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TaxiLady @Ghostlady (2356) • United States 3 Jun

Taking my computer to the shop today. It froze up again after working over 2 hours. I was in the middle of a playing a game and it froze up. I give up. Kind of figured only needing updates was not the only problem. I now realize...

frozen

new food

ruts

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9 people

My surgery

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 26 Jan 25

My daughter and her boyfriend with their new 10 day old daughter gave me a ride to the hospital. I had the surgery. Everything went well and I only stayed one night. The surgeon, his assistant, the nurses and everyone at the...

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8 people

We ordered meds a week ago

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 16 Oct 24

I noticed Bob was running low on a med, so I ordered it about a week ago, along with a foot powder. These are ordered through the VA. I went to check on the status and they were just dispensed yesterday. So figure at least a two...

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16 people

Interesting Day

TaxiLady @Ghostlady (2356) • United States 13 Jun 24

Last night Tom had a little too much JD, and fell in the kitchen. Finally made it up. But this morning his knee is swollen, and hard to walk. Waiting on a call from the VA to give the go head on going to the ER. If it were me, I...

jack daniels

vertigo

pain

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7 people

Finally!

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (84711) • Daytona Beach, Florida 9 May 24

Finally. After what feels like a week of waiting, George's feeding syringes finally arrived in the mail. I ordered them at the exact same time as his formula, sponages and other supplies, but of course, they didn't arrive until...

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6 people

Well, that was a waste of an hour.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (84711) • Daytona Beach, Florida 29 Mar 24

George and I just got back from the doctor's office. Turns out that the VA canceled his appoitment because reasons. And, no one thought to inform us. So, I wasted around fourty dollars (nearly twenty each way) to wonder in a...

wasted trip

failed doctors appoitment

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10 people

Robert J Dole V.A. health care

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 13 Nov 23

This image is just a quick shot from the parking lot. Bob had a podiatry appointment at 8:30 this morning. That means we were on the road by 7:00. The nurse practitioner was named Sunshine. For real. She was very nice. I was...

november 2023

bob

appointments

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6 people

Good Day At the VA

Four Walls @FourWalls (86584) • United States 11 Jul 23

A tale of two VA systems. I read @TheSojourner ‘s discussion about how the VA will not mail her medications to her anymore. They’ve only been doing it for 11 years, and now they decide they’re going to stop....

personal

humor

musings

veterans administration

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13 people

A disappointment

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 24 Oct 22

Originally Bob thought he would transfer to a nursing home/rehab October 29. Saturday when I was there we were told he would likely be moved today instead. He got his hopes up. He got himself up, and dressed and sat in a chair...

october 2022

nursing home

disappointment

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26 people

A promised update

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 23 Oct 22

While at the Bob Dole VA I accomplished something Bob says he has not been able to accomplish. I got people to talk to me. In their defense, Bob was likely sleeping, or having a hard time understanding them without his hearing...

october 2022

information

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20 people

Very sick again

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 15 Oct 22

Not me, but my husband Bob. He has covid, again, and we did not suspect that. Probably C Diff again, maybe sepsis in his blood again. He is showing indicators in his lab work of heart failure and kidney failure. The thing is,...

october 2022

sick

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33 people

Just an ordinary day

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 27 Jun 22

It is six in the morning, and we are having just a bit of coolness. Hubby said the doctor yesterday told him Tuesday will likely be his dismissal. Today is trash day. So I will take it to the curb. The cooler weather makes me...

june 2022

monday morning

breakfast

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14 people

I Beat the Baseball Trade Deadline

Four Walls @FourWalls (86584) • United States 31 Jul 21

Woo, was I lucky! I got in under the trade deadline. I sent two old crutches to the VA for a spiffy new Drive rollator. AND physical therapy exercises to be named later!!! Truthfully, I don’t know...

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10 people

Yosemite Sam Said It Best About the VA.....

Four Walls @FourWalls (86584) • United States 22 Jul 21

Saca-fraca-racka-perkalooma!!!! Oh, those wacky people at the Veterans Affairs hospital. So, I have a PT appointment this morning, right? I mean, I hadn't been seen since before the new year, thanks to covid. But...

personal

humor

veterans affairs hospital

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11 people

Lessons learned daily

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 22 Jul 21

I have lived in this location almost six years. It is rural. Not all farmland but very lacking in industry and business. We have at least a ten minute drive everywhere, with nothing. Usually it is more like thirty to 60...

july 2021

cars

fuel

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11 people

Well, that was different

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 20 Nov 20

Hubby was supposed to have a procedure at 2 this afternoon. We were just getting around and he got a call at 9:15. The caller thought he was doing one thing, he had to tell them the procedure he was now scheduled for. Then they...

november 2020

psa

covid

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14 people

Emergency Room and personal medical, skip if you like

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 14 Jul 20

I took hubby for a procedure yesterday. He left without a catheter. He could urinate on his own when he left. He also took one strong antibiotic pill--standard practices. It made him sick at his stomach. Ever since his treatment...

july 2020

urology

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11 people

Well, here I am

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 13 Jul 20

Before I get too far into a post I will say that the medical part went well to all appearances. We hope it stays that way. Actually most everything went better than expected. I was told yesterday that I would need to wait in my...

july 2020

early appointment

home again

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12 people

Up to 13

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 14 Apr 20

Warning:personal medical information included. Not from me, but from my husband. Hubby is now up to thirteen ER trips in the last two years. 5 in the last six weeks. All related to urinary tract problems and prostate problems...

april 2020

urinary problems

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19 people

Hats off to the VA

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 12 Mar 20

We left in plenty of time to get there today. We knew from announcements on Facebook that the entrances we are used to were closed. I turned east when we got off the highway, instead of west, so I thought I was running late. I...

march 2020

appointment

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10 people