Friday, May 8, 2009

Trying to get the word out-sick from Desert Storm

(this is a story line i pitched to the BBCYourStory) HiI wanted to pitch a story line about Desert Storm veterans sick for 18 years from multiple chronic illnesses from more than 21 vaccines,environmental toxins,and much more.I am 46 years old. I have around 40 prescriptions.I went to Saudi Arabia healthy and vibrant as a 30 yr old staff sergeant in the United States Air Force.First,i am on a fixed income now.It started with severe bone pain in my lower legs.Then i started having bad pain in my abdomen and then the Saddams Revenge(similar to Montezuma’s),diarrhea. Carrying around a roll of toilet paper in your cammie pants is not attractive.It was so hot there, over 115 degrees every day. Inside the aircrafts, it would be 200 degrees. We had to run generators to blow cool air into the aircraft before we could load the passengers.Sometimes the planes never shut off and we would stand there breathing all the jet fuel exhaust from the military and commercial planes. The sky was already black from the Kuwaiti oil fires burning.So who can pin down the exact cause of chronic unexplained symptoms or what caused me to have so many types of arthritis and autoimmune disorders.I think it all started with my GI tract.Now that the President’s Advisory Council has confirmed that Gulf War illness is real,i am hoping it will help me and others, including those HiI wanted to pitch a story line about Desert Storm veterans sick for 18 years from multiple chronic illnesses from more than 21 vaccines,environmental toxins,and much more.I am 46 years old. I have around 40 prescriptions.I went to Saudi Arabia healthy and vibrant as a 30 yr old staff sergeant in the United States Air Force.First,i am on a fixed income now.It started with severe bone pain in my lower legs.Then i started having bad pain in my abdomen and then the Saddams Revenge(similar to Montezuma’s),diarrhea. Carrying around a roll of toilet paper in your cammie pants is not attractive.It was so hot there, over 115 degrees every day. Inside the aircrafts, it would be 200 degrees. We had to run generators to blow cool air into the aircraft before we could load the passengers.Sometimes the planes never shut off and we would stand there breathing all the jet fuel exhaust from the military and commercial planes. The sky was already black from the Kuwaiti oil fires burning.So who can pin down the exact cause of chronic unexplained symptoms or what caused me to have so many types of arthritis and autoimmune disorders.I think it all started with my GI tract.Now that the President’s Advisory Council has confirmed that Gulf War illness is real,i am hoping it will help me and others, including those from other countries that have been marginalized as well by being told "it's all in your head",
"here,take this pill".

1 comment:

  1. Sorry,for the typos, guess i wasntfeeling too good wheni posted that one.LOL

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