David Hamilton

Review of Fort Worth Veterans Counseling...

Where to start 2 years ago I went to see my doctor...

Where to start 2 years ago I went to see my doctor if you want to call him that. I call him doctor, useless. With my right shoulder and severe pain. I could not sleep on my right side, it was so bad. So the doctor gives me anti inflammatory medication. I had to try this for 6 months. Well I tried it and it didn't work of course. So after waiting for nearly another 3 months to get back in to see the doctor. He says he's going to schedule me for physical therapy. Now that took roughly another 3 or 4 months to get in to see the physical therapists. After several visits that didn't work. So Dr useless decides to schedule me for an MRI. Well, after waiting for nearly another 6 months to get the MRI. I got the MRI last Friday. I was told today by the doctor that I have a torn rotator cuff. And now he's going to refer me to an orthopedic surgeon which will probably take another 6 months. Keep in mind folks it is the VA.
So here's another little story about Dr. Useless. I went in last January to see him with a chronic cough. Being a great doctor that he is he gave me allergy medicine. Well the chronic cough continued so in February I went back in to see him. He must've felt he had not done enough so he gave me cough medicine and nasal spray. Well on a Monday morning at 3 a.m. In the month of April I woke up coughing up blood. Had to go to the emergency room were turned out that I had an upper respiratory infection. So I spent the weekend in a good hospital on antibiotics and several tests got the infection cleared up. The pulmonary specialist at the hospital being an actual good doctor told me that if dr. Useless would have possibly taking an xray in January he could have caught the infection prior to getting as bad as it did. And to top things off the VA does not want to pay my hospital bills. Oh I'm hoping now as I can get another doctor but I'm not sure they may all be the same VA Medical system.