Hello everyone, Iraqi war veteran seeking guidance/expectations

[alfonso2002]

good deal hope it goes well for you

[NMDewey]

Jonathon and Alphonso Thank You to both of you and welcome home!!! I served 90 - 95 aboard the USS America both in the Gulf and Somalia. Ignore anyone that can't appreciate your service. Without our service members todays America would not be what we know. Anyone that has never served does not understand the sacrifices that are made.

You have every reason to be proud of your service! I am proud of your service. You now bear the scars of war. Use all of your resources available. Don't give up. The VA is not the only way to get help. If you ever need any kind of help please ask. If I don't have an answer I have resources around me to help. Again thank you, welcome home, and God Bless!

Dewey

[alfonso2002]

Thank you NMDewey and thanks for your service to OUR country.

[xsnoder]

The VA is not the only way to get help.

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Glad to hear it is going good Prodigy, Hope the path helps you find "some" peace of mind brother. God bless!

[xsnoder]

A book My cousin wrote, Might come in handy.
Amazon.com: Once a Warrior--Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition from Combat to Home--Including Combat Stress, PTSD, and mTBI (9780762754427): Charles W. Hoge M.D.: Books

[Lynhal]

May I say THANK YOU! for keep our country free. For going over there and having to deal with upspeakable things and make it back in one piece physically. Now, it is time for you to try and heal mentally. The things you experienced that haunt you, with help, will hopefully fade in time but I am sad to say you will never forget completely.

Don't listen to any "hater" postings because damn if they don't sit around eating a bowl of popcorn :eat: enjoying the freedom you and so many, many others have sacrificed to give us, yet can make snide comments as they pick that corn out of their teeth.

Those types of comments can make me lose it and go off on someone and probably be banned for life by the admin. So, I will sit back and hold my tongue and smoke to relieve the stress and not do something that would cause me to not be able to access my can.com buddies and community.

[TheProdigy]

Wow, thank you all so much, glad to see my thread is still alive and kickin! I just saw a psychiatrist and got diagnosed again with PTSD, he also gave me a signed note saying that he evaluated me and determined that I have severe PTSD. I didn't mention the MMJ program to him, as MME advised I didn't. Now I believe all I need to do is pick up my diagnosis next week as well as my other medical records, and bring them into Dr. Stoller at MME and can finally get the card process rolling.

Unless I am mistaken, from what I gathered from Alfonso, I can just send everything in to the DOH now... No idea guys, any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[alfonso2002]

Wow, thank you all so much, glad to see my thread is still alive and kickin! I just saw a psychiatrist and got diagnosed again with PTSD, he also gave me a signed note saying that he evaluated me and determined that I have severe PTSD. I didn't mention the MMJ program to him, as MME advised I didn't. Now I believe all I need to do is pick up my diagnosis next week as well as my other medical records, and bring them into Dr. Stoller at MME and can finally get the card process rolling.

Unless I am mistaken, from what I gathered from Alfonso, I can just send everything in to the DOH now... No idea guys, any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Well Prodigy since you went that route at this point all you have to do is take that note to MME and they should do the rest there they will sent in the paper work for you.

[TheProdigy]

Great, thanks Alfonso. I contacted Mexicann and got the names of two Drs, but both were completely booked until March, and my sanitys at stake so I'm trying to get this done fast.

[BackWoodDrifter]

Yu be here and yu be here to stay pilgrem those of us who have been thrown into termoil be all wishin we haddent. My demons chase me every nigth as do yurs my friend. Hope we be gettin to know one other in due time but fur now the faces I see in my dreams be faces I can live without. Nothin but respect and friendship here my friend yu deserve yur salute.

BWD