Woody, Apply for benefits now, because the new 2019 Act will cover Blue Water Navy Vietnam veterans retroactively. Also, if you have any ongoing PCa-related issues, for example, incontinence or ED,...
I am a Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veteran. I applied for, and my claim was denied in 2006, which I posted about on this forum. Fast forward 13 years:I received a letter from the VA Administration this...
https://www.va.gov/BWN-one-pager-7-5-2019-V4.pdf ...
An exception to this is our daughter's medical practice. She works as a family physician at a clinic owned by a large university medical system. She has never had a free dinner, vacation, or other...
A doctor's time with a patient is decreasing. If you're lucky, you get 15 minutes of undivided attention. In my most recent doctor visit I was in the examining room for 15 minutes. After the Medical...
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Thanks for your interesting personal reflections about Richard Brautigan. I haven't read him. Sounds a bit like the guy who wrote The Third Policeman, Flann O'Brien...
And there was the bug, a gadfly I believe, who was transmogrified into a human being, but remained a gadfly at heart. Bulgakov (Heart of a Dog) has written wonderful little tale about the...
Since you're looking for a change, I think it's good to have both a PCP and a specialist. It's too hard these days to keep up with all the changes I see a cardiologist separately from my PCP (an...
I've been reading Kierkegaard for 50 years. I never quote him because he is often misunderstood, especially by those whose job is to understand things. If I misunderstand, I hope by now that I have...
Andrew, I can't think of anything to add to all the good suggestions already posted. It is wonderful that you are doing these presentations. Your balanced views and desire to be helpful will make the...
Both William Ellis and Bruce Dalkin at University of Washington Physicians Urology Clinic have an excellent reputation....
Medical communication, in this case, veiled by a foreign accent, is often problematic. I referred here before to Dr Danielle Ofri's excellent book about medical conversations What Patients Say, What...
Two other prominent men died recently from prostate cancer Dr. John G. Gunderson, whose research helped establish borderline personality disorder as a stand-alone diagnosis. Albert J. Dunlap, a...
Mumbo, I have yet to watch the Ken Burns Vietnam War series. This book is by a respected historian who was a journalist for much of the American involvement in the Vietnam War. He has conducted...