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The Veterans Wife

I'm just a Veterans Wife, I am nothing special. I'm not looking for Brownie Buttons, Metals Of Honor or Purple Heart. I'm just a wife who loved, honored and cherished a Veteran. The day I met my future husband was back on October 31, 1994. In November of that same year the next month we knew we were meant for each other and moved in together. Travis had been through 2 bad marriages and I had been through 3 myself. But we just knew there was something there, something clicked and our relationship took off. It wasn't until March 1, 1998 that we decided we were compatible and got married. Just wanted to make sure everything was going smoothly before we both took that huge step. We were truck drivers when that day came. Got a load going to Las Vegas and we stopped at the Flying J truck stop on Cheyenne Ave. Took a taxi downtown and got married, and it was back to the truck stop. From the day we first met, I noticed a few things about him that didn't seem right, like ...

The Mad VA Cocktail

There is one thing the VA likes to do is to make sure our Nations Veterans are drugged up with as many medications as possible. Only masking the problem and not fixing it or finding a cure. Many Veterans end up even more sick from the side effects from these drugs. Some veterans overdose, some commit suicide because they are either too over medicated or the side effects of these drugs. I have noticed over the years that the VA has no problem writing prescriptions instead of working on the source of the problem. I call these doctors “Pill Pushers”. Travis’ last VA doctor worked hard to wean him off all these drugs, and Travis also fought to stop taking so many everyday. He was down to only 3 drugs before he died. Below is the list of drugs Travis has taken since he started going to the Bakersfield VA Clinic and then from the Phoenix VA. CHOLECALCIFEROL (VIT D3) 1,000UNIT TAB FUROSEMIDE 40MG TAB SPIRONOLACTONE 25MG TAB MIDODRINE HCL 5MG TAB ASPIRIN 81MG EC TAB INSULIN,GL...