It has been raining here the last couple of days and 80% chance for the next three or four days. I really needed a few more dry days to finish my garden. I have 35 tomato plants planted and they are loving the rain but my planned planting of a few other plants has stalled because of the rains.
Yesterday I finally had an appointment for my initial evaluation by my local VA Outpatient Clinic. Lots of questions about my health and blood samples taken. I told them about my hip problem and a couple of other issues. No questions about weapons I may own. The VA Clinic sent me across the street to a hospital to have my hip X-Rayed.
There were only 4 other patients in the Clinic’s waiting room when I first arrived, none when I left. I arrived at 10:30 and was home by 12:30 even with the time needed to get X-Rayed.
I thought everything went very smoothly and quicker than I expected. I have an another appointment for next week.
Please keep us posted, RD 232.
That’s good to hear that you didn’t have to be there too long. The clinic we have closest to us is in Farmington, but the local Veterans tell me that they just go there in order to get their meds, and see the private practice docs for everything else.
I have no experience with the St. Louis VA. My Dad lived in Southwest Mo. and he always went to the KC VA. He would catch an OATS van up there, and be there all day waiting for them to get him in. He had lots of health issues, had already had heart attack and strokes. Traveling 3 hours up and three hours back wasn’t great for a guy in his shape. He did like his VA doc a lot, but he relied on Medicare for the bulk of his treatment and got his meds through the VA.
There was always a concern that he would miss his ride home, and he would remind them now and again. Once they actually did drag it out so long that he missed the van. They wound up sending him home in a taxi.
Well, I won’t editorialize and tell you what I thought; I’ll just let the facts speak.
I wish you could send a couple of days of rain our way, and dry out a little to plant the rest of your stuff.LOL