PRIMARY PROCEDURE: RIGHT LUMBAR SYMPATHETIC BLOCKADE _______ SOUNDS LIKE NUMERMAL Thats what it sounds like. MIMERMAL. Cannot figure this one out. Can anyone help. POSTOPERATIVE IS REFLEXIVE SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY.

Okay there might be a inter in from of minermal.
Anyone have any ideas what this could be

I guess I'll make my own suggestions. Do you think it could be intradermal.
RIGHT LUMBAR SYMPATHETIC BLOCK, INTRADERMAL.
Could anyone who is experience please give me an opinion, I am brand new in this field.

Hi. Abby. I think it is intradermal too. I'm still going to school for MT, but "intradermal" is what I have gathered from the internet by googling "right lumbar sympathetic block".

I know you asked this question, a few week ago, but I am new to this site. I thought I would put my two-sense in. Was it the correct answer? Are you still in school or have you found a job. I'm so discouraged with all these companies asking for 2 or more years experience. How are you supposed to gain experience if they won't give you a chance.

Hi Abby and Cathy9,

I would not guess in this case. Sometimes you just have to leave a blank.

That was a good tip, Cathy, about googling it. Sometimes googling is good just to see if what the dictator is saying is a common phrase, but I can google other similar words and get a lot of hits too, none of which are all together. Hint: If you put quotes around the whole phrase you will get hits with that exact phrase together (not just those words any place in the site), so that would tell me that it's not very common.

I looked up intradermal in my Ortho Words book and the only entry is "intradermal suture." That would lead me away from that being the answer. I also saw "intradural," which would be a likely candidate, but again, I would not have put that in because I was not 100% sure.

I know it's frustrating, but sometimes we just have to blank it, despite our best efforts at trying to figure it out. Better to put a blank than to be incorrect, and I think that most employers would prefer that also.

As far as finding a job, Cathy, there are places that will hire you if you can pass their transcription test regardless of your experience level. They might be few and far between, but they are out there. Networking is also important.

Trying offering to cover for vacationing transcriptionists in small practices--a good way to get some experience and a reference.

KKB. Thank you for the tips and great advice.

Could it be foramen or foraminal. I actually would probably need to hear it to be 100% sure. A good rule of thumb is "When in doubt, leave out." Better to leave a blank if not sure.