Here is the crux of why so many Veterans consider the VA toxic and “radioactive.” They stay away or abandon the VA because the culture and practice of the VA — medicine in general — is to treat brain wounds like they do mental health symptoms. No brain wound healing is possible in the current system. Pills and talk therapy rule.
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Inform Veterans about alternatives to pharmaceuticals; alternative, non-invasive, proven therapies like Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) that actually heal brain wounds instead of the “mental health” approach: masking and palliating symptoms forever. . . . or until the Veteran disappears or succumbs to suicide.
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For those fighting for decades to accurately diagnose their injuries, and get the best treatments available for the brain wounds caused by DEWs, the responses by most of their Agencies is familiar: deny, delay, deceive, drugs, depression, and even death. In this scenario, they are following the path of the 877,450 Veterans suffering TBI/PTSD since 9/11.
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Such accidents, while tragic, are extremely rare. However, in our grief, we must resolve to do better. And we will. Yet, we must remember there are numerous other human activities which are many times more dangerous than flying or using HBOT.
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