Fw: P3/3 Gulf War Veterans Newsletter Dec08

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Pt. III

Randi J. Airola, © 517-819-5926

From: Nichols <dsnurse1@...>

Subject: P3/3 Gulf War Veterans Newsletter Dec08

" Nichols " <DSNurse1@...>

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 9:19 PM

1.  MAKE POST TO THE STORIES That we worked hard to get covered. 

 

Okay here are more lumped all together. 

 

We need everyone working together and making posts/comments.  Vets tell them

what life has been like for 17yr...delayed claims...surgeries. ..having to go to

civilian drs and not having money to pay,,,your dental problems whatever...also

the effect on your family.

 

Family please also post.

Then all spread these to other vets that you know and family members.

VN vets have at it too!.

 

This is the time to make a difference hopefully nothing will take focus away but

blog anyway...the reporters are waiting to hear you as is America and the time

is urgent with a Transition to new president... let them hear you!

 

Ask Americans to respond and support with their voices and letters to the new

president elect!

 

It is up to each of you now to make the difference the groundwork has been laid

for all of you to lend your voices now. 

 

 Dont let this opportunity slip by us again!

 

Ask for research to find biomarkers, the best diagnostics and treatment trials

because bluntly we need that.  Ask for speciality VA centers in your areas.  ASk

for University Medical Schools to get involved.  Ask for the proactive can do to

make a difference it is real damage in a physical sense and we need honesty and

help and full attitude adjustment!

 

CNN wants I reports so videotape and load if you can go to CNN ireports.

Thanks

Make it happen

DSNurse

 

http://www.military .com/news/ article/gulf- war-vets- vindicated- not-helped.

html?col= 1186032310810

 

 

http://www.morrisda ilyherald. com/articles/ 2008/12/01/ national_

news/197natwarsi ckeness.txt

 

http://www.nwi. com/articles/ 2008/12/01/ ap/headlines/ d94pqerg0. txt

 

http://www.thenews- messenger. com/article/ 20081130/ UPDATES01/ 81201002

 

http://www.citizen- times.com/ apps/pbcs. dll/article? AID=200881201011

 

http://www.foxnews. com/politics/ 2008/12/01/ sick-gulf- war-vets- vindication-

little-relief/

 

http://www.kentucky .com/471/ story/611741. html

 

http://www.klewtv. com/news/ national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.2news. tv/news/national /35310414. html

 

http://www.bakersfi eldnow.com/ news/national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.kpic. com/news/ national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.kimatv. com/news/ national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.kcby. com/news/ national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.komonews .com/news/ national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.kidk. com/news/ national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.kval. com/news/ national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.keprtv. com/news/ national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.katu. com/news/ national/ 35310414. html

 

http://www.earthtim es.org/articles/ show/va-sends- latest-gulf- war-illness-

report-to- iom-for-review, 639116.shtml

 

http://www.istockan alyst.com/ article/viewiSto ckNews+articleid _2844932. html

 

http://www.thetownt alk.com/article/ 20081201/ NEWS01/81201022

 

http://www.journali nquirer.com/ articles/ 2008/12/01/ national_ and_world/

doc49344a41164ca 378847078. txt

 

http://news. postbulletin. com/newsmanager/ templates/ localnews_ story.asp?

z=49 & a=373242

 

http://www.military .com/news/ article/gulf- war-vets- vindicated- not-helped.

html?col= 1186032310810

 

http://www.dailytri bune.com/ articles/ 2008/12/01/ life/doc49340d9f

65446688613224. txt

 

http://www.topix. net/life/ veterans/ 2008/12/some- vindication- for-sick-

vets-but- little-relief

 

http://www.usatoday .com/news/ washington/ 2008-12-01- gulf-war- syndrome_ N.htm

 

http://www.kentucky .com/471/ story/611850. html

 

http://www.sltrib. com/ci_11112571

 

http://www.cnsnews. com/public/ content/article. aspx?RsrcID= 40067

 

http://www3. signonsandiego. com/stories/ 2008/dec/ 01/gulf-war- illness-120108/

 

http://www.theleafc hronicle. com/article/ 20081201/ NEWS01/81201007

 

http://www.themonit or.com/articles/ veterans_ 20452___article. html/war_

gulf.html

 

http://www3. signonsandiego. com/stories/ 2008/dec/ 01/4918082053- gulf-war-

illness/? zIndex=17712

 

http://www.thekansa n.com/news/ x415858744/ Some-vindication -for-sick-

vets-but- little-relief

 

http://www.startrib une.com/nation/ 35311704. html?elr= KArksLckD8EQDUoa

EyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD 3aPc:_Yyc: aUUF

 

http://www.examiner .com/a-1719217~ Some_vindication _for_sick_ vets.html

 

http://www.examiner .com/a-1719218~ Some_vindication _for_sick_ vets__but_

little_relief. html

 

http://www.sunheral d.com/448/ story/985866. html

 

http://www.bnd. com/breaking_ news/story/ 560955.html

 

 

http://www.chron. com/disp/ story.mpl/ headline/ nation/6140322. html

 

 

http://www.thetimes online.com/ articles/ 2008/12/01/ ap/headlines/ d94pqerg0.

txt

 

 

letter to editor

http://www.dailymai l.com/News/ 200812010052

http://www.metrowes tdailynews. com/opinions/ editorials/ x359357233/ Editorial-

Gulf-between- promises- vets-illness

 

 

http://www.kswo. com/Global/ story.asp? S=9493662 

 

http://www.newscien tist.com/ article/dn16069- gulf-war- syndrome- is-real-says-

us-report. html

 

http://www.veterans today.com/ topic37.html

 

2.NEED GULF WAR VETERANS TO JOIN THESE DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS URGENTLY

SO WE CAN START GETTING MORE DATA AND HELP EACH OTHER

 

Okay putting in one POSTING..... ...I encourage others with particular interests

to get involve and set up other sub categories.. ..for example Diabetes, ETC....

 

This may help us if we ever start getting presumptions. ...

WE have besides the normal Gulf War illness that include signs and symptoms,

chronic fatigue,fibromyalgi a and the big ones Brain Cancers and ALS

Hopefully we will have MS moving along better.

 

MS VETS  MSVETSgroups (DOT) com

 

But these are some issues I have testified about and am concerned about.  I

wanted to set up places that people with these type conditions could come

together.

 

 

I started these some time ago.....please if you have these problems and want to

speak with each other join.  Also will help us get some statistics together!

DSNurse1 (DOT) com

 

Gulf War illness subgroups.

 

 

For all neurovascular  neuro muscular, spinal problems.... except MS...

 

 

Group home page: http://groups. / group/GWIParkins onsDiseaseNMD

Group email address: _GWIParkinsonsDisea seNMD@group s.com_

(mailto:GWIParkinsonsDiseas eNMD@groups .com)

and

CARDIAC

Here are the details on GWI and HeartConditio ns:

Group home page: http://groups. / group/GWIandHear tConditions

Group email address: GWIandHeartConditio nsgroups (DOT) com

 

Okay have a couple of more groups ie subgroups to announce

if you are gulf war veterans that have experience illnesses and have vision

problems and want to share your experience and help collect data........ .....

 

EYES VISION

 

Group name:

 

GWV-EYE-Problems

Group home page:

 

http://groups. / group/GWV- EYE-Problems

Group email:

 

GWV-EYE-Problems

 

 

 

CANCERS

 

Group name:

 

GWV90-91-Cancers

Group home page:

 

http://groups. / group/GWV90- 91-Cancers

Group email:

 

 

 

 

GWV90-91-Cancers

 

 

 

 

GWV90-91-Cancers

:

 

http://groups. / group/GWV90- 91-Cancers

 

GWV90-91-Cancers

 

For Gulf War Veterans 90-91

 

A place to informally registered your Cancers since returning from the gulf, to

suupport each other, to help with advice on getting assistance.  A place to have

some data collection done on these problems

HEARING DISORDERS

 

Group name:

 

GulfWarVeterans90- 91HearingDisorde rs

Group home page:

 

http://groups. / group/GulfWarVet erans90-91Hearin gDisorders

Group email:

 

GulfWarVeterans90- 91HearingDisorde rsgroups (DOT) com

The last one I intend to do other areas are wide open for setting up groups as

you see a need.  I welcome others as comoderators.  I also encourage other

subgroups.

 

KIDNEY LIVER PROBLEMS

 

Group name:

 

GulfWarVets90- 91KidneyorLiverP roblems

Group home page:

 

http://groups. / group/GulfWarVet s90-91KidneyorLi verProblems

Group email:

 

GulfWarVets90- 91KidneyorLiverP roblems@gro ups.com

 

 

For Gulf War Veterans 90-91 Operation Desert shield/Storm

 

I grouped this together even if later we may chose to seperate the two areas. 

Interested if you have had Kidney problems or Liver Problems.... to include

transplantation of major organs....it is a place to share information,

support,gather data...Serves as an informal registry

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Editorial

The Lancet, Volume 372, Issue 9653, Page 1856, 29 November 2008

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doi:10.1016/ S0140-6736( 08)61790- 0Cite or Link Using DOI

Justice delayed: acknowledging the reality of Gulf War illness

Original TextThe Lancet

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Combat in the first war in the Persian Gulf lasted only a few weeks. But for

more than 174 000 US veterans and 6000—12 000 UK soldiers, its effects have

never ended. More than 17 years after the 1990—91 invasion of Kuwait, a

Congressionally mandated group has concluded that Gulf War syndrome is a real,

serious, and, in many cases, deadly illness.

The Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, with support

from the Boston University School of Public Health, issued a 450-page report on

Nov 17. The report repudiates previous determinations that Gulf War illness is

fictitious, a psychiatric disorder, or stress-related. Ironically, the report

found that these veterans actually have lower rates of post-traumatic stress

disorder than veterans of other wars.

Gulf War veterans have long complained of cognitive problems, headaches, fatigue

and pain, and chronic digestive, respiratory, and skin disorders. And they have

been found in previous studies to have significantly higher rates than other

veterans of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and of brain cancer. The constellation

of symptoms has now been attributed to two agents: pesticides and pyridostigmine

bromide, a drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for military

combat use only, against exposure to the nerve agent Soman. Pyridostigmine

bromide was first approved for treatment of myasthenia gravis in 1955 but has

never been tested in human beings against nerve agents. The committee further

noted that exposure to other agents, notably smoke from oil-well fires and other

neurotoxic chemicals, might also have some role in the illness.

This report will come as bittersweet relief to ill Gulf War veterans. It will

need to be integrated into the existing knowledge we have about Gulf War

illness. Further research is obviously necessary, for these and future veterans.

But more immediately, expanded programmes of care, support, and compensation are

the least that is now owed to those whose short tenure of service to their

country turned into lifelong disability.

Editorial: Gulf between promises, vets' illnesshttp://www.metrowes tdailynews.

com/opinions/ editorials/ x359357233/ Editorial- Gulf-between- promises-

vets-illness

GHS

Posted Dec 08, 2008 @ 08:38 AM

For some of the nearly 700,000 veterans who fought in the 100-hour Gulf War in

1991, there may finally be some vindication and, we hope, an effort by the

government to address and treat the mysterious illnesses that have plagued about

one-quarter of those who answered the call to serve.

When soldiers and Marines returned from the Gulf War 17 years ago with blurred

vision, rashes and headaches, they were told it was all in their minds, a

diagnosis inconsistent with their symptoms.

But for the better part of the last two decades, the problems for many have

become exasperated - in some cases debilitating - with symptoms such as

persistent memory and concentration problems, more severe and constant

headaches, head-to-toes pain in joints and muscles, gastrointestinal problems,

and other chronic abnormalities that did not fit in with any known diag