I had my first VA MRI on 9/22, and I have only used the VA for my meds so far. The costs, co-pays and other expenses for neuro visits, testing and other procedures have grown impossible as I now find myself with multiple organ problems - kidney, heart, lung, spine - I am overwhelmed. So I have been trying to use the VA system.
Neuro doc at VA wrote order for radiologist to count lesions and I brought in CD's of last 2, because I have had several flares - last put me in a wheelchair with blurred vision for months - and may need medication change. Get to VA radiology and they said radiologist does not do that (had that order for weeks and ignored it until I showed up). So I brought my CD's to neuro office and dropped them off.
I do not have another neuro appt scheduled until Feb and I have called 3 or 4 times and left messages and have not heard. Went to VA for pulmonary testing and went back to the neuro office to check on MRI's and they can't find them, don't know if doc read the new MRI or checked it against old ones.
Civilian employees I am dealing with appear to be as sorry as I remember when I was an active duty nurse in the ICU unit of a military hospital. My experience was the main reason I did not use the VA when I had private insurance.
What is reasonable here?
Neuro doc at VA wrote order for radiologist to count lesions and I brought in CD's of last 2, because I have had several flares - last put me in a wheelchair with blurred vision for months - and may need medication change. Get to VA radiology and they said radiologist does not do that (had that order for weeks and ignored it until I showed up). So I brought my CD's to neuro office and dropped them off.
I do not have another neuro appt scheduled until Feb and I have called 3 or 4 times and left messages and have not heard. Went to VA for pulmonary testing and went back to the neuro office to check on MRI's and they can't find them, don't know if doc read the new MRI or checked it against old ones.
Civilian employees I am dealing with appear to be as sorry as I remember when I was an active duty nurse in the ICU unit of a military hospital. My experience was the main reason I did not use the VA when I had private insurance.
What is reasonable here?
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