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goofycow

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  1. CBT was a total waste of time for me too. All it did was make me spend more money on gas & wear & tear on car AND my back.
  2. Can the regional office change a veteran's unemployability status from unemployable to employable without any notice or a new C&P exam? I just got a letter fm the Little Rock office concerning property taxes and the like. And between last year and this, I changed from unemployablble to employable. Now ain't that a hoot?? :) Liz
  3. It does sound like the staff gave you too much joy juice. Hope you get back to feeling normal soon. The VA eye clinic has suggested I go for cataract surgury. But theym don't want me drivving the first day or to be alone the first day/night after the procedure. I get blank stares when I tell them I live alone & have no friends. I am even tempted to give up gettting primary care fm VA & trying my luck in the private sector. But seriously, hope you feel better soon & that they didn't find anything "funny"
  4. I live in a tiny town north of Fort Smith, AR> A very bad placce to develop back pain.....or any other type of pain for that matter B)
  5. I also have chronic lower back & joint pain in my hands. I know what you mean about both VA and private sector pain docs! Private care docs here in Arkansas are scared to death of giving out pain meds.
  6. I have been on this drug for about a year now. It has literally changed my life. I used to be a raging bi-itch. I can still get annoyed at times but I feel in control. I haven't noticed any side effects so far. Liz
  7. Those of you who had put up with me for very long know I have an intense fear/distrust/dislike of doctors and their little pain inflicting devices. The recent flap over the unsanitary conditions at some Vas gives me one more reason to avoid these veteran hating witch docotors!
  8. This last week I finally got to see a new mental health care provider. In adittion to all the other meds I'm on, she put me on this new med mirtazapine for sleep & pain, etc. She told me I might feel hung over the next morning. And boy, she was NOT lying. Talk about a buzz on!!!! I would not recommend drinking while taking this med! Anyone else on it????? Liz
  9. I have a honkin big deep crease in my left ear lobe, but can't help thinking.....could it just be a wrinkle due to aging?? I am getting rather long in the tooth :)
  10. Hi Pete It will be interesting to see if you get a reply. Caan't hurt to at least try! ;) I get my meds from the same place in TN that you do. They take their damn sweet time shipping my clozapan(sp?) When it gets here late, drives me freakin crazy
  11. Jim: Thanks for the link to the handbook. I have printed a copy. I am not the favorite patient there at the VAMC Fayetteville. They just hate it when I politely ask for my rights and the care I deserve. I think in this case the misers just don't want to spend the money. Plus they hope I just crawl under a rock and die. Since going to mental health there, I have turned into an alcoholic. Except for my weekly trips to the liquor store and grocery store, I spend the other 6 days at home alone, my only companions being my 3 cats. I think mental health is aware of my living situation and social isolation. On the other hand, they probably think I am just making everything up. i think the VAMC has social workers but i have never seen one face to face. i talked to one on the telephone once but she had a worse attitude than I do Thanks for letting me vent guys & gals. . Liz
  12. I also use the Fayetteville, AR VAMC. It sucks but you could have it worse. You could be going to the Fort Smith AR VA. I agree with you. They only want to give out the cheap stuff. To treat my fibro & joint pain, my PCP makes me take 2400 mg of ibruprofin a day. I have continuously complained about stomach pain. Prilosec OTC helps a lot. Now I am told by my eye doc I need cataract surgury in my left eye ASAP. VA will pay to have the surgury done "outside" at select clinics. But I live alone and the DAV van doesn't cover my area. Plus i live alone & have no one to take care of me. The VA hospital won't let me stay there overnight. VA just expects me to stay in a motel......They won't pay for my room either. Ain't life sweet?????
  13. I even got a fat retro check from DFAS because of being 100% because of IU. Liz
  14. Those of you that know me know that I don't sign on very often except to whine. I lost my only brother late Oct, so now I have no family and no friends. Most of my disability is for major depressive disorder but I am also IU. For some reason, VA seems very reluctant to do anything about my arhritus(sp) and fibro. Yesterday when I went to my primary care provider I was hurting mentally & physically. The primary care person told me she could do nothing for my joint pain & was sorry that I was hurting. When I told her I was "ready to go" and tired of living. she basically told me that she was sorry I felt that way. End of visit. They will see me again in a year. For that I drove 3 hr round trip and used a quarter of a tank of gas. I left with the feeling my life met nothing to them, but then I state the obvious. Think of the boat load of cash the govt. would save once I croak!
  15. It will not matter if we get another president from another party. Things will pretty much stay the same. Liz
  16. Now for my opinion. It is obvious, at least to me, that our fine government leaders do not give a rotund rat's rump about veterans. They don't want to be bothered with all the messy details. Both political parties are just as bad. Here in Arkansas, they still use the personality disorder for female vets with any type of mental disorder. Heck, maybe they do it to the male vets too. Liz
  17. COOL BEANS!!!!!! I lived & worked in Minn for 3 years but moved back to Arkansas after I lost my job because Minn is a pretty high tax state. i also actually won my claim for 100% P & T for TDIU in Minn. Maybe i will give that state another look Arkansas also has personal & property tax exemption for 100% P & T vets. Liz
  18. Well, if they are of any help, please let me know. Liz
  19. I came very close to committing suicide during the Christmas holidays the year my husband died. No one at VA seemed to care at the time. That is why I asked about the OMI in another post. Thanks for listening. Liz
  20. Pete, dear boy, if Peake actually gave a damn about the veterans, he never would have gotten his present job in the first place!
  21. I have a question about the Office of the Medical Inspector. I read on another vet group board that OMI (for short) might be interested in mistreatment received at a VAMC. I am still terribly P.O.ed about the way I was treated at a mental clinic outpatient clinic immediately following my husband's death. My congress people didn't get involved; they just believed the platitudes fed to them by VA. Sound familiar?? Has anyone on this board even heard of this office? If so, could I air my complaint there? Would they give a $#it? Thanks Liz
  22. The lady I saw Monday at Fayetteville was a nurse practicioner & is is my mental health care provider. Like Pete53, I prefer these people over some of the other cuke burgers I've seen with MD behind their name. Liz
  23. The pain in my back and joints was driving me so crazy that I requested to go to a new primary care person at the Fayetteville, AR VA. Why won't VA mental health make the connection between pain & depression??? At least my clinic won't. Now it turns out that I probably have fibromyalgia. Ain't that a hoot? The nurse practicioner even wrote down the visit was service connected because the pain was driving me crazy. Ofcourse she's no head doctor. I told her that I had gone to sick call while on active duty on several occasions to complain about lower back & joint pain. The doctors either acted like I was tryig to get out of work or that it was all in my head. go figure At least now I realize why my Dad was always cranky when I was a kid...
  24. since first asking about effexor, my dose has been increased to about 150 mg. and I have lost approx 15 lb. YAHOO!!
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