Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 - wrote: > Former USS WREN DD568 shipmate...contacted me on this site over > the weekend; apparently he too is experiencing prostate cancer, > or have gone through it. Unfortunately, I accidently deleted > his message. Just wondering if he would contact me again. Did > not recall his name. , All of the old messages are available on the web at the following address: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ProstateCancerSupport/ You can search for old messages there or scroll back in time. Let us know if you have problems with it. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 . I am not an expert on this but it is my understanding that many sailors are getting VA benefits from exposure to Agent Orange that caused Prostate Cancer. This includes brown water as well as some blue water sailors that were in that theater of ops. Just sayin.... " Il faut d'abord durer " Hemingway 9yr.followup soon. > Former USS WREN DD568 shipmate...contacted me on this site over the > weekend; apparently he too is experiencing prostate cancer, or have gone > through it. Unfortunately, I accidently deleted his message. Just > wondering if he would contact me again. Did not recall his name. > Sometimes I wonder if some of us Navy and Coast Guardmen's cancer may have > been caused by exposure to asbestos used extensively in WW-II and some > KOREAN WAR era ships? Many of us worked in the engineering spaces on > those ships during the '50s and '60s, as well a tearing the stuff out to > replace the asbestos filled insulation/lagging in those confined spaces. > > Arcieri > Spring (Houston), Texas > > > > ------------------------------------ > > There are just two rules for this group > 1 No Spam > 2 Be kind to others > > Please recognise that Prostate Cancerhas different guises and needs > different levels of treatment and in some cases no treatment at all. Some > men even with all options offered chose radical options that you would not > choose. We only ask that people be informed before choice is made, we > cannot and should not tell other members what to do, other than look at > other options. > > Try to delete old material that is no longer applying when clicking reply > Try to change the title if the content requires it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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