What Makes You Angry Today?

[vikingr12]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but a PSA of "positive" is not the indicator of having prostatic cancer. Having a high score is as statistically significant for having cancer as having a low score does. Study after study has shown this.

Doctors give you a PSA just to relieve your mind, not theirs. Cancer can even be missed in a DRE (digital rectal). A definitive diagnosis is found by taking a sample of the prostate and looking under the mike with several strains. The sample taking ain't fun.

So when you get a high PSA score, don't worry about it unless the doc does not follow up with another test to confirm and follow through with a sample biopsy, even an MRI.

 

[Sarg]

Thanks, Vike, I didn't know that. That would suggest that most of us never know until it no longer is treatable as in my friends case.

Sarg

 

[Wagon]

25 years out of the military and again it all comes down to waiting on my DD214. Well f*ck me.....................

 

[tnkg1rl]

25 years out of the military and again it all comes down to waiting on my DD214. Well f*ck me.....................

Wagon how long has it been taking?

 

[Sarg]

Wagon, you can fill out a SF 180 and send it to the National Personnel Record center and get them in a few weeks.

Go here...http://www.archives.gov/veterans/

It'll be a whole lot faster than whoever is sending for them for you. An added benefit is the NPRC embosses the DD-214 to certify they are genuine.

Sarg

 

[BaMuoiBa]

Wagon - Sarg has the right appoach. SF180 works but don't let them jerk you around.

Put a little heat on your Congress Critter. I was jerked around for almost two years trying to get them to get mine in order. Each one has a Veteran Liaison officer that knows who's button to push to get shit done. It took about 35 days after I put a bee in his bonnet. Thats the good news, the bad news is I had to go to his office for a photo opt to get it. Pleeeeese!

Ego driven assholes that they are.

Ba

 

[vikingr12]

I went through the DD-214 mess a long time ago and I see it is still the same. I kept my blue card thankfully that allowed me into any active duty military hospital for a while. Then it was deactivated and they sent me a different card with just PX and commissary. That's when I gave up on the VA.

 

[Wagon]

Thanks guys. I got the request for ALL records into NPRC. I have a radiation exposure claim as well so I need everything. Crap part about this is I had everything........just lost it all when that girl tried to kill me and I ended up on homeless stint number one abt 20 years ago.+

Today I'm angry at VA. They call, they arrange, we talk, I get nothing in the mail. Appointment is next week. I need to do blood work before that. WTF? So another phone call...........This is how the dance goes.

As for congress. I'm keeping my powder dry for the denial of claim. Then I'll blast em with 2 senators and a Rep. Worked a charm with my GI Bill.

 

[Wagon]

Oh yeah and one other thing before I take over the angry thread with my bullshit.

With NPRC it's all simple and electronic and nice now.........until........ You have to fax or mail a letter to them stating that you are not lying. 90 days! Wow I'm really happy you computerized everything. What did they do, paralell 100 commadore 64s together. WTF?

 

[combatgoldfish]

If I start talking about dating anyone, slap me. Women are f*cking horrible. If they didn't smell good and had magical places that made me tingle, I wouldn't have this problem!

 

[Wagon]

They're not all horrible CombatGF. My shrink awhile back.....................for as worthless as she was sometimes (she caused more anxiety than relieved) Highlighted that a majority of my relationships were with PTSD and that perhaps I was picking the wrong woman type consistently in order to make up for shortcommings or bad emotions due to PTSD. That was food for thought because every relationship except the first one out of the Navy was a class 1 freak.....including my ex wife.

My next trick will be to marry a very rich freak. Lady GaGa here I come baby. Warm up the prenup that puts me in a grass hut on a warm island when its over.

 

[combatgoldfish]

My father told me to find a nurse. That way I won't see her too often and when I do it'll be fun times. I think he makes a good point.

Now, I've just gotta act like I've got my shit together to land one.