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Slight Delays at CBOCs

Posted on March 5, 2012 by asknod

I drove by Bremerton, Washington’s VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic on my way to a doctor’s appointment and noticed this. Apparently there are only four doctors now, so some delays are possible. I suggest calling ahead to confirm any appointments … Continue reading →

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Everything But The Kitchen Sink

Posted on March 5, 2012 by asknod

This must be a “women” thing. Do any of you guys suffer this problem?  Over the last six months it’s  become harder and harder to get to the sink and do dishes. Now, with orchids heralding the beginning of spring, … Continue reading →

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Dx?–PTSD

Posted on March 4, 2012 by asknod

Member Paul has decided to let the cat out of the bag. I move his post to the front. This comes as no surprise to me after watching denial get wider than de Mekong. I was a patient of Ellis-Billingsley … Continue reading →

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PTSD vs. Personality Disorders

Posted on March 4, 2012 by asknod

All this talk of PTSD in the news brings back old memories of returning to the World in 72. Since there was no PTSD prior to 1981, we all suffered from a plethora of “issues” when we came home. There … Continue reading →

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Miracle On Aisle 2

Posted on March 3, 2012 by asknod

Phone cameras are neat. They allow you to immortalize things in digital 0s and 1s. Here member Cal stumbles upon a case of Divine Intervention. He tells me he didn’t see a preacher exhorting her to cast sin aside and … Continue reading →

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Madigan Forensic Shrink Quits

Posted on March 3, 2012 by asknod

In a delayed announcement, one of the remaining forensic psychiatrists from the Madigan PTSD Clinic imbroglio has decided to throw in the towel. Dr. Juliana Ellis-Billingsley handed out a press release Feb. 23- “I find that I can no longer work … Continue reading →

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Quote for a day

Posted on March 3, 2012 by asknod

In God we trust. We trust in Smith and Wesson when He’s not available. Amen

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VAMC Doctors and Nexus Letters

Posted on March 2, 2012 by asknod

It has always been a tenet of VA law that VA doctors are independent and allowed to write nexus letters. Many are gun shy about it and would prefer not to. They figure it may come back to haunt them … Continue reading →

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Sour Creme Waffles®

Posted on March 2, 2012 by asknod

It only seems fair with Easter right around the corner to relinquish this antique recipe. My earliest remembrances of it were  up at our summer cottage in Maine. We had an old wood stove in the kitchen and the waffle iron had … Continue reading →

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CAVC–POLITICALLY CORRECT COURT OPENINGS

Posted on March 1, 2012 by asknod

If this were the Supreme Court, you can be damn sure the positions would have been filled by now by XXs or XYs. Instead they have to hire back the old dudes to fill in just to make an en … Continue reading →

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