u/FranksWifi1

Some days I really love this job... some days it's the bane of my existence and I'm rethinking my entire life's choices.

Anyone who is looking to get in to make a quick buck... prepare yourselves. There's always going to be a week where everyone goes over their scheduled deposition time (and into your editing transcript time), everyone orders the 100-plus-page transcript, a rush, bad audio, choppy spoken word, the witness rambles and goes into page-long responses, crappy attorneys and poorly-asked questions leading to back-to-back confusion, hours on the phone with support because your software is acting strange. You're out of juice mentally and physically, so you just want to relax, but the transcripts are piling up and they're asking when it will be turned in.

I'm looking forward to the next fat check and the week I'm going to take off to recharge.

That was all. :)

Recent labs show my TSH being a 9.8... no wonder I've felt crazy! I have no thyroid and recently switched from brand to generic Tirosint (still levo, just without all the other junk they put in it). I saw an endo years ago who lowered my dose because of my weight loss, and that's when things started going downhill. Hoping my current doctor can get me back on track.

Anyone else on generic Tirosint who has noticed higher TSH?

Where is everyone going to for CE credits? I need 10 hours in my state. Most of the courses I'm seeing are $199 for 10 hours, or $100-$150 for less hours. I'm not looking for free, but something that's actually worth my time and money to take and meet requirements.

I had two cavities filled on the upper left side of my mouth about a month ago, and then I had another on the bottom right filled a week after the first two. It has been 3-4 weeks since those fillings, and my mouth is in a lot of pain when eating or drinking hot or cold things.

Should I still have this much sensitivity after those fillings 3-4 weeks later?

Do all hotels in the area suck? They have glowing reviews until you read the lowest ones and then you learn the real story. I get people can be nasty in their reviews, but some of them are really concerning. Had to cancel my reservation for this weekend, so I am looking for another spot under $250 for a night.

Where is a good, clean, reasonably priced place to stay?

ETA: We're attending an event at EXIT/IN, so within walking distance of there is preferred.

To everyone saying, "Don't listen to the bad reviews," how can you not when they ALL say the same thing? There's clearly a pattern and it's important to take into consideration before dropping almost $500 for a bad time. If you had the interaction I did with the front desk rep, you would also be concerned (at least I'd think so). The negative reviews mention this specific individual and how valet damages vehicles and doesn't accept liability for doing so. I consider myself a reasonable person, but I refuse to be treated with disrespect because someone thinks it's okay to treat people like that.

Also, reviews that mention bed bugs (Hyatt House) is a heck no.

I have stayed several places in Nashville before without issue. The Lofts at 30 are lovely. There are some other townhome rentals that were great. The Hampton Inn on the main stretch is awesome. I am simply going off of reviews and trying to find somewhere off of or near Elliston.

Please enlighten me with your stories of having an incompetent witness.

Scoping this transcript is worst than pulling out teeth. The 22 year old doesn't know the difference between before and after, can't spell their immediate family's names, their phone number currently, and doesn't know where they've lived in the last couple of years. Oh, and they have a baby whose name they couldn't spell...

Trying hard to give them the benefit of the doubt, but is society really getting that stupid? It's really basic information... I'm not trying to be mean and I feel like a jerk even thinking about this.

Who all is going? What are we wearing? Do we think he will do a meet and greet? Will there be merch? Will he have more signed vinyl or CDs?

I'm excited.

My state has recently allowed medical marijuana, and I am considering getting a card. I am a past user, but solely for pain management from a car accident I was in a couple years back. I do not like taking OTC or prescription medications, and CBD does not help. I'm not after the "getting high" effect. I've recently stopped completely and the pain has intensified. The doctor basically told me there's nothing else they can do, so I have to live with the pain.

I know court reporters who still consume, but I never want to put myself in a position to where my abilities as a reporter are questioned and something is jeopardized.

Does anyone have insight or advice on how to approach this before I go about getting a medical card?

I took a deposition in October of '25 and the taking attorney is saying that the transcript I already produced needs to be changed because HE misspoke and mislabeled an exhibit and failed to mark the correct exhibit on the record. I've gotten to the point in my career where I don't police the attorneys if they don't explicitly say "mark this" when presenting an exhibit because I've been fussed at when I do speak up and ask them. This particular attorney sent me like 20 exhibits after the deposition, but only marked a handful of them.

My firm wants me to make the corrections, but I am nervous to do that because it will not match my audio. Obviously, the audio is mine and I've never had to produce that to cover my tracks, but in the event it goes in front of a judge and the judge subpoenas my audio (if that's even possible), it'll be obvious that the record is different.

What is the correct protocol in this situation? The firm is going to tell me to do whatever it takes to make the client happy, but does that jeopardize me in any way?

I have lived in this apartment for less than a month, and I am already at my wit's end. I knew there would be challenges, but the gnats are incessant and will not go away. I have tried the following:

1. Pouring baking soda and 30% cleaning vinegar down the drain, capping it and letting it sit overnight, then flooding with boiling hot water, AND letting the hot water run for another 10-15 minutes. I did this in the kitchen and bathroom sinks, and the shower drain.

2. Homemade traps (dish soap, acv, white wine, a banana in a jar with a paper funnel).

3. Zevo light traps (I have two set up).

I put my produce in the fridge, but they're not even around the produce. They do attack me when I'm preparing food. They are harassing me around my computer, on the couch, in my bed... like why?! I can assume the blue light that screens omit.

I'm in Georgia and it's been wet and humid and hot, so the conditions are not helping. I wipe down the counters and keep the floors clean. I try not to leave anything out or open for longer than I'm using them.

What can I do to protect my sanity? Do I need to do the baking soda/vinegar/boiling water multiple times? Is the apartment responsible for reimbursing any of the costs? The maintenance guy said that they're in the drains, so a plumber would probably be the one to contact, right? What about enzyme solutions, do those really work?

I was in a car accident in 2024. I had surgery on my wrist and elbow later that year. The surgeon fixed a tear in the TFCC and did an cubital ulnar nerve relocation. I reinjured it about four months after the surgery, well after I completed about five months of physical therapy. The surgeon who did it had another MRI ordered with dye which showed another tear, causing the bone head to protrude. He recommended some steroid shots which I did, but they did not work. I do not want him to do a revision surgery because I feel like the 20 minutes he was in there initially was his one and only opportunity in my book. He said he could shave down the bone, but then what? Will my wrist be more fragile and the bone likely to break? It sounds daunting.

Now, I'm in 2026 and this thing is giving me the same issues as it did prior to surgery - clicking, weakness, intense pain. And now my elbow constantly feels stuck and stiff. It has kept me from doing the things I enjoy, much less being able to just get through doing my job as a court reporter.

Who are some PHENOMENAL hand/wrist surgeons that have changed your injury for the better? I don't want good. I don't want great. I want the best doctors in the state. The car accident case was closed and settled earlier this year, which I think is why I delayed getting additional treatment, along with other curveballs life had thrown me, so I am hoping to use my Anthem insurance for this.

ETA: I'm in Gwinnett, but I'm willing to travel.

Here lately there has been an intense fire in my gut to move forward in my own way since all of my past attachments are no longer. With that, there has been a low tolerance for anything unsettling or unproductive. I'm cutting people out who don't add value and have shown me that I can't count on them. But what I'm also finding is that I am a little mean to some people in my life who I can't cut loose and they expect me to conform to their ideas of how my life should go, just like I've always done. Now there is this energy that won't stop and things are falling into place, but those around me cannot understand why I have to do it the way I'm doing it.

Is anyone else feeling this way? How are you navigating the desire for change and avoiding being kept in a box?