Medical Records...some Pages Unreadable...some I Can't Deciper

[MDB1968NM]

Hi Everyone,

I want to thank EVERYONE here for their continued service (yes Hadit is most definitely a very valuable service!).....

I just got a copy of my SMRs on Friday.  WOW!  1500+ pages and more than half are double sided.... B)

Two questions:

1)  Some of the copies simply do not show up because in the early records they were printed on "tissue/tracing" paper and will NOT be copied under the copy machine (the person doing them indicated this to me and it just won't work).  What do I do about those documents?

2)  Some of the older records (pre-computer stuff like is out there now) are written in doctor hieroglyphics and chicken scratching where I simply cannot understand what the heck is written.  How can anyone figure out what was said?

I am retiring in June so I have some time to get my things in order...I am glad that I was turned onto this site as I am beginning to learn that I am my own best advocate AND the time to start this process is NOW!

Thanks again for all the help here....you are all extremely kind and knowledgeable!!!

[JamesBreckenridge]

<SNIP> Thanks to you and everyone for this help!  Hopefully someday I can return the favor!!!

You've spent a career standing between my loved ones and those who would do them harm. I think I'm the one who needs to do the returning of favors.

[MDB1968NM]

You've spent a career standing between my loved ones and those who would do them harm. I think I'm the one who needs to do the returning of favors.

James.....THANK YOU for that statement!  

I can not speak for other service members here, but when people thank me for serving, "keeping us safe", or just a simple "I appreciate all you are doing" makes me very emotional.  It means a lot!  A couple of months ago several of us were eating at a small "hole in the wall" restaurant for lunch.  Of course we were all in uniform.  When we got up to pay the bill, the cashier person (also the waitress) stated that "the older gentleman that just left paid for your meals".  I welled up with emotion.  What a kind and selfless gesture....I hope to find him again someday so I can buy his meal!

[68mustang]

You've spent a career standing between my loved ones and those who would do them harm. I think I'm the one who needs to do the returning of favors.

James

Thank you for the kind words.You have provided a lot help to this Vietnam Era veteran and I thank you being there to help me and all other veterans on hadit.com.

68mustang

[retiredat44]

Jbasser,

Thanks for the tip on the darker paper. I will have them try it out!

As far as the chicken scratching....I may not have worded that correctly....the writing is fine size wise, but it is indecipherable to me. Looks like really fast scribbles. How does anyone understand some of the doctor's handwriting? It amazes me how anyone could read that....thank God it wasn't some sort of a prescription....could have been prescribed Viagra for a skin condition...LOL!

My medical records that are old and hadwritten look impossible to read and understand. I had a doctor do a review and this doctor told me they do this all the time and they could understand what was written. I asked this doctor specifically if she would be able to understand this hand writing. So, I guess some doctors and read and understand the gibberish.. Back in the day when they did not computerize the records, and only had chicken scratch wrting, that is the only hard record left, and means the difference between approved/disapproved.

[Commander Bob]

Thank you for your service...

[cowgirl]

Shivers here and humbled at such a genuine statement. Thank you James and MDB for your service.

You've spent a career standing between my loved ones and those who would do them harm. I think I'm the one who needs to do the returning of favors.

'JamesBreckenridge'

Edited September 30, 2009 by cowgirl