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A Catholic who follows Rome & the Magisterium. I'm against gay "marriage", abortion, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia, human cloning. Altar girls, Communion in the hand, Eucharistic Ministers and "Protestant" music in the Church doesn't bother me at all. A proud American retired submarine sailor. Our borders should be secured with a 10 ft. high fence topped by concertina wire with minefields out to 20 yards on both sides and an additional 10 yards filled with warning signs outside of that Let's get energy independent NOW! Back Israel to the max, stop appeasing followers of the Pedophile Prophet. Pro 2nd Amendment, pro death penalty, Repeal all hate crime legislation. Back the police unless you'd rather call a hippie when everything hits the fan. Get government out of dealing with education, childhood obesity and the enviornment. Stop using the military for sociological experiments and if we're in a war don't micromanage their every move. Kill your television, limit time on the computer and pick up a book. God's will be done and may He have mercy upon us all.

Friday, March 08, 2013

I finally did it...

Today I was put into the VA health care system. My hearing aids (issued in September of '92) are shot and I need new ones. They can't be repaired (one audiologist told me I was using the equivalent of an 8 track tape player in a world full of I-pods) The cost of replacement is sky high so to the government I go. You do what you have to.

I've dragged my feet on this over the years, ostensibly for different reasons at various times but the honest-to-God REAL reason is this: I've always felt the size of the money pie that the VA can cut into is limited. Therefore a soldier or marine who had his hand blown off in (pick your country) should have priority over a sub sailor whose job was too noisy at a time when there was no such thing as a hearing conservation program and EVERYBODY knew that if you stayed on subs long enough your hearing would suffer. It was expected and accepted!

But my kids need a father whom they can actually talk to without constant repetition, their father needs to hear them at all times. So for selfish reasons like that I got into the VA system.

Going down to the facility in Dallas this morning only made me feel justified in how long I waited. There are a lot of people there still dealing with mementos and souvenirs of Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.

I know I did the right thing by signing up for new hearing aids, I'm still coming to grips with finally doing it.

6 comments:

USA_Admiral said...

I understand. Children will affect everything you do once you have them.

Subvet said...

Thanks Admiral.

sig94 said...

God bless Admiral. No red blooded American has any problem paying more taxes for that kind of service. As a matter of fact, I insist.

USA_Admiral said...

Sig94,
Absolutely.

Steve "scotju" Dalton said...

I know how expensive those things are. The last ones I brought cost $1500.00 a piece. My insurance covered only $300.00 of it.

RandomThoughts said...

You sacrificed your hearing by serving in the military. That you did so knowingly in what was a routine part of your job doesn't matter; you are as deserving of hearing aids as any wounded vet is of prosthetics. And it makes me happy to know that some small fraction of my tax dollars are paying for things like you being able to hear your child better.

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