Re: Am I getting any better at this troll thing?


shar-on wrote:
> I helped particularly my own mom thru the VA system here in G'ville
> back in the 70's. She was a navy nurse during WWII, then met & married
> my dad (WWII survivor of pow encampment in the Philippines). She
> seemingly never sought care for herself, but definitely for us kids at
> the base in Jacksonville while growing up. Cancer took her at 52yrs
> back in '76 when i was but 25, over half my life ago. The VA didn't
> wanna help much, even in diagnosing her very obvious pain/illness.
> Thru persistence on her behalf, i was influenced me to become a nurse
> (among other things) and definitely to become more of a hands-on
> activist for basic human rights and justice. I'm well-versed in the
> "VA way" by now (dad also died at the VA hosp at 74 yrs in '89...but he
> never ever had a prob advocating for himself). Growing up a teen
> during the 'nam years and having so many friends and others i witnessed
> come home physically and/or emotionally wounded or dead, i couldn't
> help but be affected.
>
> The VA hosp here is supposedly pretty exceptional as far as the
> "standard" goes, even providing in-house acupuncture, hypnotism,
> massage, etc as alternative or adjunctive services, plus benefits of
> UF's Shands Teaching Hospital across the street....they use many of the
> same docs, residents, etc to cross-cover both hospitals. They provide
> the services you mention, too. There is also a nursing home attached
> to the hospital proper, and within the last few years a (mostly)
> independent living facility just for vets was opened less than 10 blks
> from me in a residential neighborhood. I have sev vet friends who
> actively participate/advocate both independently and otherwise for the
> varied homeless populations here, so i actually worry less about the
> vets than some others.

Some of the Vets who are in real bad physycal shap could ask about the
Vets home in Truth or Consequences New Mexico. the folks at that Vet
Home do real good care. and It's a small laid back town with allot of
cool folks.

GraayWolf

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