AS PEOPLE ARE SETTLING INTO THE HOLIDAYS, IT IS TYPICALLY THE POLICY OF THE BV TO PULL BACK ON LOCAL POLITICAL POSTS

I am here and actively working.  I have some updates, which could change within two weeks.  

I should have my demand letter on the county by Monday or Tuesday.  The situation is a nightmare.  Without me putting strong pressure on VB and the VA the TMJ MRI never would have been reread.  It is not good.  They found Osteonecrosis changes with cyst formation in the TMJ.  They also found mastoid effusion. All of this was missed during the first read.  This is progressive.  Adult Probation's conduct delayed what could be surgery.  The treatment rangers from medication to surgery.  Medication is not going to replace dead bone.

Now remember a year ago I was being ignored over a massive sinus infection.  Well actually by August the VA was finally accepting I had a massive sinus infection.  I had two failed surgeries.  No one believed me about the ears. That is what put me in the hospital for 5 weeks.

My hearing specialist was confident whatever was happening was also in the jar.  The VA refused to cooperate.  I do not know if mastoiditis is real.  There were multiple CT scans showing the mastoiditis, but no doctor wanted to believe it was real.  Large quantities of fluid were drained from both ears.

While in the hospital, I repeatedly demanded a culture and they refused, saying it was too late.  The 14-week mark of being on antibiotics still allowed for a culture.  It showed I was resistant to the very antibiotics they were giving me.

The ear and jaw problems persisted.  A few weeks ago, when a tube from my left ear was removed, I did get significant improvement in terms of the internal pressure.

THE MRI ADULT PROBATION INTERFERED WITH

Well after being forced to redo the read, we learned I have evidence of necrosis in the TMJ, and mastoid effusion.  This is progressive.  Had adult probation not forced me to cancel the appointment with the oral surgeon, I would already have been put on treatment for the problem.  I do not know what the treatment will be.  

One must question the malice of Adult Probation if they do not immediately move all appointments to online.  January is filling up real fast with SA appointments with various specialists.

Because this is not enough of a nightmare, I am still working on forcing a new read on the May 8, 2025, brain MRI with contrast.  My local specialist was clear the VB read was bad.  I told the VA and they simply ignored me.  This MRI will aid the oral surgeon with the mastoid effusion.  An MRI with contrast is used to better understand the mastoid effusion.

And I will have to fight to get the proper read.

THEIR DEFENSE

I have been told directly my case is very complex and overwhelming.  I can understand that.  But I do not get having to call community care over and over again to correct their mistakes.  Just Friday community care called me and said they had just sent the new referral to the oral surgeon.  That is good, but then the office of the oral surgeon calls me and says, they received a referral for an ear doctor in San Antonio whose services I do not need.  What does this have to do with my case being complex?

On that ENT doctor, we cancelled that appointment because I had no need for a new ear doctor.  That referral was for a doctor to assess the problems with my throat swelling. They were given the name of the doctor under Vets Choice.  They still got it wrong. Now we know it is probably caused by the jaw.  I have surrendered getting an appointment for the swelling in the throat.  

I THINK THE PROBLEM IS, THE VA IS SHORT ON STAFF, AND MISTAKES FOR ALL VETERANS ARE INCREASING.  WHERE IS THE DEMAND TO GET THE VA HARLINGEN MORE FUNDING SO THEY CAN PROPERLY ATTENDED TO THE NEEDS OF THE VETERANS?

We have no one locally who can push for better funding for the VA Harlingen.  That is the solution, along with new key administrators.  I get the administrators want to protect their staff, but some of this is incompetence, and not just funding.

In terms of new MRI's, I am heading to San Antonio.  VB did not follow proper protocol and do a simple head x-ray to ensure the valve setting did not change. I could have had a stroke.  This is also on Adult Probation.