Posted on 07/04/2014 6:45:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
There was a case like that in the Readers Digest a few months ago, kid was throwing everything up almost immediately. I’ll see if I can dig it up.
He needs to move back to the other VA.
Amen.
((((Hugs))))
I'm not a subject expert in medicine, but those symptoms sound like some sort of poisoning.
Here it is:
http://www.rd.com/health/conditions/amazing-medical-mysteries-solved/2/
Turned out to be a problem with the esophagus
There’s another similar case I read about, but I’ll FReepmail the details to you.
I thank you for making that comment, it made me swell with pride, for reasons I can’t even explain.
I pray this young man gets the much deserved help he needs.
Why is he waiting on the VA? Someone needs to walk him into any hospital emergency room. Now.
If he doesn’t have Obamacare, he can sign up for it after the fact. A physician may be able to submit the paperwork for him to receive state disability (check with the doc). He could have something minor or something major going on with him but waiting around on the government isn’t going to make things better.
Thanks for posting. Hopefully, some publicity will help him. Based on personal experience with my son at several VA facilities, the story sounds believable. As a parent, it was like being alone in the ocean trying to get help. One good thing has come from the recognition of how bad the VA can be, and that is that these soldiers now know they are not alone.
Thanks for the ping - jeepers.
This February, my very-first trip to VA for a long-lasting disease in my left eye, resulted in an hour+ of "getting registered". A week later, a letter from the VA refused me service. (Paraphrasing, here):
"If you had just served in Iraq or Afghanistan, or were a victim of a sexual assault, we could take you in. Your assets also preclude service to you. You can take an appeal..(etc)"
This result was of a "new law" in 2009. I must have missed the memo.
:-(
Well no kidding. No one should be treated for PTSD if they don’t have it.
Now, how about you tell me what is a “PTSD situation?”
And even the ones from Iraq and Afghanistan get booted after a certain amount of time, like 3 years I think. I thought my son misunderstood until the letter came. I think then they have to reapply and go through all the BS again. There is so much wrong with the system. When they are injured and they cannot finish their tour, they get a severance. If the VA gives them a disability rating that results in any kind of payment, it gets seized until the severance is paid back. It is just insane.
Thanks for the ping! So important!
btw, I posted this a couple of days ago on another thread:
“Here’s an excerpt of my email from Terri Schiavo’s foundation:
“July 3, 2014 (examiner.com) – Joe Geoghagan, a 31-year-old Navy veteran who served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, now suffers from PTSD and has to be fed through a feeding tube because he is unable to keep food down.
Making matters worse, John Hawkins wrote Tuesday at Right Wing News, the VA has told Geoghagan that his stomach issues are not related to his military service and as a result, have stopped paying for his equipment and supplies. According to Hawkins, Geoghagan recounted a horror story involving the snubs, red tape, and frustration of dealing with the VA for the last few years. ..”’
It took years to get an achalasia diagnosis. Doctors wanted to blames smoking, acid reflux, .... Lost 35 pounds when It finally got bad. Went to a surgeon for acid reflux surgery. He ordered a couple of extra tests to nail down how tight to make the esophagus. Opps it’s not acid reflux at all. I thought t was living a nightmare. Made me hate pill pushing lazy doctors. Never went to them after they fixed it, I was 26 when they did a pneumatic dilation of my lower esophagus to break the muscles up. 10 years later started getting sick, tired breathing troubles. Doctors suck so I just kept working and doing the dad thing. 8 months go by and I’m doing real bad. Long story short stage 4 bulky lymphoma weeks shy of being dead. That was 7 years ago. I’m still here. Still don’t swallow we’ll but it’s manageable.
My Mom begged and pleaded for my brother’s life, but the VA killed him anyway. These people do not care. They will kill Joe Geoghagan, and never give him a second thought.
“My Mom begged and pleaded for my brother’s life, but the VA killed him anyway. ..”
Your own brother was a victim? When did this happen? I’m so sorry!
Thank you. He died September, 2009.
Sun, the VA killed my brother through a pattern of bad care and deliberate sabotage of care he was receiving elsewhere. He was on one of their waiting lists, but that was only part of how they killed him. The secret waiting lists are not the root of the problem. They’re a symptom. The problem is the military-hating civilians in powerful positions, not just nationally, but within individual facilities. They’ve permeated the VA for generations. They are a cancer which must be extricated very carefully, like a brain tumor. There are some good people there too, but they can’t always prevent the damage.
Gotta get started on my day. I think I’ll start by playing ball with the puppies.
Have a blessed day.
bttt
“..The problem is the military-hating civilians in powerful positions, not just nationally, but within individual facilities. ..”
How can anybody in good conscience take a job, if they hate the patients. Sounds like many of them take the job just so they can harm them.
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