Warrior program where they have that, the actual battalion where when somebodys got a problem, they go into that system there. I just want to get your feelings. Maybe im going down the wrong road because i think they need somebody that has a problem, they need an ombudsman, somebody thats going to look out for their interests. That if they have a particular hospital, that they can go to the administrator. They can go to anybody and say, hey, wait a minute. This is an immediate situation. This is general quarters and we need to have a meeting right now or somebody is going to die on your watch. Can you comment a little bit more on that . Its pretty much what you were talking about, buddytobuddy, the same things over and over and over again, but to cut through the red tape right then and there with individuals that understand severity of the problem. Yes, sir. This is a crucial element is to have somebody to come alongside of these severely injured, cut through that red tape and get trea
Part of what i do through the ministry im in is providing support groups through the chaplains channels. So ideal with this very closely on both sides. Medication is no longer being used as a tool to subdue the symptoms while we work on the deeper issues. No. What does the va do . The va specifically utilizes medication to control it and keep them, suppress the symptoms without working on the deeper issues. Thank you. Please. Brian was never put on any medication. Only for his back when he had that problem. Okay. Yes. Clay was on quite a bit of medication. As i said, he felt like a guinea pig, constantly being begin something different. Do you think they chose medications in lieu of therapy . Sure. Oneonone therapy . Yes. The only oneonone therapy that he spoke of that seemed to be effective at a certain point in l. A. He went to a vet center and had a counselor there that he really liked and felt he finally found somebody he to talk with. Okay. From Daniels Point of view, i think part
Focused on the cost, societal cost to our country and to the population. These extraordinary young men and the promise that they held going to haiti and making a difference right here. I want to focus in because i think from your experience you can really help the va and the dod to understand what could make a difference. I want to commend you all with the specificity of your recommendations. In particular, ive been trying to understand best practices, and whether there is any effort or known groups or the types of medications that are helpful, have any of you in any of your discussions, whether within the va or since then, the experience you had meeting with people, have any of you come across any effort to share best practices with the transition, particularly around pts and tbi and just the trauma, how we can help people coming back from this level of trauma . Maybe we can start with the sergeant, if youre aware of any types of programs that are effective. Thank you, maam. There are
So then im off my meds for a long period of time which is never good. As far as the other medication issues that have been discussed, continuity of medications from one facility to the next, im in the southern part of Washington State and people who are coming up from portland, oregon, which is about an hour away are on medications that are not transferable to the v. A. Facility where im at and so they have to start all over as a guinea pig as what was discussed earlier trying medications that they may have already tried in the past to get to the point where theyre able to approve a nonformulated medication that they had at another facility and the transition from d. O. D. To v. A. Care, it took about four years for the d. O. D. To balance about nine medications for myself and when we transitioned to v. A. Care, many of those medications were not on the form larry. We had to go back to ma guinea pig phase again and we ended up on 14 in order to utilize the medications available through
Demolished. And the proposed construction is two large modern boxy condos, flagrantly different in character than the classic San Francisco arc tech taur that surrounds it so i ran around last night and took photos of all the buildings on our street, if we can bring that up just to give you a feel. Thats one building, a bunch of victorians. The building on the bottom right is the proposed construction according to the permit holders renderings. They arent uniformly victorian, but they do have a uniform feel of old standing San Francisco. Not only does the construction on the bottom right not really fit in, you might be willing it say its not that obtrusive, its just sort of there, maybe its not a perfect match, but unfortunately looking carefully at the renderings and the plans provided, the renderings dont actually match the plans. If i can forward, id like to point out that the building is actually significantly higher than it is as rendered. If you notice, look at the North Building