2009 7:45:44 PM)| | | spapad wrote: | | If we didn't have med lab people who would conduct all the proper tests for the Dr. to read? Surely NOT the Dr. he does as little as possible. LOL
| | | Becks wrote: | | I agree with you Metallark, it's about time those who work in the lab part of the medical field get the recognition they deserve! Even at uni the people studying med lab science get put down by those who get into dental/medical/pharmacy school. It's not right.
| | | Metallark wrote: | | Becks...My earlier comments were directed at the lack of recognition for MT's and lab professionals. There seems to be a focus on other medical disciplines. I' was only saying we should have our turn too.
Lab work is very rewarding and worth pursuing. It is not a lame dream. It is a great one. Like I said I have been doing it for 18 years and have no regrets. It is a fact that 80% of all treatments and diagnoses are based on lab results. We make a difference. It's what keeps me going. Your positive outlook and enthusiasm will drive your success.
Here's to seeing you live your dream and best of luck.
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL Metallark and HRMG, yeah trying to get in to the lab field, it's hard to break in to though which sucks, even with a degree etc. I'm trying though cos it's what I really want to do, and I don't want to give up on my dream (may sound like a lame dream but it's honestly what I want). Waiting to hear back from the lab manager, if I don't hear back by this afternoon I will call him LOL! Really trying to put myself out there for this job so yeah
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | Wow, it's a small world! I've been a med tech for 16 years. Worked most of them in micro. Then when we started doing PCR, I moved to the molecular lab to do infectious disease testing. I get to do lots of cool new stuff and help companies validate their new tests. It makes this lab rat VERY happy !
Good luck on the job hunt Becks!!
| | | Metallark wrote: | | So your a lab rat too?
I've been a med tech for 18 years....(aka...mad scientist) lol
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL only thing I've been kidnapped by is job hunting LOL! A fixed term (maternity leave) job in the microbiology lab where I work has come up so I've emailed the manager asking to meet him etc. I'm trying to put myself out there as much as possible - all I want is a chance to do what I really want to do - practical science work!
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| [spapad] Thursday, June 04, 2009 7:45:44 PM | |
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If we didn't have med lab people who would conduct all the proper tests for the Dr. to read? Surely NOT the Dr. he does as little as possible. LOL
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Thursday, June 04, 2009 7:22:17 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | I agree with you Metallark, it's about time those who work in the lab part of the medical field get the recognition they deserve! Even at uni the people studying med lab science get put down by those who get into dental/medical/pharmacy school. It's not right.
| | | Metallark wrote: | | Becks...My earlier comments were directed at the lack of recognition for MT's and lab professionals. There seems to be a focus on other medical disciplines. I' was only saying we should have our turn too.
Lab work is very rewarding and worth pursuing. It is not a lame dream. It is a great one. Like I said I have been doing it for 18 years and have no regrets. It is a fact that 80% of all treatments and diagnoses are based on lab results. We make a difference. It's what keeps me going. Your positive outlook and enthusiasm will drive your success.
Here's to seeing you live your dream and best of luck.
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL Metallark and HRMG, yeah trying to get in to the lab field, it's hard to break in to though which sucks, even with a degree etc. I'm trying though cos it's what I really want to do, and I don't want to give up on my dream (may sound like a lame dream but it's honestly what I want). Waiting to hear back from the lab manager, if I don't hear back by this afternoon I will call him LOL! Really trying to put myself out there for this job so yeah
| | | HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote: | | Wow, it's a small world! I've been a med tech for 16 years. Worked most of them in micro. Then when we started doing PCR, I moved to the molecular lab to do infectious disease testing. I get to do lots of cool new stuff and help companies validate their new tests. It makes this lab rat VERY happy !
Good luck on the job hunt Becks!!
| | | Metallark wrote: | | So your a lab rat too?
I've been a med tech for 18 years....(aka...mad scientist) lol
| | | Becks wrote: | | LOL only thing I've been kidnapped by is job hunting LOL! A fixed term (maternity leave) job in the microbiology lab where I work has come up so I've emailed the manager asking to meet him etc. I'm trying to put myself out there as much as possible - all I want is a chance to do what I really want to do - practical science work!
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