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The VA is a corrupt medical care system that must be abolished
self | 2/16/16 | racebannon

Posted on 02/16/2016 4:39:31 PM PST by RaceBannon

on hold with the VA for almost a full hour post op complications, maybe neighbor said my wounds are warm, they are all asking me to go to ER VA finally answers. I was so angry, I told her I was waiting 55 minutes for someone to answer the phone, what is going on?? she said, "Do you need any help from me?" I said, "I am not sure, I think I might need to go to the ER." She said, "Well, then, just go." Didn't want to discuss symptoms with me at all, anything about my condition, nothing to reassure or confirm me, just, "Well then, just go." The VA is a criminal organization that does not provide adequate care for veterans, and it cannot be fixed.


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KEYWORDS: 2016election; abortion; ctscan; deathpanels; election2016; newyork; obamacare; post; postop; surgery; trump; zerocare
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To: Osage Orange; RaceBannon

Race, are you on any post operative antibiotic? This is usually done IV in post op, and then a by mouth tablet version when discharged. If not and you are feverish and/or the surgical wound site is red/swollen/ hot..... get to an ER, so they can start an IV drip antibiotic.. right away.


21 posted on 02/16/2016 5:06:31 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: John S Mosby

Yep, go to the ER.


22 posted on 02/16/2016 5:09:33 PM PST by ChuckHam
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To: RaceBannon
wanted to know if this was soemthing to go to bed for or go to the ER

If you go immediately to the emergency department of your nearest hospital, IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. If it turns out to be nothing, the downside would be a few hours of wasted time.

If you go to bed instead, if this is sepsis, YOU MAY BE DEAD BY MORNING.

Dude. Go to ER.

23 posted on 02/16/2016 5:10:07 PM PST by Nita Nupress
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To: RaceBannon

I’m in and out of the VA near me all the time. Its like a DMV with some doctors & nurses. And talk about bloated. They have an entire on-site police department with an idle fleet of brand new cruisers and motorized stand-up trikes. Their ER is perpetually “on diversion”. We get frequent 911 calls from freshly discharged vets experiencing complications. The last guy had a basal cell carcinoma removed ... on blood thinners, bleeding profusely, less than a mile from the door. We radio patch into the ER and they tell us to bring him to another hospital.


24 posted on 02/16/2016 5:13:08 PM PST by BillyBonebrake
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To: RaceBannon

I hope you’ve taken the advice here, and you’re at the ER. I’m praying for you. Please let us know how you’re doing.


25 posted on 02/16/2016 5:14:12 PM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. ~ Þ)
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To: RaceBannon

I’ve had similar experiences.

Don’t let them kill you. If things are really bad and they won’t act, go to a civilian hospital.

Better to be alive, I think.


26 posted on 02/16/2016 5:16:59 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: RaceBannon

Why not go to the ER?
The VA pays for it if a “reasonable person would think they had an emergency”
No doctor could diagnose you over the phone.
I’ve been very happy with the VA.


27 posted on 02/16/2016 5:17:01 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: RaceBannon

AMEN!


28 posted on 02/16/2016 5:19:26 PM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: RaceBannon
Okay fellow FReepers...anyone have RaceBannon's phone number....He has not responded.

Don't like that....

Anyone!!!????

29 posted on 02/16/2016 5:20:59 PM PST by Osage Orange (Nowadays we are just Central America with snow.)
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To: RaceBannon

Abolished? To be replaced with what?

The next administration will get the VA ‘fixed’.


30 posted on 02/16/2016 5:37:23 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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To: RaceBannon
 
 
WTF!
 
Emergency Room
 
N O W
 
 

31 posted on 02/16/2016 5:38:32 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: RaceBannon; nutmeg

pinging ‘nutmeg’ who if my memory serves me knows Race /


32 posted on 02/16/2016 5:41:06 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: RaceBannon
What a coindicnce - my nurse wife is working right now at the VA Emergency Room.

Ask for her.

33 posted on 02/16/2016 5:51:23 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: RaceBannon

If you feel unsure go to the ER. Ask yourself what would an illegal alien do? Don’t worry about it just go.


34 posted on 02/16/2016 5:58:56 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dangerdoc

My frustration was that she didn’t even ask me why, what was wrong, she just blew me off

Here at Piedmont ER, 1.5 hours, waiting for blood and pee test results


35 posted on 02/16/2016 6:46:01 PM PST by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: John S Mosby

No, no post op antibiotic, just oxycodones


36 posted on 02/16/2016 6:50:12 PM PST by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: SkyDancer

Actually, no, I disagree.

The Vets admin going tango uniform has been in the making ever since the federal civil service started hiring lefties. The entire federal government is that way, and those little peons back when Clinton started it are now on their way up the ladder. They are in charge now, and if there is any one group of Americans lefties really hate, it’s vets.

Now obama did speed things along when he could have stopped it, but he’s not the cause.

The whole damn outfit needs to be dumped, thrown out, discarded.

Place the vets care in the private sector administered by the military, such as each states NG commander. It will cost a whole lot less, and the vets get the same care anyone else gets.

I applied for simple medical benefits last May, still no word. They are just pathetic.


37 posted on 02/16/2016 7:05:48 PM PST by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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To: RaceBannon

Please keep us informed... prayers have been sent.


38 posted on 02/16/2016 7:14:39 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Just mythoughts

Thank you 😁

Being prepped for a CT scan now of my belly, should be an hour

Sick feeling, weak, still there but no worse


39 posted on 02/16/2016 7:42:12 PM PST by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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To: RaceBannon

#1 The VA has an “Ask a Nurse” line that has always answered for me in a minute or two. Tell them what your symptoms and they will make a recommendation. In my case it was “Go to the ER now.”

#2 Go to the ER - either at the VA or at your closest hospital. If your symptoms are reasonable, the VA will cover the expenses for the other ER.


40 posted on 02/16/2016 7:43:41 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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