Guest guest Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 In a message dated 3/11/2004 9:14:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, hharrison@... writes: Their Dr's are great on soldiers wounded in battle but not after Hi Helen, Not all doctors are the same. I have a friend that her husband goes to the VA. He has to see several of the doctors, heart, kidney, diabetes and he never has any complaints about any of them. Eunice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Like I said it depends on where you are, and how you retired. Different areas are different. Here is not so good. Your friends are among the lucky few, Helen Re: VA/Meds In a message dated 3/11/2004 9:14:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, hharrison@... writes: Their Dr's are great on soldiers wounded in battle but not after Hi Helen, Not all doctors are the same. I have a friend that her husband goes to the VA. He has to see several of the doctors, heart, kidney, diabetes and he never has any complaints about any of them. Eunice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 He was in during the Korean War and flew for 17 years with the national Guard going into Viet Nam many times. He was Air Force stationed in a couple of places in Texas and in Sacramento California., It is different for different areas I suspect and also different branches of the service. My brother retired from the air force in 1975 and doesn't go to the VA but has a military insurance that allows them to use civilian Drs. Helen Re: VA/Meds > Me personally I wouldn't go at all as I had enough of the Military Dr's > when he was on active duty. If you have never been militsry you wouldn't > understand, if you have then you will know what I am talking about. Their > Dr's are great on soldiers wounded in battle but not after. helen>>>>>>>>>>>> When was your husband active duty military? I suspect this may have been years ago, and military doctors have improved dramatically. In fact, I have received excellent care from military doctors. The military physicians who treated me can be characterized as outstanding, professional and dedicated. As an example, one my doctors, a Navy Lieutenant, tracked down one of the top orthopedic oncologists in the country and called him at his HOME to ask him to take me on as a patient, even though his office said he was completely booked and wasn't seeing new patients. (He did, and I became one of his patients.) My husband retired in October 2002 after a 20-year career in the Marine Corps. As a military dependent, I was treated by competent, caring military medical professionals. (And Navy Corpsmen pheblotamists can't be beat, don't even feel the needle going in when they take blood.) Now that we are Retirees, my health care has not slipped. Just yesterday I had my annual mammogram at the Navy Hospital. I have been treated at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, Naval Hospital 29 Palms and Luke Air Force Base Hospital. Tracie Diabetes homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes/ To unsubscribe to this group, send an email to: diabetes-unsubscribe Hope you come back soon! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 My father was nearly killed by a military doctor. He came in complaining of fever, abdominal pain, and nausea. The doctor gave him aspirin and sent him back to the barracks. Later that night, he became so violently ill he had to be carried to the base hospital for an emergency appendectomy. If the operation had been delayed 10 min. it would have burst. You don't give aspirin to someone with appendicitis, everyone knows that; yet this fine, upstanding officer-and-gentleman doctor did it. Re: VA/Meds > Me personally I wouldn't go at all as I had enough of the Military Dr's > when he was on active duty. If you have never been militsry you wouldn't > understand, if you have then you will know what I am talking about. Their > Dr's are great on soldiers wounded in battle but not after. helen>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 No an unusausl story. Helen Re: VA/Meds > Me personally I wouldn't go at all as I had enough of the Military Dr's > when he was on active duty. If you have never been militsry you wouldn't > understand, if you have then you will know what I am talking about. Their > Dr's are great on soldiers wounded in battle but not after. helen>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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