[Magdalen] Where are we

[P. Dan Brittain]

I hope so.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 1:56 AM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Dan, this could be an unusual conspiracy theory - one that has a basis
> in fact. Hopefully things will start returning to normal in a couple of
> weeks, or as soon after that as the administration can change the policy.
>
> Roger
>
> On 05/01/2021 03:40, P. Dan Brittain wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:40 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I am so sorry for all the hoops you have to jump through to get treated,
> >>
> > I hope I am only harboring a conspiracy.theory. Treatment at the VA used
> to
> > be very easy and always dependable.
> >
> > BUT - I do appreciate all the prayers.
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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.
> >>>
> >>> I'll go ahead and request a prayer pat.
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for the long rant. Hope all is well with everyone.
> >>>
> >>> d
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> P. Dan Brittain
> >>> Harrison, Arkansas
> >>>
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> >
>
>

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Harrison, Arkansas

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