Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven
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Lots of great people here willing and able to help with pretty much any question. Have you been vaping long?
@Michealpbs
Lots of great people here willing and able to help with pretty much any question. Have you been vaping long?
Yeah I get the same all the time. Everytime I go in I have to answer, Do you worry about running out, do you take more then you should, did you go to the er and ask for more, a whole bunch of other pretty stupid questions. Do you see more then one doc for pain, do you use more then one pharmacy. I think OH YEAH I have 5 different docs prescribing for me and I get them at all different places. At times from people with signs that say will work for food. Gotta fill out the form everytime I go in which is only about once every 3 months. I doubt you could find 5 docs willing to prescribe to you in the whole state. They are all running scared and don't want to deal with the paperwork. Like one guy at the VA asked he said to get these you have to have cancer, how do you go about getting that?I really wanna answer, well no, but if I ever did I sure as hell wouldn't be dumb enough to tell y'all.
I am so disillusioned by the whole medical field, I go in and see the oncologist and he shakes my hand sort of, like a cold fish and says well ok see you in 3 months. Maybe at most 5 min. I go today for yet another CT. I have to go see the quack at the VA tomorrow. God I hate seeing her, I've taken my dog to better vets then she is a doc. My vitamin D was severely low and with my stomach situation a bariatric doc told me I need to take 1 50000 IU vit D daily for 10 days, I sent her the test with recommendation, now she said oh I completely understand about this surgery several times, she finally prescribed me 1 per week for a total of 13 for 3 months. She doesn't seem to get it that I have been taking 2 a week for months and that is how I got so low. Supposed to be taking 3 a week because it is one of the things that doesn't absorb well, oil based, I don't absorb oil.
Legs; vitamin D is available over the counter for cheap, since the VA veterinarian won't prescribe sufficient amounts for you. Once you tell her that you've been supplementing what she prescribed by buying enough over the counter to make up the difference, maybe she'll be embarrassed enough to prescribe the correct amount.
Yeah I know it is but not in the strength I need. I'd have to take 10 or more a day to get 50000 IU. It's only by prescription.
I realized that the over the counter capsules are 5000 IU at most. Is taking 10 of them out of the question for you?
she has her own FB page. Cada Lynne Johnson. You would not believe the number of outfits she has. And sun glasses too. Her owners are elderly and mom makes all her outfits. Their only child.
Yes I have problems swallowing any large tablets. My regular PCP did the Rx for me she understands what is the problem. They keep checking my whatever it is in the back of my throat and I have to swallow barium while they watch and it isn't working right plus the ulcers in my esophagus are a problem. The prescription form is a small gel cap but they run close to $1 each but I can get them down.
This stupid VA doc, I was just getting to sleep after being up since 0330 and her nurse called to verify my appt tomorrow and to tell me I was supposed to have fasting bloodwork done and wanted me to do it 1 1/2 hours before my appt. Not going to happen I went in Friday and had the labwork done that she had ordered but she ordered more today. She'll just have to wait. Part of it was just done by another doc that the VA sent me to but they don't seem to communicate. He is a civilian. And my CT was moved to Wednesday so she'll get it when she gets it. She is a real PI my A.
I even called ahead to see if I had any fasting tests ordered. She really stepped into a good job there before this she was working in some little podunk town in S Dak, she's from Arkansas. But she knows it all if you don't believe me just ask her. Never smiles always has something about you to complain about, glad I only have to see her once a year. This is depending on which seminar she has been to recently. Shes an expert in whichever one she goes to. I think she graduated from Acme School for Medicine right next to the school for Wiley.
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Really the only thing that is good about her is she recommends you see specialists and since this govt is trying to privatize their services you usually end up with a good one from the community.
Yep I sort of look at it like Iffy. She stepped into a $250k a year job with no need for malpractice insurance, which I'm sure she would need, no need to supply a crew of people to run the insurance end, nurses and the rest of the people that are required now days to operate a doctors office. Not on call, pretty basically just her showing up 5 days a week which most docs don't do anymore. But for that kind of money not bad for a crummy doctor that had real problems making it on the outside from what all I have read about her on google. Amazing the things you can find out these days.
I have to admit the specialists I have seen were top notch but they let you pick the ones you want to see. And actually the VA doesn't pay for them, they bill Medicare and my Supplement, hearing aids and glasses are on them tho. Things that are actually still at the VAMC which when someone retires who is a specialist he is not replaced. So more and more are in the community except for people who do not have problems traveling, they have to go to Seattle or Portland all expenses paid, which I can't really see the cost effectiveness there.
Well planning on hitting the bed early tonight, take a shower in the morning, which would be nice if it was a quick process but its not, and get to my appt. Hopefully she won't put me on the rack tomorrow, unless she went to a seminar about the benefits of the rack.
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Oh I was going to mention something else for people who like something good to eat that is quick.
If you have a Costco and are a member. They have something called Ajinomoto Shoyu style Ramen. It is a topnotch cup of noodles, but far away from CoN, It comes in a bowl with excellent noodles, sliced grilled chicken breast, red peppers, green onions, excellent broth. Comes in a bowl and everything tastes fresh which is amazing. All you do is remove the plastic from the bowl add water and cook in microwave for 4 minutes. Everything is top notch the broth is excellent. Of course more expensive the Cup of Noodles but well worth it, no comparison. I just hope they keep it in stock. It is in the frozen food section. You will be pleasantly surprised by it. You don't have to add anything and it all tastes fresh.
If you have a Costco and are a member. They have something called Ajinomoto Shoyu style Ramen. It is a topnotch cup of noodles, but far away from CoN, It comes in a bowl with excellent noodles, sliced grilled chicken breast, red peppers, green onions, excellent broth. Comes in a bowl and everything tastes fresh which is amazing. All you do is remove the plastic from the bowl add water and cook in microwave for 4 minutes. Everything is top notch the broth is excellent. Of course more expensive the Cup of Noodles but well worth it, no comparison. I just hope they keep it in stock. It is in the frozen food section. You will be pleasantly surprised by it. You don't have to add anything and it all tastes fresh.
She is clearly a Super Genius!
I'm off to have a full physical. Haven't seen a doc since 2015; I really need to get more regular.
Then I'll have to get scheduled for my once-every-three-years colonoscopy, probably get a chest x-ray or some type of scan, and demand a bone density test for hereditary reasons. Hopefully they can do the full bloodwork today; otherwise that will be another visit. I'll inquire about local laser back surgeons and maybe schedule for an MRI on my back. Then, next week, I'm headed to my first visit with an implant specialist.
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