[Magdalen] Where are we

[P. Dan Brittain]

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 3:11 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is not a conspiracy theory. It is fact.


That is certainly a fear of mine. Things have changed drastically in the
last few years

d



> The current administration,
> aided by a Republican Senate, has been doing its best to privatize a number
> of government agencies, among them the VA and the Postal Service. It is
> fairly well known that the current president, whose term (TBTG) will be
> upin two weeks and a half a day, has had a "shadow VA" made up of three
> wealthy donors who are actually running the agency and gumming up the
> works. It may take a long time to straighten out what they have done to it.
> And let's pray for a double Democratic victory in Georgia today.
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 9:29 AM P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> --
> > > >>> P. Dan Brittain
> > > >>> Harrison, Arkansas
> > > >>>
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> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > P. Dan Brittain
> > Harrison, Arkansas
> >
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> >
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> >
>


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P. Dan Brittain
Harrison, Arkansas

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