Hi Guys,
Some of you may remember that you had kindly donated to a cause I'm in a ways back and I wanted to give you a finall update on what your hard-earned charity dollars did and then I will leave this subject alone hopefully for the remainder of my time in this community. I just feel I owe this to you since you guys were decisive to our recent success.
Our mission to DC was a bigger success than we could have hoped .As a result of our efforts, we have managed to get a seat at the Vets Admin table to discuss the plight of chronic pain patients in the VA system and their difficulty obtaining adequate treatment for persistently painful conditions and llnesses. We now have lined up sponsors in both chambers of Congress and are going to proceed with our mission to get the VA to alter it's Opioid Safety Initiative policy to ensure vets that need opioid medications can receive them while safeguarding the health of others as well.
I, personally, will likely be testifying before the Senate and telling my personal story for the first time in public. Maybe I'll get my Al Pacino moment and get to bellow, "I'm put of order?! You're out of order!" Or maybe not.
Anyhow, I can't thank you all enough and of course my friend Cip for facilitating it in the first place. The good lord indeed works in mysterious and unexpected ways.
On behalf of myself, my community, and disabled vets everywhere, I thank you.
*Now* we can get on with hoops and I swear, these guys had better win something while I'm still bloody alive. :)
tom