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thx larry....enjoy those doughnuts. im sucking down some GGY!!!
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ok, im finally filling out my ppwk for my claim. getting it reviewed tomorrow a.m. before i submit to varo. i know alot of us with PTSD are prone to obesity. is that a valid claim with the va? im labelled on my file at the va as obese. hurt my feelings.....i prefer "fluffy" myself
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i know that i have seen a sample of buddy statements on here before but i cant seem to find one when i search. anyone have a sample they can share? to be more specific, it would be for someone who worked with me in the civilian sector and was present during a breakdown.
thx...
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Do I understand that the Voc Rehab guy seemed to feel your disabilities should be SC and that they would hinder you for being in the Voc Rehab program?
berta,
i guess im being remedial and i dont mean to be. what do u mean hinder me from being in the voc rehab program? he never sd anything about it stopping me from utilizing that program. and yes, my disabilities should be sc since i was raped on active duty. its thoroughly documented, too. im lost by ur post. im sorry....
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met with voc rehab guy yesterday who is walking me thru my claim. showed him all my medical records and va m/h records. his words...."ur sittin on a gold mine with this documentatioin!" so, he told me how to word it as to avoid being delayed/rejected. im so excited and yet nervous and anxious at the same time. i guess the anxious/nervous comes in knowing that i have to do the dreaded c & p exam. every time i go over the details of the trauma, it sets me back for weeks. i cant function afterwards. its like it just rips my soul out of me. any way....voc rehab sd i was looking at a min of 50-70%. he also told me to file for hardship since i filed for bankruptcy. all this time and now the moment of truth has come. as of next friday, he will review my ppwk to make sure its all in order and i will fedex it to the VARO. im going to time it to see how long it takes to get awarded/rejected. im so ready for this to be over with. then again, maybe its just the beginning of a long journey. whatever it is, im just glad i found u guys to help me along the way. u r all wonderful!!!
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thank u, i went by my va office today and requested all my medical records since ive been going to the va...2 week wait...than i'll be sending in for the ptsd/tdiu and a request for a raise in my other 2 problems...than over this time i'll be addressing the unemployment/ssdi situation
2 wk wait? right....dont hold ur breathe on that, kiddo. i was told the same thing and had only a few months of records there. took them 4 months to simply print out the records. stay on top of them! if u dont get the records in 30 days, follow up.
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that poor woman. failed by so many. i hope her name and diginity is vindicated in her death. sounds like that detective will do what he can for her. this VAHC needs to be called out on this crap. and i hope her sister gets full prosecution.
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i have a combo of it. most of this week, i was so full of energy it seemed never ending! we cleaned the garage (oh, it was horrid!), bought an old car (66 corvair), took out the carbs and broke them down (never done that before), did all the yard work, went scrapbooking, did all the grocery shopping, went to the zoo all day w/ a bunch of kids under 7, cleaned house like a mad woman....then thursday this week, i was in bed all day...no eating, no drinking, no talking. just leave the room and leave me be. i just occupied space. i only get a few hrs sleep at best. been wide awake since 0300. my magic awake time seems to be btwn 0200-0300. and i take sleeping pills, too. i cant go back to sleep, i pace the floors all nite cking the front and back yard. and if it wouldnt disturb the kids, i'd check upstairs, too. better overview of the yard! so, like the others stated, it varies with the person. and, like u mentioned, im a little fluffy, too. funny how that is. all this energy and the weight just stays with ya! geez.....
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I have held my Vietnam time inside since 1969. I have had very little conversations about it. I was so proud of what I did by the direction of the officers in charge.
My real fear, is now I suppose to tell the true story, of what happe in Vietnam
I am scared to death, that I will lose my stern, non flexible demeener.
I have been trying to talk myself out of asking for PTSD treament
Do I really need to do this. My life is almost over. Is it going to worth it, \
will it do any good. My fellows brothers are dead, I didn't help them then, how is this help them now
My nightmare of killing a female NVA, will never go away, and I will never know if its true. I just can't remeber
sgmdae -
im coming in late on this one....been in a fog of my own the last few weeks. it is absolutely worth it!!! do not ever think for a minute that it isnt. anytime u can talk to someone about all of this madness we live with daily and they do not judge u but give u guidance, it is a good thing. as for helping ur fellow brothers, u getting help for u is helping them. im sure they would want u to live the best life possible. if u get a moment of peace out of talking to someone, it is worth it! took me 20 yrs to ask for help. i just thought i was bat shit crazy. well, come to find out, i am bat shit crazy but with reason!!! ptsd and the usaf dropped the ball in helping me. hang in there - u will do just fine! u have a great support group on here.
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John999,
Our political leaders did so many things wrong in that war. One day you're fighting, then as you get short you leave your buddies and your unit behind and a few days later you're on a Freedom bird flying home to a country that didn't support us. I was always proud of our troops in the field. We fought hard real hard, we won our battles and most of the time we fought with one hand behind tied our back.
I still remember walking the streets of my small home town just a few days after I had lost Franks. I was in a daze--I was home, but my platoon was fighting. Hometown folks didn't even act like there was a war going on. It was almost a Twil light zone situation. Had a female classmate (a real bleeding liberal who did the popular antiwar stuff)walk up to me and ask me how many babies I had killed in Viet Nam.
I was so bitter, and I hated with all my heart. Funny, I hunted almost everyday when I was growing up on the farm in Arkansas. I never went hunting again after Viet Nam.
There is a great deal of survivor guilt that comes with giving orders that leads to the death of others. Especially friends that you have grown close to in combat. Towards the end I would try to not get close to anyone yet you could not help but grow close to folks. One moment everything is fine, and the next people are down, you're taking fire and most of the time you know even know where it is coming from. For me combat was like a series of snap shots. I didn't see everything clearly. I would see things in a series of quick pictures. One moment you see muzzle flashes coming from a tree line, and the next moment you're past the tree line and hopefully you've got rockets and minigun on the target. You hear the RTO's or the actuals talking on radio with gunfire in the background, and you try to get close in yet always fearing that you might get friendlies which I did (ARVN) once.
I'm one of the last guys left. Two committed suicide with two years of VN, a several others have died earlier on of MS or cancer which I believe was caused by AO.
I'm sorry I'm rambling. Thanks for listening. This helps. God Bless our troops. Cav
cavtrooper,
im from arkansas, too. so, i can honestly say that i think sometimes they r just set in their ways. im the only female in my family to ever serve. when i got out, it was at the start of the first gulf war and i had people treat me so awful when i went back to arkansas! i couldnt get a job (yeah, thats illegal but who's gonna stop them?) and i couldnt connect with anyone. i was isolated. im in no way comparing it to the treatment u guys got during nam but it did give me a tiny glimpse of how u were treated. i have since left arkansas for the anonymity of the big city (insert green acres theme!) and only go back if i absolutely have to. of course, unless its lake norfork then im all over it! that lake gives me such peace of mind....i sincerely hope the mentality of small town folk has now changed.
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cavtrooper, im on patrol with u!!! my nightmares r different but the pain is the same. if i get 2 hrs sleep at a time, its a good nite. wish i had some comfort for u, but until then, just know myself and my k-9 baby (MOS shih tzu) have this sentry covered....btw, i like the way u put that MOS
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purple, i hope u get some relief soon!!!
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welcome, dave! glad ur here and thank u for ur service!! i dont have any answers for u cuz im not that far along in mine. however, there r some really wonderful and extremely knowledgeable folks on here who will explain it to u.
christy
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lol!!! carlie, u had me there for a minute. thats pretty funny....
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is a brain scan required w/ a dx of ptsd? im afraid they wont find mine if i have one done. lol
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apparently ptsd is the gift that keeps giving, huh?
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since for the last 20 yrs i just assumed i was bat shit crazy, i have not studied ptsd and all of its effects. i know that confusion can be one of the symptoms as well as short term memory issues. it seemed as long as i was working, i could blow it off when it happened. and now that i'm on my summer break from school, it seems to be worse. i have entire conversations that i cannot recall at all. i have to write down every single thing that needs to be done that day or u can pretty much assume it wont be done. i cannot even remember to take my pills when needed (3x day.) which reminds me, take pill now!!! im sure some of u deal with something similar. how do u cope with it? is there anything u can do to improve ur cognitive abilities or does it just go down hill from now? ive been lucky not to have overwhelming depression with this, well, at least not that i've noticed. then again, i waited 20 yrs to do anything about it B) but, now, with my brain screwing up, i'm getting depressed. when im around people, like group yesterday, i start crying instead of talking. its so frustrating. and i cant even tell u why im crying! makes me feel weak.
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drivers are the software on your laptop.
I would go into printers, via the control panel, and uninstall that printer driver. Then restart your PC, it should find it and reinstall the driver automaticly.
I'm not a pro at computers, but know enough to be dangerous. Worse case it doesn't work, still.
Then , I like printer vs. wall!
Good luck, hope ithis helps.....Eric
yeah, my fiance (coast guard computer geek) just informed me that he was taking care of it and it is the driver. small detail he forgot to share with me.....the one who has wedding invitations to print! grrrrr! on the upside, u guys were both correct. it is the driver. now, im gonna look for a good spot on the wall that can be easily covered up with furniture.
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Find a kid to help you. Otherwise its probably a driver
would the driver be in my laptop or the printer? (showing my blonde here)
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just got this thing as a gift. worked like a dream for a few days and now i cant get it to work. i get the following error messages....
printer status:
printer not attached to local port
how to recover:
non-LPT/USB port connections are not supported by this status monitor.
um, well, simply put - i need help!!!! i have rebooted, unplugged, replugged, changed the port, put it back to the original port and next will be printer meeting wall.
anyone got some ideas?
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clw,
So did they renew your Traz ?
Sometimes you can get an email to your VA doc like this;
say the doc's name is: Dr. One Dipshit
try an email to: one.dipshit@va.gov
This is how I stay in contact with the best VAMC PCP
in the world. He moved on about five years ago but
still helps me out whenever I need it.
carlie
they sd it was requested....she sd i could look online in the next few days and see if its on there. lm gonna find out her first name and email if its not on there. thx for that tip, carlie!
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What shes doing to you is an ethical violation and against your "patients rights".
You can file a complaint against her to go into her records through the "patient advocate".
This may(?)slow down her attitude.
It's not likely it will be your last experience like this. If you receive care through any VAMC your going to see this occasionally. It gives all the good nurses a black eye. And there are many.
Health care providers including nurses have to be medically licensed. You can also file a complaint in the state she is licensed in.
Never let the treatment you received slide. These people must be weeded out of our care system.
You deserve far better treatment than this.
Thank you for your service to this nation!
good point, allan. never thought of it like that. thx for pointing that out! hopefully, i wont have any more issues like that. i always try to be courteous and go to the appropriate people so i dont waste anyone's time. i know i dont like my time wasted. the womens center in mphs is pretty good at making sure us women vets r treated with respect from all depts.
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lol - well, if i can make one person laugh a day - ive done good <_<
i called the womens center this a.m. and explained the situation and the chewin i got last week courtesy of nurse wratchet. they sd it would certainly be passed on to her superior cuz she called then and chewed them out, too. then they put me thru to another rn who was more than happy to help me and was very pleasant, too. but, the womens center sd i was correct to be calling my pcp at her current location. i hope i dont have to go thru that crap again! and i certainly hope i dont require any shots from nurse wratchet any time soon!! but for now, i will take my one small triumph and be content
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i didnt know how to title this one so forgive me if its incorrect.....i just went to renew my trazodone online and saw that my new pcp did not renew the rx when i was in about a month ago. shes new and seemed a bit intimidated so i am gonna give her the benefit of the doubt. but heres the issue folks....i called last week to get a consult to voc rehab. since she is with the womens center, thats where i called. she is covering for another doc in oef/oif part of the vamc so i was transferred there. they put me thru to her nurse so i leave a msg like a good lil' airman. the nurse calls me back chewin my ass like a di in bootcamp! she sd i should call the womens center. god forbid this rn actually does some ppwk for the dr she's working with! i explain to her that i did call, etc. she basically hung up on me spouting she will clear it up. soooooooooo, now i am in desperate need of my trazodone being refilled and i dont want to take the chance of pissin in this rn's cheerios and she nix's my rx. not to mention i was told over and over not to go cold turkey off this stuff. and, honestly, i need the little 2-3 hrs of sleep it gives me. now my anxiety is up cuz after 2 more nites, im out! no more sleep for me unless i can get it refilled. anyone have any similar dealings like this? how can u get it refilled without going thru nurse wratchet? guess my honeymoon with the va is over, huh? <_<
that was cute!
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i wish mine was due to meds....its just bcuz i drank like a fish and ate like a pig to avoid everything! im gonna ask today if they va will pay for lapband surgery. the worst they could say is no....