Any Gulf War---Desert Storm 1990-1991 Vets with RA

[Guest guest]

I'm suffering with newly diagnosed RA and just doing some research

because some of my symptoms seem similar to Chronic Fatigue and Fibro.

So... in my research I found a lot of info on vets with auto-immune

problems.

Is anyone else here on the list a Desert Storm Vet? It mentions that

female vets have been affected more than males with Gulf War Syndrom

illnesses. AND...those with family histories of autoimmune disorders

(which I have as well) have been more affected.

Thanks in advance for helping to satisfy my curiosity.

Lee Ann

[Guest guest]

Desert Storm? That was way after my time. Viet Nam was my time for

exposures. We had the same general problems but didn't have the accessible

information you have today. Many SEA vets came back with problems that the

government turned a deaf ear to and/or denied it existed. RA wasn't a

genuine disability until around 1990. If you had RA, tough luck. There was

no discrimination to file against until later on. I was an office manager

when the RA struck me, and during the next year, I was demoted, demoralized,

then dismissed because I " had no disability " .

As for genetics, RA is prevalent in my mother's side of the family. Of 6

siblings, I'm the only one with RA and Fibro. One sister has all the things

that are hard to test for, but that's another story. RA is a genetic

predisposition.

Dennis in Eastexas

" You can't always fix it with money "

[ ] Any Gulf War---Desert Storm 1990-1991 Vets with RA

> I'm suffering with newly diagnosed RA and just doing some research

> because some of my symptoms seem similar to Chronic Fatigue and Fibro.

> So... in my research I found a lot of info on vets with auto-immune

> problems.

>

> Is anyone else here on the list a Desert Storm Vet? It mentions that

> female vets have been affected more than males with Gulf War Syndrom

> illnesses. AND...those with family histories of autoimmune disorders

> (which I have as well) have been more affected.

>

> Thanks in advance for helping to satisfy my curiosity.

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> Lee Ann

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