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Agent Orange/Dioxin related illnesses
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Nov 3, 2023 | Replies (37)Comment receiving replies
You are not alone. I am a Nam Vet, (1970) and have Type II Diabetes, pereipheral Neuropathy in all 4 extremities and a host of other problems. My 38 year old daughter has MS. She was diagnosed on her 21st Birthday. She started with occular, migrane headaches. She gets a infusion once a month for an hour and must sit still for another hour. My son has had allergies almost from birth and asthma from shortly there after. My two grandchildren also have asthmatic problems. There are over 12 cancers recognised by the Veterans Administration that are regarded as being presumtive for our exposure to Agent Orange, (actually it was the Diioxin created in cooking the Agent Orange). The latest conditions are Parkinsons Disease and isthemic heart disease. Go to Vietnam Veterans of America, click on The Faces of Agent Orange and be horrified by the stories of our children and grandchildren. They are stories of the ones that lived. I can't tell you how many still birtgs happened to veterans wives. Please check it out.
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My father was in Vietnam and Thailand in 1970 as well. I have been diagnosed with MS. One of his other army buddies daughter's been diagnosed with MS as well. I am trying to see if there is a link in this disease along with others.
Our organization, Birth Defect Research for Children, has been working on<br />
the issue of birth defects and other disabilities in the children of Vietnam<br />
veterans since 1986. We collect data on these conditions through our data<br />
research project The National Birth Defect Registry.<br />
http://birthdefects.org/national-birth-defect-registry/ We also have a<br />
section of our web site devoted to our research on veterans' reproductive<br />
issues. http://birthdefects.org/veterans-research/ There is legislation<br />
pending in the house and senate for a special center to study the effects of<br />
toxic exposures on the children and grandchildren of veterans.<br />
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1769/all-info Betty<br />
Mekdeci, Executive Director<br />
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Welcome to Connect @eeversmann.
I too have my only child suffering from asthmas, joint diseases, cancers, etc. And my only grandchild was born with multiple birth defects like 24 fingers and toes, autism aspergers syndrome, eye deformities and blindness, growth problems , etc. I have 33 autoimmune diseases including 4 cancers, ischemic heart disease, , ANKLYLOSING SPONDIOLYSIS, SPINAL STENOSIS, DEGENERATIVE JOINT AND DISC DISEASE, OSTEOPOROSIS and osteoarthritis, psoriasis, chloracne, scar tissue, peripheral neuropathy in all limbs and more. I handled, mixed by hand and power sprayed AGENT ORANGE HERBICIDES ON ANDERSEN.AFB GUAM DURING THE VIETNAM WAR AND LATER. I am very ill and very short life left in me.<br />
MSGT LEROY G FOSTER USAF.RET <br />
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Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance is a new organization founded by 2 children of deceased Vietnam Veterans both suffering from birth defects from our fathers exposure to Agent Orange. Until we formed our org., there has never been a group BY Children of Vietnam Veterans FOR the children Of Vietnam Veterans. We are working very hard and have made many accomplishments since our founding at the end of January 2012. We are NOT an "offshoot" of the Legacy, nor do we work with that specific group. Our main website is http://www.NoFoolsHere.org