Today I had some new orthopedic reports, at least that's what I think they were! Right now it's almost as if my brain is not working as quickly as my fingers are. I have the ability to type quicker than I have been but I have to stop and think about how to spell catheterization or arthroscopy. Oh, and did I mention that the expanders are picking and choosing which words it wants to remember?! So I have to type out the brief form and wait to see if it works. If it doesn't, then I have to go back and erase what I just wrote and start all over. Hopefully this will be fixed before too many people start to use it, Breena's working on it.

My progress was pretty slow today. I highly suggest that everyone makes sure they are comfortable in their setup (desk, chair, keyboard, etc.) before they start this internship. It's a lot of sitting.

I'm finding that I have some favorite doctors. When I hear them start talking, I find myself saying, "oh, hey Doc!" as if we're friends or something. I could really see someone thinking I'm going batty! They would walk in my house and see Hurricane Jack in the living room followed around by Tropical Storm Piko (our dog's name, it means bellybutton in Hawaiian) and me with my headphones on talking to the computer; often times making funny faces or trying out my southern accent to decide what the doctors are saying. It's a funny world we're entering, this transcription stuff.