Re: I've watched a lot of copycat videos

On Sat, 8 Feb 2025, Hank Rogers wrote:

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-08, Carol <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:

 My main problem is the 'Doctors' who can't read a cholesterol test
correctly.  It's been 6 months and time for BP refills so have to go
in.  Wanna bet I get that callback ;oh you have to come in'.  My HDL
(good stuff) is well above 50 and my LDL (bad stuff) is well under 50.
The problem is the HDL is really high so it breaks the metrics they are
used to.

 Perhaps you should find a different doctor.
 

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Yes. She's likely using a VA doctor (or probably "nurse practitioner") in some small satellite VA clinic. In the large main VA hospitals, some doctors are extremely good, but you must be imminently  dying to get to that level of care ... And lucky enough to get there in time. They can also ship you out to surgeons at university medical schools if they can't keep you alive.  I know this from my own experience. I'm alive, but I do have some partial paralysis. Still, I function much better than I did before surgery. Otherwise, I'd be dead long ago.
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She also may not be rich enough to hire a private doctor, and VA care is her only option, like it was for me, as I'm also not a billionaire. I doubt she has a boot to piss in, nor a window to pour it out of. Same as me.
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It's going to get much worse now too, since veterans are now "suckers and loosers" .

Are you a veteran? If so, what did you do? Were you in the special forces?