Transcript
One day I was having lunch with a friend who works
at the VA now, she did work at the university with me,
and she noticed that I didn't look well.
And she pushed hard to get me to tell her the truth about
how I was feeling and a little bit about my story,
which is not, the story itself is not that important.
What's important is how I react to it, how we react to it.
So, she insisted that I contact a friend of hers
who is the Chief Nurse at the VA.
And I said, OK, I would do it, but then of course I didn't.
And a few days later she called me, and she told me that
if I didn't call this woman, that she was going to tell her
because she was very, very worried about me.
And so I did, and I immediately got invited to
come to her office, to the Chief Nurse's office, just to chat.
And so I did, and after we chatted for a little while
she called the personnel people and the disability people,
and she had them come get me, take me downstairs,
and walk me through the process.
And I broke down, I just broke down
because that part of the process really is intimidating,
and I understand if it's keeping
anyone else from wanting to come to the VA.