Any Marines Sick?   I went in to Kuwait with 12 Marines and now im twitching and I have muscle atrophy in my legs and now my tongue and my speech is getting worse, Pains in both knees ankles back neck head basically everywhere but it moves around. I was in artillery. Any exposure? Docs keep asking me if I was exposed to anything meaning chemicals?

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David Coffman   January, 2008

 

Marine Corps Hymn

Gulf War ills tied to chemical exposure

Analysis: Pesticides at root of some veterans’ afflictions

March 10, 2008    *

I think the study has selected the wrong pesticides

A pesticide that is on the list of solvents and pesticides gulf war troops were exposed to: 2-butoxyethanol can do all the health damage I've heard reported.  It is also a neurotoxin, solvent, poison & teratogen chemical that is in widespread use.  Housewives *   painters are also easily exposed.

http://www.valdezlink.com/same.htm        More on what 2-butoxyethanol can do

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Things are getting worse for me. My name Is Dave and my number is 760-960-1998, any info you have that can help would be great because there are 3 others from my unit who are also sick and haven't found anyone else from the unit.   Aug 13, 2008
I was in the Gulf and have been diagnosed with multi symptom illness, to include eosinophilic esophogitis with no pathogogical findings, Back flow, Gerd, Loss of weight 34 LBS in a year, muscle spasms, atrophy, speech problems, movement disorder, degenerative disk disease, degenerative spine disease, balance problems, skin cancer nose, and above each eye in each corner. I had 3 operations. I have had cysts removed and developed a rash of some sort on top of both feet. My appetite is shot. I have severe headaches that last up to 3 days at a time now with no letdown. I have a cyst in my throat and the docs say they don't know why. Dizziness, numbness and tingling in most of my body, which has now turned into muscle cramps and vibrations. I also have a lesion on my cervical spine which the doctors have said have degenerative changes since last MRI. They only did one brain MRI in Oct of 07 which I'm told should have been repeated. I finally was referred to neuro muscular clinic and just had a spinal tap, no results yet. They are also finally talking about muscle biopsies, I have a gen surgery consult the 29. Short term memory problems and now severe depression. Also bloating and problems defecating. I cramp up at night big time and during the day I'm exhausted. I was in the Marines in Kuwait inside the Oil fires and we had to many chemical alarms go off to count. Also From what I understand most of the depleted uranium was used in Kuwait and we climbed on burnt out Iraqi vehicles of all sorts and when past the highway og death. I was in artillery. My name is Dave and I'm looking for answers.

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David Coffman
  10-21-08
I have been diagnosed with multiple illnesses, Eosinophilic esophogitis, No pathological findings. In other words they can't tell where it came from. I have been diagnosed with Gerd, backflow, and I have a good size cyst in my neck.  I have skin cancer around both eyes and in my nose, 3 operations.  I was told I have degenerative disk disease, degenerative spine disease and cystic spine disease, I also have a lesion on my cervical spine which I was told was has gotten worse since last MRI. 

 

  • Headaches are getting more and more unbearable. These Kinds of Headaches?
  • muscle Atrophy,
  • weakness,
  • twitching,
  • spasms,
  • weakness,
  • balance problems and I've begun falling, not every day but enough for concern.  Neuro cant tell anything and I just had a spinal tap last week.  After over a year of worsening symptoms i finally got an appt with neuro muscular.  My feet look terrible as far as the atrophy goes and its also up my left leg and in the right side of my upper body.  I have problems sleeping even with the meds now, doc is going to put me on anti depressants starting tomorrow. 
  • I was about 223-226 a year ago now im 190lbs, does anyone else find this alarming but me? 
  • One of my pupils gets bigger than the other. 
  • I have problems swallowing food now.  Liquids come back up on me so the VA has me sleeping upward so I don't choke on the backflow. 
  • when I go to something with my arms sometimes I guess the brain doesn't know which arm to use same with the legs. 
  • I'm exhausted during the day now.  *
  • I have short term memory problems. speech problems and there is more but this is just depressing me even more.

If anyone has similar problems give me a call at 760-960-1998.  We need to get together on this ladies and gents because if we don't then the VA will never take us serious they will just let us die off one by one until enough of us are gone before they admit that we were exposed and it made us sick. They know this and we know this now we need to speak out collectively and be heard. I've just about had but hey I have an 8 yr old son that I need to make sure is going to be taken care of when I kick it.  United We Must Stand otherwise we shall fall and no one will ever know why, so speak up and do it loudly. We shouldn't have to beg for help and then they wonder why we get so pissed off.  Again my number is 760-960-1998, call and lets figure this out together cause im tired of feeling like I'm doing this by myself, let's help each other.  Marines, Army, Navy, and Air force we all are on the same team.

 

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