[Magdalen] Where are we

[Ginga Wilder]

I am so sorry for all the hoops you have to jump through to get treated,
Dan.  You are in my prayers.
Ginga

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 4:57 PM P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Good to see so many still here. Most remember that I don't write a lot;
> that hasn't changed.
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> I'll go ahead and request a prayer pat.
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> Some might remember that about 4 years ago, I was having an MRI to get
> ready for a hernia repair. The MRI team found cysts on my pancreas, so an
> endoscopy was ordered on that before they looked at the hernia. We drove to
> Little Rock (c. 3 hours). Had lab work done the afternoon before and the
> endoscopy the next day.The cysts were benign, though there were a lot of
> them. So ever since that event, I have had a follow up MRI every 6 months.
> All of those have been normal until last week.
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> Here's where it gets weird. I was referred to a local surgeon's office for
> the procedure. Someone didn't call first - this office doesn't do that
> procedure. So I called the main VA for our area (Fayetteville).The nurse
> seemed determined to find a non-VA facility to do the procedure. I told her
> that the last one had been done at McClellan VA in Little Rock and that I
> did not object to going back there again.
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> I have never been a fan of Wilkie - the relatively new head of the VA, who
> has been trying to civilianize everything he can. I think this is all part
> of his community services scam (defund and do away with the VA).
>
> She was not the contact for my team, she said she would talk with them
> tomorrow - hopefully I can get to a VA facility where they care about the
> Vet.
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> Sorry for the long rant. Hope all is well with everyone.
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