Ping to get some input from other Vets.
I went to my local VA Clinic about 3-4 months ago. My first visit also. Lots of questions about my health, told my PCP that I have a hip that is giving me problems. Pain walking etc. After a lot of blood samples being taken I was given a piece of paper and told to go across the street to a local hospital to get X-rays of my hip. Visit was over and I went home. I got a letter from the VA about 4 days later. said they were scheduling me for a MRI of my hip at the VA hospital, 90+ miles away. The letter had complete details of the results of all the blood tests they tested for. It said I needed monthly shots of B-12 and I would receive the B-12 and needles to inject it in the mail. My wife has been injecting the B-12 for me.
During that first visit I was asked if I wanted medication for the pain in my hip and I declined. I have called the clinic 4-5 times trying to get in touch with the PCP to ask about the MRI schedule and to request the hip pain meds. no luck and no call backs!
Seems after waiting about 9 months for the first visit they have passed me off.
I actually thought the first visit went well and was productive.