[Maria]

Can you take this public in some way? This is horrific! You serve your country and are made to suffer as a consequence? I think NOT! I'm sure there is an ear that is willing to listen (publically) should you want to take it there re the treatment you're not getting. Really you served this country and suffer the consequences but should suffer no more in the manner you're describing... that's horrendous.

Btw while I was a civilian I worked for the VA system as an RN in Cardiothoracic medicine and Neurosurgery (San Francisco) for a few years and while I found some things far superior to civilian medicine I know the "system" can bog things down even further because it is such a massive system to deal with.

Don't apologize for any rant here.. we all do it.. systems are systems and seem to leave the human out of the loop so often. I do hate to hear of nurses that don't listen or are part of the roadblock system. Having been on both sides of the bedrail I can say that being on the patient side who isn't being listened to is really just so demeaning and so unnecessary. This SHOULD NOT happen period!

There's got to be a way of effecting the change that you need.. I pray you find it ASAP~ Maria