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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
23 Nov 24
”What do you have planned today?” It’s a common question.
What you have planned and what actually happens are two different things. Trust me, I didn’t have “ER visit” on my bingo card for today.
November is...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
6 Oct 24
Navy recruiters are going at it all wrong! “Join the Navy, see the world” (truth: see the inside gray bulkheads of a ship), etc. Nah, they need to tout those massage chairs.
I went to the civilian allergist last week. He...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
12 Jul 22
That’s right, mumblings. I had dental work today, so mumbling is about the best I can do.
The work wasn’t bad, it was just in a “bad place”: the front teeth. On a tooth that had a crown put on it way back...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
8 Apr 22
Yesterday I had to go to the VA hospital to turn in some paperwork for reimbursement for a bill I paid that was the VA’s responsibility. I got two pretty big surprises while I was there.
The first one was the empty entrances....
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
18 Sep 21
For the last decade or so our local Veterans Hospital has been holding a women veterans’ day open house on the third Saturday in September. This is the second year it’s been relegated to a drive-thru BOC (that’s “because of...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
11 Jan 21
What am I doing up at this ridiculous time? It’s nearly 8:30 am here!
Well, I had three appointments at the Veterans hospital today.
“Had” being the optimal word.
As the CDC and other legitimate sites state, positive...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
7 Nov 19
Look! We’ve made it!!!
MyLotters have their own room!!
Lori! JJ! John! Horse (and your best friend Vanny)!! Uncle Joe!! Doc!!
How special are we to have a room named for us!
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
11 Mar 18
Did you miss me? Didn’t think so. . I was planning on spending my final hours of “slow time” enjoying the evening with my favorite people, cats, and LEGO figures here on myLot. Alas, it was not to be.
A pain that...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
16 Sep 17
Once a year the local VA hospital has a women veterans' open house. Today was that day!
I had to go to the emergency room because of some persistent pain in my abdomen. Given there's a strong family history of kidney stones (I...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
12 Jan 17
Way back in 2004 our then-Congressman, Anne Northup, procured funding for a new Veterans Administration hospital to serve the disabled veterans of Kentucky and southern Indiana. In true government fashion the ball didn't get...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Once a quarter my local VA hospital has a "town hall meeting" with officials. These officials include representatives from the director's office, the regional office, patient advocates, and the benefits office. That quarterly...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
7 Feb 16
Hi, welcome to "Things That Irk Me About the VA" (Part 1,376,407,238).
Last week I detailed the funny-but-sat fiasco in trying to get something done about my arm and low back. Today I'm going for an MRI (yes, today, Super...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
14 Aug 15
This is deeply personal, because I'm a disabled veteran. I don't have near the problems that a lot of people who served do, however. I served in relative peace time, when the worst thing I had to encounter was smart-mouthed...
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katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
23 Dec 11
I don't know about the VA centers in other areas.. but ours stinks!!
Two years ago we learned that my FIL was getting sick. All we knew at that time was that his body was no longer producing its own blood and he needed blood...
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