I've been in a holding pattern with the VA, and will be for some time to come ... I'm too young for the hip replacement I need. I can't remember what pain-free life was like. My case is assigned to the Temple, TX hospital, ground zero for the misreporting scandal. I got an MRI in early October of 201:
"You've either got avascular necrosis, or bone cancer."
"Wow, when can I get in for testing to see what's what?"
"December 26th is the earliest opening, can you do that?"
Eleven weeks is a goddamned long time when cancer is a possibility. I wonder if my files were one of the ones mislabeled for the auditors?
At any rate, I wouldn't mind higher taxes for government-funded medical care, but it needs to be much improved. If I had had cancer rather than AVN, the possibility of me not being here to write this post seems awful high.
"You've either got avascular necrosis, or bone cancer."
"Wow, when can I get in for testing to see what's what?"
"December 26th is the earliest opening, can you do that?"
Eleven weeks is a goddamned long time when cancer is a possibility. I wonder if my files were one of the ones mislabeled for the auditors?
At any rate, I wouldn't mind higher taxes for government-funded medical care, but it needs to be much improved. If I had had cancer rather than AVN, the possibility of me not being here to write this post seems awful high.
