What Benefits?

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Well comrades,

The Chief of Staff at Little Rock says no operation.

He looked at the MRI but, not me.

The examiner, it was not the chief, said that they only operate on spinal stuff if the operation is to save your life.

I'm done.

Tanks, but no tanks.

If I had-a known about this crap in 1970 I woulda become a Canadian and never gotten into this mess.

From a gratefull nation my ass.

sledge

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I get the mushroom treatment everytime they want to 'defer' whatever I am needing.

In the present case I already know where I stand from a medical perspective.

Pinching the spinal column down to an eigth of an inch thick is just not good for ya.

The 'examiner' tried to point out how squishy the nervous system construction is and minumize my concerns over breathing problems that occurr when I tilt my head from level to 5 degrees.

Does anyone feel like taking his side?

Could all of my pain and misery be nothing more than 'all in my head'?

I'm already nuts, could this just be a part of that?

Anyhow, it's obvious that Little Rock has no desire to fix anything for me.

I'll get it done by the private sector as soon as I can raise the money.

Since I can't work?????

A small bridge is getting replaced in my home town using hundreds of thousands of Federal dollars.

If I can't get one for my house, why should they get one for the street?

If the paper-pushers and politicians want my so-called bennies they should join the flamin army like the rest of us did.

sledge

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Comrades,

I received a new consult on my neck problem today.

The new examiner says the condition is 'significant' and physical therapy will not help.

This guy is working on getting me an operation by a local surgeon.

The skill and experience of the local cutter leads me to believe that the procedure will go very well and have a short recovery period.

If 6 to 8 months is short.

The current problems aren't anything like I have with the VA doctors.

The surgeon is usually booked months in advance and paying for this stuff might be tricky.

I'll know more in a few days.

Basically, the operation is on.

After the rehab is over and the full extent of the former neck problem is realized I'll be filing a malpractice suit against the Little Rock VA and the CHIEF, th head dude in charge, the quack, in particular.

It looks like I'm going to be a claimant for life.

sledge