Comments on: Gulf War Illness and CFS http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/06/07/gulf-war-illness-and-cfs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gulf-war-illness-and-cfs Military Veterans and Foreign Affairs Journal - VA - Veterans Administration Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:56:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vetdame http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/06/07/gulf-war-illness-and-cfs/comment-page-1/#comment-16616 Vetdame Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:13:37 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/?p=7211#comment-16616 Pyridostigmine Bromide (PB) is a legitimate drug used in the treatment of Myasthenia Gravis. It's use in the Persian Gulf War was experimental. In plain English, military personnel were experimental lab rats for DoD. When I returned, I asked our hospital's Neurologist what would happen if PB was given to a healthy person. His response was; "Why the hell would you want to?" and walked away. Later, he found me and mentioned the Tuskegee airmen. It was then that I knew the PB might provide a valid cause of my health issues. I used that when filing my first claim. VA sent me to a private physician, who validated my comments. Would you believe VA would not accept the findings of a doctor they paid for? I have come to believe the health issues of Gulf War veterans is a combination of many exposures and our own bodies immune responses. I've, also, come to believe Gulf War veterans were used as test subjects to see what would happen in the event of catastrophic exposures. The veterans community is ideal for any longitudinal studies. After all, United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) exists for this purpose. To believe USAMRMC and VA don't share their information is naive. I long to live to see the day when medical doctors will do no harm to our military personnel. I certainly don't remember to signing away my rights as contributing member of society when I enlisted. The incarcerated are treated more humanly than our military are. Pyridostigmine Bromide (PB) is a legitimate drug used in the treatment of Myasthenia Gravis. It’s use in the Persian Gulf War was experimental. In plain English, military personnel were experimental lab rats for DoD. When I returned, I asked our hospital’s Neurologist what would happen if PB was given to a healthy person. His response was; “Why the hell would you want to?” and walked away. Later, he found me and mentioned the Tuskegee airmen. It was then that I knew the PB might provide a valid cause of my health issues. I used that when filing my first claim. VA sent me to a private physician, who validated my comments. Would you believe VA would not accept the findings of a doctor they paid for?

I have come to believe the health issues of Gulf War veterans is a combination of many exposures and our own bodies immune responses. I’ve, also, come to believe Gulf War veterans were used as test subjects to see what would happen in the event of catastrophic exposures. The veterans community is ideal for any longitudinal studies. After all, United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) exists for this purpose. To believe USAMRMC and VA don’t share their information is naive.

I long to live to see the day when medical doctors will do no harm to our military personnel. I certainly don’t remember to signing away my rights as contributing member of society when I enlisted. The incarcerated are treated more humanly than our military are.

]]> By: Dave Winnett, Captain, USMC (Ret.) http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/06/07/gulf-war-illness-and-cfs/comment-page-1/#comment-16309 Dave Winnett, Captain, USMC (Ret.) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:52:28 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/?p=7211#comment-16309 I am a disabled Veteran of the Persian Gulf War. 40% of my disability is classified by the VA as “Undiagnosed Illnesses” presumptive to the Persian Gulf War. I have since been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) by one of the leading CFS research physicians on the West Coast. As a retired Officer of Marines (former Enlisted/Warrant Officer), I am disappointed that there are not more Senior Officers, both active and retired, speaking out on the issue of Gulf War Illnesses. Whether sick or not, we as leaders have a moral obligation to look out for the welfare of our subordinates, especially following wartime. A Marine is a Marine for life. To sit idly by as your Marines suffer from debilitating illnesses directly related to their service in combat under your command is unacceptable. You have a duty to join the fight to ensure these warriors get the proper medical care and disability compensation that the law entitles them to. The political-correctness of silent obedience is not an option. Dave Winnett, Captain, USMC (Ret.). I am a disabled Veteran of the Persian Gulf War. 40% of my disability is classified by the VA as “Undiagnosed Illnesses” presumptive to the Persian Gulf War. I have since been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) by one of the leading CFS research physicians on the West Coast. As a retired Officer of Marines (former Enlisted/Warrant Officer), I am disappointed that there are not more Senior Officers, both active and retired, speaking out on the issue of Gulf War Illnesses. Whether sick or not, we as leaders have a moral obligation to look out for the welfare of our subordinates, especially following wartime. A Marine is a Marine for life. To sit idly by as your Marines suffer from debilitating illnesses directly related to their service in combat under your command is unacceptable. You have a duty to join the fight to ensure these warriors get the proper medical care and disability compensation that the law entitles them to. The political-correctness of silent obedience is not an option. Dave Winnett, Captain, USMC (Ret.).

]]> By: rbyanski60 http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/06/07/gulf-war-illness-and-cfs/comment-page-1/#comment-16227 rbyanski60 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:23:44 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/?p=7211#comment-16227 Wayne State University has chromosome testing, "Dr. Durakovic, your 5 Desert Storm Veterans have worse chromosome damage than my Wayne State Chemo Patients. And the kind of daMAGE IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALPHA PARTICLE exposure." depleteduranium-rbyanski60.blogspot.com Sunday, June 7, 2009 1945 Alpha Particles killed War Heroes. What is one of the biggest reasons the "Holy Roman Empire" went belly up? ANSWER: They did not treat their Veterans good enough. I used my 1967 16-week Navy Aviation Electronics "A-School" (taken in ten weeks) to collect a Honeywell paycheck for servicing Biomedical Electronics in about 15 hospitals in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, & West Palm Beach, Florida. I can fix and run any medical instrument in any medical facility. When they gave me a "S.M.A.C-24 with differential" blood test for my Department of Veterans' Affairs "Agent Orange Exam", I made them give me a second "Agent Orange Exam". Now I need a court order for the correct blood test. WHEN DEPLETED URANIUM EXCEEDS 570-DEGREES-CENTEGRADE, IT BECOMES RADIOACTIVE AGAIN!!! Just like the Pentagon lied all those years about Agent Orange (defoliants), Afghan and Iraqi War Fighters are getting the same kind of lie about their toxic battlefield -- modus operandi stinko !!! Wayne State University has chromosome testing, “Dr. Durakovic, your 5 Desert Storm Veterans have worse chromosome damage than my Wayne State Chemo Patients. And the kind of daMAGE IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALPHA PARTICLE exposure.”

depleteduranium-rbyanski60.blogspot.com Sunday, June 7, 2009

1945 Alpha Particles killed War Heroes.
What is one of the biggest reasons the “Holy Roman Empire” went belly up? ANSWER: They did not treat their Veterans good enough. I used my 1967 16-week Navy Aviation Electronics “A-School” (taken in ten weeks) to collect a Honeywell paycheck for servicing Biomedical Electronics in about 15 hospitals in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, & West Palm Beach, Florida. I can fix and run any medical instrument in any medical facility. When they gave me a “S.M.A.C-24 with differential” blood test for my Department of Veterans’ Affairs “Agent Orange Exam”, I made them give me a second “Agent Orange Exam”. Now I need a court order for the correct blood test. WHEN DEPLETED URANIUM EXCEEDS 570-DEGREES-CENTEGRADE, IT BECOMES RADIOACTIVE AGAIN!!! Just like the Pentagon lied all those years about Agent Orange (defoliants), Afghan and Iraqi War Fighters are getting the same kind of lie about their toxic battlefield — modus operandi stinko !!!

]]> By: Da_old_warrant http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/06/07/gulf-war-illness-and-cfs/comment-page-1/#comment-16218 Da_old_warrant Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:14:25 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/?p=7211#comment-16218 I wonder if anyone has looked into the food that the troops ate. T packs or mre's . Lots of strange chemicals there.and now there is a rule that troops can't consume mre's for more that 7 days(I believe that to be the number} in a row. Why? health reasons they didn't say what. I wonder if anyone has looked into the food that the troops ate. T packs or mre’s . Lots of strange chemicals there.and now there is a rule that troops can’t consume mre’s for more that 7 days(I believe that to be the number} in a row. Why? health reasons they didn’t say what.

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