armygreywolf 
I have bad knees. Let's get that out of the way. I am 33 years old and spent 10 of my adult years believing myself to be the next best thing to superman with no challenge unanswered, doing PLFs from barracks 2nd and 3rd floors, jumping down fully kitted up from trucks. Running wearing old vietnam era flak vests (on purpose...it makes you tougher) and thousands upon thousands of miles of PT performed on hard surfaces. End result? I'm a half inch shorter and over time my tissues are so bothered by the act of moving at all the VA drains my knees. They do this every six to nine months because I am too young for knee replacements, this is fact...and I can still walk (well not right now).
BTW, someone needs to fix the android app...won't let you make new posts or check your inbox from version 5.0 or higher on my note 5.
So here I sit having just arrived at their urgent care...or whatever version of it they call it. I have a fever and my right knee looks like a few Italians saw fit to teach me a lesson about loan debt. I'm pretty sure I caught an infection from the draining procedure a few days ago. It feels terrible, I can't hardly walk and my temperature before leaving the house (and now) is 100.8 thankfully though, a dosing of narcotics prescribed has changed my teeth grinding to messing with my phone.
Why do I dislike this particular VA? Because it's right next to UW and this VA ends up being a poor choice for a teaching hospital...they mistreat people here. Vets who need to be watched because of dementia or simply because of pain are left alone for hours and hours. Clerks and nurses with attitudes, like it is US who must serve to their requirements. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. Madison is terribly liberal and I think the VA here survives on the disdain of their employees. Milwaukee could not be farther or more a polar opposite. I will likely be here for hours and hours.
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