@annshrader I'm a military vet who was exposed to an unknown toxin in 1990. My health has been changed since then. I don't drink or do drugs or smoke. All of what you shared I already know. I have horrid gut issues with malabsorption to boot. GERD, malabsorption and roseacea which began after beginning Fosomax. along with other problems I don't care to discuss here.
I don't fit ANY textbook medical diagnoses at all. In fact, whatever I was exposed to has mimicked so many conditons and has done so for weeks and/or months then can just go away on its own. Some things however, have chosen to take up permanent residence in my body. Most if not all doctors get that deer in the headlights look if I mention anything about what happened to me so these days I typically don't. For 36 years now, I get more results from doing my own research and trial and error. I've spent a small fortune on supplements and regimens over the years I've spent copious amounts of time researching and am well versed in medical jargon for a layperson. I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm stuck with whatever was done to me for life. Osteoporosis did not go away and even though I have done everything I should be doing, it did not help my bones. ALL courtesy uncle sam. More MALE military vets now get diagnosed with osteoporosis. All of us vets have one thing in common which I won't share here because the MIC is in denial about it. Nuff said.