When I first came to steemit, I wanted to be involved with the Veterans of the community because I see the sub par treatment that the Veterans Affairs here in the United States provides. Let me explain what it is that happens to trigger me to finally pull that trigger and stand up for myself and hopefully others will rise for themselves and join me in my movement.
As I have mentioned in many posts before my wife is my rock and my family is everything. As such, if you mess with my family in any type of inappropriate manner I am going to check you on it. I'm a sleeping bear don’t poke me or mine! It goes much deeper then that though because I have the same mentality about my fellow veterans.
My wife also doubles as my caregiver due to my TBI and PTSD the biggest symptom is memory loss. With that remembering my medication, appointments, and everything else. Even saved my life when I was on the way to execute the ending of my life, she somehow saved a drunken, medication side affect, induced raging veteran from getting out that door. I also very openly with the VA have been smoking Marijuana as a medication for some time now. ALL my doctors know it helps me physically and mentally. I cannot have pain killers because I'm a recovering addict coming up on 5 years clean April 8th and never want to visit that road again so pain management is limited.
Now fast forward to my wife's 6 month review of being my caregiver. Here to find out because I smoke marijuana as a medication, whether with a State Medical card or not, which I don't peruse to have because I enjoy my rights! They are drafting a policy to make caregivers eligibility may be in jeopardy if I'm using marijuana. I will likely need to go to outpatient rehab per this program, as if I'm a drug addict when I am controlling my intake down to the weight and timing as in doses, I have never been in more control.
Now the VA over stepped a boundary in my mind, they gave me the option. Strictly the prescription medication that have so far not worked and almost killed me or my wife loses her income. Now you’ve threatened my family with the very thing that I have quit easily 5 times for months over the last year to see what their medication is doing, documented as well. I have been preaching there needs to be change well there will be now. The VA pissed off the wrong and very determined Veteran!
I'm not talking riots, I'm talking numbers, documentation from doctors about the positive affect that marijuana has with PTSD. Family and character statements. Presence EVERYWHERE. We aren't some 17-20 year old children, we are war hardened veterans that have done enough for this country, for this country to listen to use and give us the right to choose our medication! Basing the fact of a few case studies, that marijuana has addictive tendency’s and doesn't work as well for everyone. Sounds very familiar to any other type of medications that are prescribed by doctors and the VA. I know that because I have withdrew from 4 off them in the last 1.5 years. I need Veterans that have the same experience with Marijuana and ease PTSD with this. If you are interested in joining this cause for your right to choose, give me your contact information and we can all gather. Numbers speak, lets do this the right way! We can get the change we need to happen. Its time that the VA listens to the very ones that are dying daily, 22 Veterans commit suicide a day, because of the mistreatment and disregard to the problem at hand. I will lay out my official thoughts in the next post. Until then, think about what I said and I hope to be in contact with someone soon.
