Family member suffering from gulf war syndrome
| am so
very concerned with the health of my mom's fiancé. He has gulf war
syndrome. He almost looks like he is going to die and I want answers. He
is depressed, has bowel problems, throws up regularly, his body is
swelling up, can't sleep, falls all the time, his legs just give out. I
hate seeing him in this state, he has so many other things wrong with
him, I don't know everything because I don't live with then anymore, but
when I did he wasn't half as bad as he is now.
Just over a years time he looks like he
is standing on deaths door. He has recently been twitching too. No
doctors will help him and one even had the audacity to tell him there
was no hope...I want answers and soon....I don't want to see the man I
call dad die right before my eyes and my mom has asked for help many
times and no one will help her. She loves him with all her heart and
watches him dwindle away into nothing each day.. I can't even describe
what he has become...he is almost in a vegetable state. The doctors he
does see have him drugged beyond belief for the pain, and that isn't
helping, seems to make him worse. Please help us find answers...you are
my or our last hope... Jamie
Cousert March, 2000 |
| I really need help, too. Jack suffers from all of the "usual" itching and cramping. But he is also causing us a great deal of hurt because of what seems to be personality changes. One minute he is sweet and gentile, but the next he is angry and faultfinding for the most ridiculous things, (Whoever didn't cap the toothpaste won't brush for a week). This is not Jack. "If you won't take out the garbage, maybe you are the garbage". About 5 days ago, a woman that we both know informed me that she was trying to help Jack with his GWS. I was under the assumption that know one knew about that but myself. Apparently, she claims to be a "healer" and can "help" him get better. I "thinking to be a good wife" got on-line to find info on other GWS. Imagine this, he was furious with me. "How dare I talk about that with other people". I Know that tomorrow he will be apologetic for all that he said and did. But the hurt still lasts. Are the symptoms real, or just an excuse to behave badly? I really hope someone responds soon. My marriage may be over! MANDY mburger@actionnet.nat |
| First, I would like to
state that I am not a doctor but have read expensively on Gulf War
Syndrome. Jack is not faking it. The fact that he says things that hurt,
and the next day apologizes is an indication that he may be suffering
from a form of brain damage. There is new evidence that implies
chemical exposure from the Gulf War has caused brain damage in a
significant number of Gulf War Vets. Please try to be sympathetic with
Jack, and suggest he make an appointment with a Veteran's Neurologist/Psychiatrist.
I too suffer from that same symptom
YN2 (GULF WAR VETERAN SUFFERING). |