Tag: Veteran
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Do My Doctors Need a Group Chat?
Today I went to the VA for a neurology appointment about my migraines. Nothing exciting. Just your standard appointment where I expected to talk about headaches, answer some questions, maybe adjust a medication and go on about my day. Except this neurologist did something I wasn’t expecting. He pulled up the medications prescribed by my…
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THE RING HAS ENTERED THE GROUP CHAT (FP 2015)
So. When we last left off, Fighter Pilot Dude and I were engaged. I had the ring. The halo was finally attached. I had the dress. And, I had absolutely no idea what I had just signed up for. But have you SEEN my dress?! Anyway. After our fabulous TOPGUN Dining Out weekend in Lake…
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I DON’T MISS THE MILITARY. IS THAT WEIRD?
I’ve been talking almost daily to one of my best friends who just retired from the military. Fun fact: I was actually one of her first supervisors. Which means I knew her when retirement was approximately 47,000 taskers, 13 commanders and several nervous breakdowns away. Now she’s officially retired. And she said something to me…
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Congratulations! The VA Agrees the Military Broke You. Now What?
You waited. You checked VA.gov, let’s see……. 847 times. You deciphered phrases like “service connection,” “combined evaluation,” and “effective date” as if you were trying to crack a military version of the Da Vinci Code. And then it happened. Your VA disability rating came back. Congratulations! 🎉🇺🇸 The federal government has officially acknowledged that your…
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THE AMERICAN LEGION: IT’S NOT JUST 78-YEAR-OLD MEN AT THE BAR
Let’s talk about the American Legion. Because somewhere along the way, I think a lot of younger veterans got the impression that the American Legion is where 70-something-year-old men go to drink cheap beer, argue about lawn equipment and tell increasingly suspicious stories about things that happened in 1973. And listen. Those gentlemen ARE there.…