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batchaps4me said:
It's amazing to me, given the life I have led, that I have only been banned from an Orlando Red Roof Inn and a Mississippi Waffle House. Let's be kind and say that both were for dress code violations and I paid restitution.
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I think @DJ Fieri should post a poll over there asking if I should come back. It needs to be on the Nebraska board so I can read it. lol
 
I am in the middle of another VA meltdown, post OIG report if that helps. Been falling since 31DEC, my doc wouldn't put in x-ray orders for three weeks, finally got into ortho in March, had a CT scan that was supposed to be followed up by ortho in six weeks and I am still waiting ... been in PT for a healthy knee while my back is the issue. I found out today that orthopedics at my VAMC does not deal with backs, so I get to restart the process. Realistically I should get some treatment or at least see a doctor for my wedge fracture on L3 and L1 on or around July.
 
I had to go to Urgent Care this morning because my back was killing me and I had a fall. All is well, some tramadol and steroid shots and I got some real relief. Back to ortho tomorrow ... I'm in the VA's no man land, ortho at my VA does not deal with the spine, so I start the process over and in a few weeks or so I get an MRI. It will probably be around July04 before I get in the right clinic. Not bad since I have been begging for medical care for this since New Years eve. So far I am coping well, mental health wise, over it. But if someone wants to know my triggering mechanism, here you go. If I disappear for a week, I said something that landed me back in in-patient care, but I am not near that point yet.
 
batchaps4me said:
I had to go to Urgent Care this morning because my back was killing me and I had a fall. All is well, some tramadol and steroid shots and I got some real relief. Back to ortho tomorrow ... I'm in the VA's no man land, ortho at my VA does not deal with the spine, so I start the process over and in a few weeks or so I get an MRI. It will probably be around July04 before I get in the right clinic. Not bad since I have been begging for medical care for this since New Years eve. So far I am coping well, mental health wise, over it. But if someone wants to know my triggering mechanism, here you go. If I disappear for a week, I said something that landed me back in in-patient care, but I am not near that point yet.
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Prayers for you and yours.
 
Thanks! I am actually feeling relatively good this evening after some sleep. I learned some very important things about the VAMC system over the last day without sleep that I think our vets should know. Constructive things, not involving even the possibility one "conspiracy to commit" charge. I've been dealing with systemic issues with people that have no structural ability to anything but band aid work. I think I found a path that suits my training and abilities and really gives me hope that I can affect positive change. Don't get me wrong, I doubt that anything I do will matter in the long run, but it beats the hell out of hearing "conspiracy to commit". I will put it in another thread.
 
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