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Post by carmel on Jul 8, 2012 21:03:56 GMT -5
If you get hired while you're in a big study, then you won't need the study, will you? I will need the study. Because a study that pays $4k or more would take me months to earn that with the jobs that are available to me. $7.40 an hour times 40x4 = $1089. So about $1089 a month working at minimum wage. That is if I got the taxes right. I deducted 8%. So we're talking four months worth of work for one single $4k study. Ya, I really goofed on the phone. Looking back now on the first call with the woman she almost tried to convince me into the smaller study. Not initially, though... to give her credit. But I hesitated in not being able to choose one. She listed them all on the phone. I should have said that I'd call her back. I didn't realize it was locked once I said that. She said I could always call back with any concerns... that's why I didn't worry too much about it. It's alright, though. I'll just wait to take the next one. I'm rushing ahead here as it is. I don't even know if I'll pass this screening. We will see. Thanks again for stopping by.
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Post by carmel on Jul 7, 2012 23:37:33 GMT -5
You can usually SCREEN before the end of the 30-day washout period, but you can never actually DOSE in a new study before that. So if your last study dose was on June 1, and you screen for another one on, say, June 15, you should be okay as long as you're not taking another drug before July 1. Screening for a long-distance study can be like a crap shoot. Be prepared to lose several hundred dollars. I often wonder myself why this forum is so slow. Hey antecubital! So glad my fish hook caught you! See, when people see soing fresh they are more inclined to respond. I knew that. I can see people are visiting. It says down below there's been members who visited. They just don't post. I often do that myeslf. If I see a forum is dead I'll say "next." But in this case, this is all there is. Take it or leave it. I'm being truthful and not diespectful to the site owner but the structure and layout of this site is pretty bad. It sounds as though Paul Clough is on the road all the time and doensn't have a lot of time to fix it. I read in a few different posts that he actually killed the forum once and restarted. Wow! That is suicide for most forum owners. That can totally alienate people. Anyway, back to the important stuff. I was thinking that the screening didn't want you to have anything showing in your blood? Don't they withdraw blood at screenings? sounds pretty strict. I had to stop all my vitamins for them in preparation for the screening. Unless she meant the study in case I get in. I will be doing the $1320 study posted on their site: Clinical Study - New Haven. I actually called back to see if I could switch to the $7k one. I didn't realize I was playing with fire when I made that call. She told me on the phone that "no, I can not do that. That would be considered study hopping." I thought I'd be given a break since is my first time ever. In a way it's good because this will be a test for me. But I'm also looking for a job at the same time. If I get hired somewhere, then it will be very hard to do the $7k 7 overnight study. Do you guys find jobs where the owner is okay with you taking off for a week? What kind of employer is okay with that? Or maybe we should make soing up? Say we need to go to hospital for "medical reasons"? Your second post... It does sound to me that Paul Clough and others here are traveling a lot. Look at those posts about hitching up in Indiana and staying at someone's house. They must sit around a long time. I'm not sure I could deal with that. It's one thing doing the study, but then having all that extra time... It's quite tricky this business. I would like to hear more from these folks who are doing the rounds. BTW, if you could please posts your experiences with in my other thread in this section it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again for stopping in here to this lonely saloon located here in Ghost Town.
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Post by carmel on Jul 7, 2012 14:36:48 GMT -5
Those of you who travel from one study to the next... what do you do if you arrive in.. let's use Covance in Madison, Wisconsin for example. You arrive in Madison on August 3rd for the screening. The start date isn't until August 24. That's THREE weeks! And it was recommended in another study that we screen EARLY. As early as we can to avoid being placed as "back-ups." How do you guys do it? That's really like going two months between studies. Since you can't screen for the next one for an entire 30 days.
But my real question is... if you live in Philadelphia for example.. you've now got to go all the way back home while you wait for the start date. So I'll estimate that if you are lucky to get a cheap flight... you will spend at least $400 round trip. Two roundtrips is almost $1k. So that $3500 that Covance would pay you turns out to be $2500k. And taking the bus isn't any cheaper. I just checked. Taking the car saves a little, but not worth it for the wear and tear. You still gonna spend an aweful lot on gas.
So do you guys just stay put in a youth hostel/couch surfing?
Note: Not too much activity here. Do you guys visit another forum, and would you mind sharing?
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Post by carmel on Jul 6, 2012 16:19:02 GMT -5
Getting into studies regularly should be absolutely no problem for you. Screen early. If there are ten screenings for a particular study - make sure you are within the first 5. Take Milk thistle to clean out your liver and concentrated iron tablets with a healthy dosage of Vitamin C (from grape juice or Tang perhaps - avoid caffeine for an hour or two while your body absorbs it!), and do aerobic exercise such as running for 30-45 minutes a day, and I promise your rate of getting in will be very high. Most helpful thread on the entire board. Thanks a lot for this information. I just joined the board today. I was told over the phone when signing up for my first screening that I had to stop all my vitamins and supplements. That included Vitamin C. I don't really fully understand this. If they want healthy participants, shouldn't we ue to stay healthy? Also, exercise leaves enzymes in the blood. The phone operator didn't tell me to abstain from exercise, but I know that exercise does that. You say somewhere in your posts to jog. I do a lot of walking and some intermittent jogging. I'm not sure whether to stop or not. How do you possibly stay healthy as a lab rat?
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