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Read a first hand account of a Gulf veteran who has been living with this illness. She, like so many of our veterans suffer with what seems to be no hope for treatment. Follow the link below
Gulf War Syndrome, Other Illnesses Among Veterans May Be Due To Toxic Environments
Here’s a video submitted by my buddy Glenn, ( Gulf War Syndrome, Glenn Stewart). You can see more of his videos on his YouTube channel.
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Suck it up buttercup
Not putting a description since this is a short video & pretty much speaks for itself.
“This what living with Gulf War Illness feels like every single day while the +U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs waits for us to die.”
Gulf War Syndrome (Glenn Stewart)
Jun 12, 2014
My veteran friend posted this on G+ so I thought I’d share. If anyone knows a veteran from the Gulf war, pass this information on. It’s a step closer to getting our vets the long over due help they need. Thank you.
We are enrolling a total of 400 study participants who live within the United States to participate in this study who meet the following criteria:
1. Gulf War Veterans: Veterans who were deployed to the Persian Gulf Region July 1990- August 1991 and have experienced health changes.
2. Veterans: Active member of the United States Military during the period 1989 – 1992, not deployed to the Persian Gulf and have experienced health changes.
Study participants will complete an online or paper survey. The survey will take approximately 1 – 3 hours. The survey will consist of questions that ask about your overall heath, well-being, symptoms, exposures, and treatments you have tried. After study completion, you will receive a $5 gift card to either Amazon.com or Starbucks (depending on your preference).
If there is a chance you might be interested in participating, please contact us at(858) 558-4950 x210 or x203 or email us at hkoslik@ucsd.edu or jbritchie@ucsd.edu to learn more. If you know of anyone else who might consider participating in our research study (either an affected Gulf War veteran, or Gulf Era [not deployed] veteran), perhaps you might be willing to pass on our contact information. We truly appreciate your participation and referrals.
Thank you for your time—and thank you, in advance, for your help, should you choose to provide it. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Beatrice A. Golomb, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
https://plus.google.com/u/0/112563185299925128410/posts/Xi5UGSThPtW
I was so pleased to see this today in my stream. My friend has been working tirelessly sending letters to ALL the representatives, making videos, advocating and helping his fellow battle buddies get through their struggles, all the while suffering with Gulf War Illness himself. Just the fact that someone CALLED him is groundbreaking; All I’ve seen from my representatives are their standard “form letters.”
I’ve learned so much from the men and women I know who have worn our country’s uniform. One (A BIG ONE) is that they truly believe and live by the saying, “FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION.” He has not given up, he’s held that line for as long as I’ve known him and it pleases me to see that his efforts were not in vain. This is some of the best news I’ve seen about our warriors in a while–it’s about time too. Hat’s off to you Soldier, one of many battles has been won. I’m very proud of you (all.)
I’m sharing this post from my Google+ stream. It was posted by one of the vets in my circle and a man I consider a dear friend. 😉
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110321549524619427432/posts/5cLvEZ33ww3
- U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard Carmichael, with the Warfighter Express Services Team assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 2, disposes of trash at the burn pit at Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge, Helmand, Province
Mark this date on your calendars!
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:00pm until 8:00pm in EST
http://blogtalkradio.com/joeygiggles
Hey everyone… Our Gulf War Illness show is back on the air this coming year with good friend Mary Ann Parker who is a vet of the First Gulf WarShe will be discussing events, information on gulf war illness, causes, symptoms, trial and tribulations with the disease and much much more
Please join us for this great show http://blogtalkradio.com/joeygiggles
Call in number 310-982-4253 or you can call in on skype
Here’s a video update from a friend of mine he’s also an Retired Veteran, Iraqi War.
He’s a big voice in the battle for many of our veterans and their health, including his own. His life had been turned upside down and it gets worse by the day. The longer they have to wait, the more we lose. (56 a day to Gulf War Illness.) Those are very high numbers. So, as I promised I’m “banging the drums” here. Making a little noise; pass it on! Thank everyone, have a great weekend.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110321549524619427432/posts/hz3s3oRGEuw
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NOTICE: UPDATED 12/9/2013
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I found this post in my Google + stream this morning; take a gander at what this veteran said…
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110321549524619427432/posts/bAkJ5BuUpGR
I asked what I could do and he told me what I already knew I needed to do. I’m sharing this here because I have a favor to ask. I mentioned this in an earlier post–we need to make some noise. We need to be a voice for our vets because theirs are not being heard. I’ve left a link below that will give you all the contact information for your states representative. Let them know we are aware of Gulf War Illness and our vets are dying (56 a day) waiting for the VA to help them. 🙂 Come on guys and gals it’s our turn-our defenders need us, let’s not turn a blind eye to them like our government has. Show them they’re appreciated that their fight wasn’t in vain and they didn’t lose buddies on the battlefield for a lost cause. And when we begin to make this noise keep making it until we’ve seen some kind of action in the right direction. Don’t let it fall on deaf ears. I want to thank everyone. Thank you for reading this and for the moment you took here on behalf of our veterans. Also, thank you for following my blog, it’s an encouragement for me to do more and do better. 🙂 I’ve left the link to the US House of Representatives below as well as another link where you can sign the petition to end VA backlogs. “Over 496,000 veterans are currently without health benefits that they not only are are entitled to, but earned!” The average wait (some over one year) is unacceptable. Thanks again!/
I’m adding more links below.
Members for the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs – http://veterans.house.gov/about/membership
Members of Congress – http://www.house.gov/representatives/
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Senate:
Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs – http://www.veterans.senate.gov/
Here they only have 2 options to contact the “Chairman or Ranking member”.
Senate Committee Members – http://www.veterans.senate.gov/committee-members.cfm
Senators of the 113th Congress contact information – http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
SURPRISE: Pentagon caught in a lie over burn pits
For years, Pentagon officials have insisted that the open-air burn pits incinerating tons of garbage and other waste on U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan could not be causing long-term health problems for our troops. But an unclassified memo (.pdf) dated more than a year ago and recently leaked to Spencer Ackerman over at Wired’s Danger Room indicates that the Army knew very well that the air quality, at least at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, could have dire health consequences for anyone living and working there between 2002 and 2010. (May 22, 2012)
READ TIM’S STORY HERE.
Scans have shown loss of brain matter in two regions of the brain associated with pain regulation in Gulf War veterans, researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center reported in the journal PLoS One.As background information, the authors informed that of the approximately 700,000 soldiers who served in Operation Desert Storm 1990-1991, nearly 30% developed Gulf War Illness Gulf War Syndrome. Gulf War Illness presents itself with symptoms such as cognitive deficits, autonomic dysfunction, severe fatigue, and chronic widespread pain that implicate the CNS central nervous system.The majority of patients with Gulf War Illness experience post-exertional malaise, meaning their symptoms worsen considerably after physical and/or mental effort.The scientists in this study had set out to determine what the causal relationship might be between exercise, the brain and alterations in symptoms. They recruited 38 volunteers – 28 Gulf War veterans and 10 controls ten matched people who were not veterans. The participants underwent two exercise stress tests as well as two fMRI functional magnetic resonance imaging scans, one before and one after the tests – the aim was to see whether there were any serial changes in pain, autonomic function and working memory.Autonomic function refers to how well the autonomic nervous system ANS is working. ANS is the part of the nervous system that acts as a control system and works largely below the level of consciousness. It affects digestion, heart rate, urination micturition, sexual arousal, perspiration, pupillary dilation, salivation, and respiratory rate.
You can finish the article at the link below. This is coming to you via Gulf War Syndrome
via Proof Gulf War Illness Does Exist – Medical News Today.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110321549524619427432/posts/dKfX5hzwnd2
Video found at: Gulf War Syndrome on Google+
I guess it’s not enough our troops are sick, now toxins are being added to our vaccinations. Please inform friends and family of this finding.
NaturalNews Compulsory vaccination has long been a requirement to serve in the U.S. armed forces, and it is well documented that many of the vaccines administered to servicemen over the years have been experimental in nature, meaning they contained untested adjuvants and other questionable additives. But it has recently come to our attention that the highly toxic vaccine adjuvant squalene MF59, which was first given to servicemen back during the first Gulf War and later linked to causing Gulf War syndrome, Read more
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