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11 members (jawbone, dave260rem!, SnipeHunter, inatree, MoeBuck, Bulls eye, AMB, Jweeks, 3 invisible),
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Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 12,684 Likes: 120
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 12,684 Likes: 120 |
Cannot see my cardiologist without prior authorization and the VA isn’t responding to requests
Have been having chest pain for over a week and Sunday I had jaw pain
These are the same symptoms I had when I had the heart attack in 2018
Cardiologist recommended I go to the ER at DCH if this persists but I have to get authorization for this too or within 48 hours after
This is so messed up !!!
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself
The older I get the better I used to be
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,354 Likes: 3
8 point
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,354 Likes: 3 |
Go to sick call at the Tuscaloosa VA, they will get you in an ambulance and send you right to dch. Oh don't worry the VA pays for it.
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Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 1,424
8 point
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Call 911. Don't mess around with those symptoms. VA will pay up eventually.
Last edited by fingers; 07/22/25 04:20 PM.
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Posts: 13,878 Likes: 53
Booner
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Did you call or just going by the doc sending electronic comms? I'd call if not
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Posts: 15,598 Likes: 97
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 15,598 Likes: 97 |
I said Phuck the VA many years ago!
Life is a journey. Make sure and bring plenty of Beer.
My luck has been so bad lately, it could be raining pussies and I'd catch one with a dick broke off in it.
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Posts: 13,878 Likes: 53
Booner
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Booner
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I said Phuck the VA many years ago! I use them for community care and it's nice going that route. I do the same for dental. Nice living too far away from the providers.
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Posts: 2,840 Likes: 45
10 point
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This ain't no time to play. Drive directly to the nearest ER or dial 911 if you can't drive.
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David looney
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8 point
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They always take great care of me. Bld#135. First door on the right they will fix you right up.
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Go to the ER and then call 844-724-7842 within 72 hours of the ER visit. I've done it before and it was a smooth process. This is what I did when I went in afib a couple of years ago.
My dealings with the Mobile VA are great.
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10 point
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you need to go to the ER ASAP
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Booner
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Booner
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It's a dang shame our vet's have such awful healthcare. Go to the ER please.
This is why government run healthcare would suck.
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Booner
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Booner
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Dr sent me some nitroglycerin and I can’t get a nuclear stress test until I have a office visit first
If I have another episode I will go to the ER though I dread walking into DCH
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself
The older I get the better I used to be
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Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 12,684 Likes: 120 |
Update on this
Finally got approved for a heart cath
They found two blockages in small arteries on the front of my heart
They won’t cause a heart attack but will continue to cause me discomfort so I’m a candidate for double bypass
The thing is that when they did a CT scan they found something else so I go Monday for a PET scan to make sure I’m cancer free before bypass surgery midweek
The good news is the bypass surgery is going to be done arthroscopic and not in the traditional procedure of cracking the chest open
I should be hospitalized for 2 days and come home
Dr says I’ll feel like I have a bruised rib but will be able to do anything almost right away
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself
The older I get the better I used to be
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Joined: Dec 2000
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Glad you were able to get checked out. Hope the PET scan shows nothing. My VA Dr. is sending me for a stress test next week at the main VA hospital in Bham. This will be my first real experience with VA healthcare.
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Booner
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Good deal deadeye. Hoping the pet scan comes back clear.
The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
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8 point
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The VA here in Tuscaloosa does great for me. Bham is big but I've heard good things about it.
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