Daryl Hunt
Your Worst Nightmare
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I posted this earlier but it appears it was taken down without reason given. So I'll repost it. Moderators, this is a Military Issue and it belongs in the Military Area. All Veterans will experience this at one time or another.
Here is something near and dear to me.
I tried to get support for the severe catarac in my left eye. I am legally blind in my left eye and need of the catarac to be removed and the lense replaced. I tried for 6 months to work with the VA. No help. I was informed by a civilian doctor that my right eye was developing it's own catarac. A couple of days ago, I used my own insurance to start the ball rolling and the left eye will be taken care of within 30 days. I got a phone call from the VA offering support a few days ago. But their support would not have come for at least 6 months. I find out that in 3 months, my right eye will be legally blind. Using my own devices, I can get the right eye taken care of in less than 2 months with the left eye done in 30 days. Using the VA, I am looking at at least 6 months for both eyes to be done at the same time and there will be a time period I will be legally blind. You don't correct Cataracts with corrective lenses.
I am one of the Lucky Vets. Many Vets don't have the resources I have and would end up legally blind for at least a month. What's funny, the time period is known since I am using the same Doctor with my own insurance that the VA uses and he told me the time for the VA is 6 months. Part of this is the fact my insurance pays quickly while the VA drags it's feet on payment so the private insurance (Medicare and Tricare) pay almost immediately. So the Private Insurance gets the priority. Plus, it takes about 3 months for the VA to run all the red tape to get anything done in the first place.
I can barely read right now since just my right eye is partially covered with the cataract. The Left eye is completely obscured. It's been misdiagnosed for years. As the optometrists have tried to use lens correction to compensate and it's worked a little, my sight has not been as good as it should be. After the Doctor examined me on the 19th, he said He would have my eyesight back to where it was when I was 20. All these years, it's been a faulty lens or cataracts. He's getting rid of the cataracts and replacing the lenses. Imagine this, no more glasses.
While I usually say good things about the VA, there are times that they operate with "Send Him Home to Die".
Here is something near and dear to me.
I tried to get support for the severe catarac in my left eye. I am legally blind in my left eye and need of the catarac to be removed and the lense replaced. I tried for 6 months to work with the VA. No help. I was informed by a civilian doctor that my right eye was developing it's own catarac. A couple of days ago, I used my own insurance to start the ball rolling and the left eye will be taken care of within 30 days. I got a phone call from the VA offering support a few days ago. But their support would not have come for at least 6 months. I find out that in 3 months, my right eye will be legally blind. Using my own devices, I can get the right eye taken care of in less than 2 months with the left eye done in 30 days. Using the VA, I am looking at at least 6 months for both eyes to be done at the same time and there will be a time period I will be legally blind. You don't correct Cataracts with corrective lenses.
I am one of the Lucky Vets. Many Vets don't have the resources I have and would end up legally blind for at least a month. What's funny, the time period is known since I am using the same Doctor with my own insurance that the VA uses and he told me the time for the VA is 6 months. Part of this is the fact my insurance pays quickly while the VA drags it's feet on payment so the private insurance (Medicare and Tricare) pay almost immediately. So the Private Insurance gets the priority. Plus, it takes about 3 months for the VA to run all the red tape to get anything done in the first place.
I can barely read right now since just my right eye is partially covered with the cataract. The Left eye is completely obscured. It's been misdiagnosed for years. As the optometrists have tried to use lens correction to compensate and it's worked a little, my sight has not been as good as it should be. After the Doctor examined me on the 19th, he said He would have my eyesight back to where it was when I was 20. All these years, it's been a faulty lens or cataracts. He's getting rid of the cataracts and replacing the lenses. Imagine this, no more glasses.
While I usually say good things about the VA, there are times that they operate with "Send Him Home to Die".