VA female dog rant.
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01/23/18 11:02 AM
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Good people staff the VA. Some quacks treat us there. Idiots run it. I was declared 100% with service related disabilities connected to my time in the desert. Left leg has never been right (not just because it is left ) and has required a bunch of surgeries over the years. Go to the VA in Helena they cut into it in the docs office, it gets infected with three antibiotic resistant bugs. I go back to them and off to the OR where a bunch more is removed from the calf. A two inch hole now is 12x6 and two inches deep. Next day I was in the ICU in Bozeman with sepsis. Then they had to take a anther chunk out. After two weeks I was denied Community Care and they wanted me to travel 120 each way to Helena three times a week. Called BS on them and they finally approve local wound care and a stem cell procedure that will not require a huge skin graft. Except they wont approve a stem cell product! It was tested in combat by the DOD, FDA approved, VA has two very positive studies on it, it is used in every VA hospital other than MT (surprise...their part time VA plastic surgeon has a deal with another company my civilian doc found out through the reps). So the contracting division says she needs a month to review the product. At the docs yesterday and a guy come out to the waiting room with the same sort of VA issued wound vac machine hooked up to his leg. Lo and behold his story matched up exactly as mine did. So the chief of staff at Fort Harrison won't talk with me, the Director won't take calls, the patient advocate is three weeks behind in returning calls. Had my Senator's medical liaison call for three days now and they can't get a call returned. My civilian docs want me to sue them, but that is not a hassle I want at all. My wife who is not a vet gets free ChampVA via my disability status, she has a card she can use any place any time with no referrals and just 2k a year out of pocket. Yet actual vets are ignored. Time for the VA medical side to be shut down and decent system replace it. It would be far cheaper to the nation and far fairer to vets. Rant over!
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Re: VA female dog rant.
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01/23/18 01:03 PM
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Thats insane! What about the choice program, I know I have a card for it. If you live outside of something like 45 miles of the VA facility they are supposed to allow you to seek care outside the VA.
-OIF 05/03-08/04 -OEF 03/06-12/06 -OIF 11/07-01/09 PTA Member District 4
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Re: VA female dog rant.
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01/23/18 04:08 PM
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danny clifton
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That really stinks your having trouble. Shouldn't happen. What could it hurt to call the Whitehouse? Tell whoever answers the phone you expect them to make good on their promise to improve VA healthcare. the number for their switchboard is 202-555-1212
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: VA female dog rant.
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01/23/18 08:11 PM
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Contact a Vet Rep, at any VFW, American Legion, VAMC, State or Federal office building.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: VA female dog rant.
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01/23/18 08:19 PM
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Prayers sent for you, KC.
Thank you for your service.
It saddens and angers me that our veterans are so neglected, and poorly treated.
Charlie
Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm.
NRA Life Member ~ GOA Member ~ NFOA Member ~ UNMLA Member
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Re: VA female dog rant.
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01/23/18 09:07 PM
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Service organizations, where I got my help. Viet Nam Veterans of America, filed my paperwork, had a knowledgeable rep, who went to the hearing, and handled the situation. He doted all eyes, crossed all the t's. Didn't happen over night but got the job done. They want you to get frustrated, mad, and quit. As I stated will take time. VFW, has some good people who will go the distance also. Dig in, and don't give up.
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Re: VA female dog rant.
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01/23/18 09:15 PM
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Been through the wringer with the VA and the CHOICE program. Closest real VA center is around 300 miles one way . So they run me through the Choice program and it takes forever and then they set me up with the wrong kind of Dr or set me up with a Dr in Georgia or South Carolina ( I live in northern Michigan ) Each time they do something like that ( and it happens several times they run me through the program ) I have to start back at the end of the line just to have them screw it up again . Then when they do finally get it somewhat right they still expect me to travel 50 or more miles one way several times a week because that is the nearest Dr that hasn't quit the program because of NONPAYMENT ( told that from the choice rep and the VA advocate ) They have a couple complaint lines they do not answer or return your calls ( and the message is specific you are to only call them once ) They expected me to travel the nearly 300 miles to be treated for the cancer they ( VA center ) miss diagnosed and it wasn't a hard diagnosis. I will be crystal clear on the fact that I would be DEAD right now if the wife and I hadn't decided to go outside the VA to get the proper diagnosis and treatment on our own . We were lucky that the cancer center here had a head nurse that went above and beyond what is expected of her, and on her own ,got the VA to approve my cancer treatment here local after I had already started it . BTW if my reply seems confusing ,I have several other health conditions that I am being treated for besides the cancer that require regular Dr visits .
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Re: VA female dog rant.
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The VA is immune to congressional inquiry. That secretary blowed smoke,,,,,,,,,,,, Rickey
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Re: VA female dog rant.
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01/23/18 09:54 PM
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danny clifton
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congressional healthcare seems to be first rate.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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