diabetes Answered Questions

[marielovesashley]

DEAR BERTA SIMMONS:

IT WAS TAKING SO LONG TO APPEAR AT ALLVETSINC - YAHOO WEBSITES TECHNICAL PROBLEMS - I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I HAVE THREE WEBSITES AT YAHOO AND IT IS NOT ALWAYS ON A TIMELY FASHION.

Ms.B-

I am confused- and trying to access prior posts regarding this matter-

I WILL ANSWER BETWEEN THE LINES IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

Is this veteran-regarding the problems with Albany VAMC- a Vietnam

incountry Veteran?

A#### WAS A HONORABLY DISABLED VIETNAM VETERAN. HE WAS ADMITTED THROUGH THIS LITTLE VA OFFICE HERE AND WAS TRANSFERRED THERE BECAUSE I WAS WATCHING OVER HIM OTHERWISE THEY WOULD LET HIM SUFFOCATE WITH ALL THIS LIQUID IN HIS LUNGS OR HIS LUNGS WOULD COLLAPSE. IN OTHER WORDS, HE WOULD BE DEAD ABOUT OCT. 19TH, 2006 INSTEAD OF DEC. 5TH, 2006 SO I GOT EXTRA WEEKS WITH HIM - THANK GOD

THEY WERE WAITING FOREVER FOR A BED IN SYRACUSE AND I DID PRESSURE TO GET A BED IN ALBANY. THAT WAS THE STARTING POINT OF OUR NIGHTMARE.

Does he have renal and kidney disease as a result of diabetes

mellitis?

NO.

Who is your service officer? DAV, AL, New York State Division of

Vetarns Affairs etc?

AMERICAN LEGION.

I am trying to interpret older posts here regarding this veteran.

It appeared to me he gets a NSC pension?

ALL HE WAS GETTING IS THIS LITTLE 881$ WITH THE VA EVEN IF HE WROTE TO HAVE THE READJUSTMENT SINCE HE HAD HIS WIFE WITH HIM.

Yet he might have a claim pending for direct service connection?

Or does he already get a SC compensation award -if so what does he

get that for?

ALL HE WAS GETTING IS 881 $ PER MONTH EVEN IF I WAS WITH HIM. IT WAS SO HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WANTED TO JOIN HIM IN ALBANY, I COULD NOT BECAUSE IT WAS TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH.

Did a veterans rep advise him -if he has diabetes- to request service

connection for the DMII as presumptive to Agent Orange exposure

(ALL veterans who served in Vietnam are presumed exposed to AO)

and to file claim for not only the diabetes but for all complications

of it?

NO DIABETES.

Diabetes can cause atherosclerosis, heart disease, vision problems,

peripheral neuropathy, etc etc to include severe kidney disorders and

Renal dysfunction.

I KNOW BUT THANKS.

The VA's own training letter clearly spells out these numerous

secondary service connectable disabilities if caused or contributed

to by diabetes mellitus-in Vietnam incountry vets as well as certain

Army veterans who served near the DMZ in Korea.

Has any service officer filed the Section 1151 claim yet?

WHAT IS THE SECTION 1151? I AM SORRY, I KNOW NOTHING OF YOUR VOCABULARY SWEETHEART LIKE FTCA AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SORRY, I AM A NEWIE SINCE ALL I HAD TO LIVE WITH MY WONDERFUL VET WAS 5 1/2 MONTHS LEFT, THANKS TO IMMIGRATION BUT THAT'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.

You must obtain all of his VA medical records prior to FTCA or

Section 1151 claim -because if not- that is when they might

all 'disappear' or become 'misplaced'.

WHAT IS FTCA SECTION 1151? I GOT ALL HIS RECORDS AND I HADE SURE TO HAVE EVERY PIECE OF PAPER BEFORE LEAVING ALBANY.

I am confused because it now appears that private hospitals were

involved too????

FROM MY INTENSIVE STUDY (I STUDIED EVERYTHING BEFORE COMMUNICATING WITH THE CONGRESSMAN) THE VA TRASHED HIS LIVER AND THE LAST HOSPITAL TRASHED HIS KIDNEYS BY NOT OFFERING A DIALYSIS EVEN IF I MADE CALL THE OFFICE OF THE CONGRESSMAN (BECAUSE I SAW SOMETHING WAS GOING WRONG EVEN IF I DID NOT KNOW IT IS SPECIFICALLY THE DIALYSIS HE NEEDED AT THIS TIME, I WAS FIGHTING LIKE INSANE FOR A LIVER TRANSPLANT BUT THE DOCTOR WAS SUPPOSED TO GET THE PICTURE THAT I WANTED MY HUSBAND ALIVE, I EVEN TALKED ABOUT BEING A LIVING DONOR OF MY LIVER BECAUSE OUR BLOOD WAS COMPATIBLE - CONGRESSMAN KNOWS ABOUT IT) AND THE OFFICE OF THE CONGRESSMAN DID CALL BECAUSE MY HUBBY TOLD ME THEY DID.

The SF 95 form (FTCA malpractice claims)that stops the Statute of

Limits is only for charges of malpractice regarding VA- private

hospitals will involve different types of legal actions.

YES, I WISH TO HIRE ONE FOR THE VA CONCERNING THE "TRASHING" OF THE LIVER. THE OTHER FOR THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR NOT OFFERING THE DIALYSIS.

The Section 1151 claim also only can focus on VA malpractice.

YES, I'LL FOCUS ON THE LIVER BUT SINCE THEY DID EVERYTHING TO TRASH HIS LIVER THEY CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO HIS DEATH BECAUSE RIGHT AFTER THE KIDNEYS WERE WORKING PRETTY HARD (WHEN THE LIVER IS TRASHED) AND ARE CLOSING SO IF YOU DON'T GET THE RIGHT DOCTOR THEN HE WON'T GIVE YOU THE DIALYSIS YOU DESPERATELY NEED EVEN IF YOU WOULD MADE THE POPE CALL THE HOSPITAL. I WAS EVEN GIVING THEM LETTERS I WAS SENDING ON A DAILY BASIS TO THE CONGRESSMAN (CERTIFIED LETTERS TO HIS MAIN OFFICES) TO BE ON HIS CHART BUT I BET THE DOCTOR SIMPLY DID NOT READ THEM. IN OTHER WORDS, EVEN IF THE LAST DOCTOR WAS NOT A CARING DOCTOR AT ALL, MY HUSBAND COULD BE ALIVE TODAY IF THEY WOULD NOT TRASH HIS LIVER AND MAKE WORKING HIS KIDNEYS PRETTY HARD BECAUSE OF THAT. VA IS RESPONSIBLE OF THAT AND THE LAST DOCTOR IS RESPONSIBLE OF NOT EVEN OFFERING A DIALYSIS. A### WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE VA ON NOV. 22TH, 2006 AND WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE BIG PROBLEMS ALREADY ON THE NOV. 26TH (JUST FOUR DAYS AFTER HIS DISCHARGE) BUT WE WERE BOTH SCARED TO DEATH THEY WOULD SEND HIM BACK TO A VA HOSPITAL SO WE WAITED UNTIL NOV. 28TH TO CALL THE AMBULANCE BUT MY HUSBAND DID NOT WANT ME TO CALL THE AMBULANCE AT ALL BUT I HAD TO BECAUSE WHAT I WAS DOING FOR HIM WAS JUST NOT WORKING. IT'S WRITTEN ON THE PAPERS OF THE CIVILIAN HOSPITAL THAT ASHLEY REFUSED TO GO TO A VA HOSPITAL AND I DO UNDERSTAND HIM PRETTY WELL BECAUSE HE HAD A BIG SURGERY WITHOUT A PAINKILLER - JUST A SAMPLE OF THE H*** WE LIVED.

The records from private hospitals or physicians should also be

obtained as they might well reveal support for VA malpractice

charges.As I mentioned Dr. Bash is a doctor who knows VA case laws

as it applies to claims (but is NOT a lawyer however)and will need

copies of all medical records that your husband has incurred.

My husbands VA med recs were voluminous.

I first had emailed Dr. Bash at the web site you were given here-

with a very brief rundown of my claim.

he emailed back -sounds good- what do you have?

I replied a few specifics as to the probative evidence-

he emailed send it with the fee-

a week later he called me and agreed with my present VA claim.

I had sent the med recs and other significant documents (autopsy etc)

such as prior SOCs etc with a cover letter that I listed the main

exhibits of evidence on.I colored coordinated these specfic critical

documents to colored tabs on the copies in the whole stack.

Dr. Bash reviewed all of the information carefully yet had a timeline

and direct referrals with the tabbed exhibits -to the entries,tests,

that showed bonafide malpractice.

I had already proven the VA caused Rods death.

I needed to prove further malpractice of a condition that Directly

caused his death.It was the smoking gun of all of the other

negligence.

I am mentioning all this because an IMO doctor such as Dr. Bash will

need to reference what the malpractice was in the VA records.

ARE YOU TELLING ME DR. BASH COULD START THE VA MALPRACTICE BUSINESS? IT'S THE IMPRESSION I AM GETTING BUT THIS PERSON IS UNFORTUNATELY IN MARYLAND. SORRY FOR MY MISPELLING OF THE WORD AMOUNT. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS AND I AM FROM CANADA AND THE LAWSUITS THERE ARE FAR LESS IMPRESSIVE THAN IN U.S. SO I AM TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ASK BECAUSE I COULD VERY EASILY TO ASK FOR ALL THE TREASURES OF THIS WORLD BECAUSE A#### WAS WORTH MORE THAN ALL OF THIS. A### IS A U.S. CITIZEN AND WE NEVER BEEN IN CANADA.

It helps considerably to be able to pin point if you can-in a brief

cover letter that you send any IMO doctor-

the dates, places, doctor's names, discharge certificates,nurses

notes etc, (if more than one VA is involved)- and make direct

references to where this information can be found in the medical

files.

But all that above is one thing- this is more important then sueing

the VA

Is your husband presently getting the best care available?

Has the VA itself done anything at all to correct the past medical

problems?

NO. HE WAS NOT EVEN ON A LIVER TRANSPLANT LIST YET. THESE IMBECILES (I AM SORRY BUT THAT'S THE SAD TRUTH) WERE ONLY CONSIDERING IT AT THIS POINT.

Have you directly brought your concerns to the VAMC Chief of Staff

when these problems occurred?

OH YES, THE DOCTOR WHO WAS SUPERVISING THE WHOLE TEAM WAS CONTACTED AND I HAVE THE EMAILS WITH ME WITH ME AS WELL AS THE VA PATIENT ATTORNEY WHO WAS THE INCARNATION OF A REAL JOKE.

Has your Congressman replied and offered any solutions as to getting

him better VA care?

HE REPLIED BUT WE ARE WAITING FOR THE OFFICIALS OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO FINALLY REPLY TO THE CONGRESSMAN SINCE THE MIDST OF DECEMBER 2006 SO I BET AT THIS POINT TO SIMPLY FORGET IT BECAUSE THE CONGRESSMAN COMMUNICATED WITH THEM AGAIN AND NOTHING CAME BACK.

PLEASE KNOW I DO APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT IS SHOWING A REAL INTEREST TO HELP. A SINCERE THANK YOU.

MARIE

[marielovesashley]

The only reason I told is because I wanted you to know that my husband and I

were madly in love with each other and that killed us to not be with each other for 19 months.

Here are two online poems (not private poems) my husband wrote to me

and I trust you will respect the rights of the deceased author, My Prince

The Eagle and The Maple Leaf One day the cutest Maple leaf, Found an Eagle filled with grief, And somehow she touched his soul, Which made the Eagle feel so whole. She brought the Eagle so much joy, He felt just like a little boy. Now they both felt so much love, They knew this match was made above. But now this Eagle rarely sleeps, Often nights he even weeps, He cannot see his Maple leaf, The one that took away the grief. For the powers made them part, And this really broke his heart. And they cannot cross the borders, This by way of official orders. They keep from me my precious wife, The greatest treasure of my life. They can push and they can shove, But they cannot kill my love. Now soon the Eagle which is me, And my Maple leaf Marie, Will be together in stronger love, I give all praise to God above. Ash This one was written about the same time A#### asked me to become his wife: LIFE What is this thing we call time? A measure for this life of mine? A lifetime is but a puff of smoke, In eternity, just a joke. We are here but for a season, We all try to find a reason, We all want a life worth living, We all have love for giving. A desire for someone there, When it’s time our love to share. Someone to call on the phone, Someone there when we are home. One to entrust your greatest secret, Knowing that they’ll surely keep it. As a man and for my life, This would surely be my wife. And her beauty stops not with skin, For it comes from deep within, Welling up from her soul, For The Lord has made her whole. Nothing shall ever, our love sever, For it’s God who joins together. We’ll be together until the end, She is my wife, my lover, and friend. ======================== Like A#### just said: "We'll be together until the end".

Like it is written:

Song of Solomon 8:

6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

KJV

Like A#### said in his poem the Eagle and the Maple Leaf: They can push and they can shove, But they cannot kill my love.

A##### and I are together until the end because I was telling him on a continuous basis I couldn't find a better man on earth because I was/am convinced. I'll join My Charming Prince A#### sooner than I think. I am his wife, his lover and his friend forever and thank God, nobody can break the love of soul-mates.

That is my way to thank you for your help, Berta and Allan.

You won't see me around for a while

Be back soon.