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Posted by destructive Gorthak
on May. 07, 2008 12:00 UTC
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Posted by Reynard on May. 07, 2008 20:38
As long as the Bush Administration continues to hate our Troops (i.e. see them as cannon fodder in the never-ending battle to get every last drop of oil from Iraq) and KBR sees them as nothing more than a means of making a profit, this will continue.
BOHICA!
Posted by AntiChrist Waffleman on May. 08, 2008 17:20This problem is not just limited to the Army. I have been in the Navy for almost 6 years, stationed on a submarine based out of Groton, CT.
Last week, while riding bike home, a woman ran a stop sign and in the process of trying to minimize the impact, I hit the frame of the bike hard.
Now I have a very swollen and painful hydrocele (by definition, hydroceles are not supposed to hurt, only to be a discomfort.)
The medical department on my ship and squadron have been brushing me off repeatedly. Based on the conditions that are now in effect, I should have had corrective surgery already. (Pain and changes in swelling over the day.)
I have had to run around a lot to try to get the help I need, only to be screwed with by Tricare and Navy Medical.
The best solution that has been provided was to give me Percocet, which is not helping with the pain unless I stay completely still.
I have already been to the emergency room, my pain was not taken seriously by the attending doctor. ("Hydroceles should not be painful, so I do not understand why you are in pain.") The medical representative from my boat came with me and played down the fact that I am in a lot of pain from this, and the cure is to give me more painkillers.
Right now, I am beside myself in pain, my command has pretty much pushed me aside, if I am at home trying to get bedrest, I can't possibly hassle the command as much.
The squadron medical representative was supposed to have scheduled me a visit with a urologist on Tuesday, nope, I got pushed aside and had to have my wife drive my drugged up ass around for hours today to try to get an appointment to get this corrected.
Even the Doc on my ship realizes that I am in a lot of pain and need surgery to fix this.
The secretaries at the Urologist were not at all sympathetic to the fact that I need help and soon, and "could not get me in until next week."
I told them that my pain medications run out tomorrow, which the last one will be around noon tomorrow. Solution: more pain pills, which only work for about 3-4 hours when resting, 1-3 when active, which means even with the pills, I am still in a fair amount of pain.
Lesson learned: DO NOT JOIN THE MILITARY, or IF YOU DO JOIN, DO NOT GET SICK OR INJURED!
