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Originally Posted by Rochard
My best friend was medically retired from the Army. He was a mechanic on those missile trucks in Germany that had nuclear missiles on them. Seems one of them leaked, and now he has a condition called ?water on the brain? ? where the fluid in his skull fails to properly drain into his body, causing pressure to build up. This has nearly killed him a dozen times; He's had a dozen operations on his brain and has a shunt (a tube embedded in his head under his skin that goes from his brain to his bladder to drain out fluid). The VA has kept him alive for twenty-five years. I've been with him every step of the way and I've seen the care he's gotten first hand. It's amazing.
He should be dead now. But thanks to the VA, through a dozen emergencies and also a dozen operations on his brain, he's still alive.
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I suspect that most vets that have recognizable severe medical conditions receive great care. I know several personally whose condition is not that severe...but is real...that have not been treated as well as they and I think they should have been. Something else about VA hospitals...they are not all the same. Some provide better care than others...sometimes because of the class of doctors that are available to them...and sometimes because of the Administrators of the hospital. The Palo Alto VA hospital in California used to be...and may still be...great because it has access to Doctors from Standford.