patricia thompson

Review of Jack C Montgomery VA Medical C...

Dr. Jenkins, he runs test on my husband and never ...

Dr. Jenkins, he runs test on my husband and never calls with results or makes a follow up appointment to discuss findings and a plan if needed. My husband has spinal stenosis and all he does is toss meds at him, nothing to fix problem just worthless meds and creams. He has very bad knees, he cantt get an appointment date from prosthetics to see if he will get surgery or injections. He was given a medication called salsalate, this medicine after 1 week caused him even more medical problems. He has such severe swelling in his legs, ankles and feet that it hurts to walk, the water retention has made his stomach swell as well. He has called and called, person on phone says I will have nurse call you, 3 days ago the nurse actually said I will call you back by end of day. No one has called. I have looked it up, it says a rare and serious side effect of salsalate is severe adema that doesn't get better. In my husband's case it has done nothing but get worse. His legs are swollen again their size, his ankles are the size of his legs and his feet, he can hardly out his shoes on from the swelling. You call this care. I have never seen him get any kind of quality care from the Muskogee VA. He keeps telling my husband to lose weight but won't do anything to help him. I have cut out all fried food, no salt, he has cut out soda, sweets, pastas, pizza and eats salads and grilled chicken and grilled wraps for lunch, eats a banana and coffee for breakfast and drinks water all day. The gets plenty of cardio during the day walking with his job. Something needs to be done about this Doctor, his nurse and even the VA. I just lost my daughter in Sept of 2017 i can't lose my husband do to incompetent medical care.