to the list
I think it is part of the
picture
& it's probably
something autoimmune
Source
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Quote:
Is it really worth fighting the VA
for Gulf War Syndrome?
worth it?
MRI's showed
a herniated disc
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As a Fire Controlman I worked on the
Navy's Close In Weapons System (CIWS)
which fired 20mm DU rounds. We fired
the rounds all the time and of
course had to clean the gun and
police up the deck for the sabots
and debris as well as daily exposure
to the magazine. This of course
meant exposure to solvents when
cleaning the gun and its systems.
Shipboard life naturally meant some
exposure to pesticides because the
corpsman would have to routinely
spray for pests. |
Continuing:
In In Jan 2003 I
became ill and was having severe pain when
breathing, my doctors took some x-rays and
decided I had pneumonia and treated me with
10 days of antibiotics, a follow up
appointment showed no improvement, they then
started another course of stronger
antibiotics. Another follow up with no
improvements. The x-ray showed a large
amount of fluid on my left lung. My doctor
took me aside and explained to me what was
going on. He had consulted with another
doctor and I was going to have to go into
the hospital for some test to rule out TB
and cancer. I went in, they drained 900ml
off my left lung. Spent 10 days in hospital.
Tets were neg for TB and cancer. Was out of
hospital for 10 days when it all started to
happen again. This time
fluid was too thick
to drain and I ended up with having my chest
spread open and having lung surgery to
remove the mess. I spent 4 days in ICU and
10 more days in hospital. I now have only
about 50% lung capacity. Subsequent follow
up with the consulting rheumatologist shows
it was an autoimmune attack
due to unspecified rheumatoid disease. I had
a similar episode in 1985 but the doctor (
an internist) was never able to figure out
what happened. I applied for benefits based
on that and of course the VA denied my
claim. They say there is no service
connection and it is probably related to the
fibromyalgia
My reply:
For the muscle weakness
you shared on ...
Could it be
CIDP? In the
advance or acute stage it is what Pres FDR
had (goes by another name). He didn't have
polio, but the acute (instead of chronic)
version of CIDP
Why I think
Pres FDR was exposed to bomb fumes of WWI
when he was Assist Sect of the Navy & got as
close to the front lines as they would let
him. About that time the male tanks were
brought into the war ... then in 1918 the
'Spanish flu" that killed millions.
General
Dynamics wants to test these old things in a
new package &
shoot them off beyond our town in Jan/Feb of
07. Scares me a lot
The Autoimmune Issue
you relate is VERY significant
I think the Presumptive list should be for
all military from WWI to the present
(excluding Agent Orange 'for sures')