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DiscussionDiagnosed with CLL and ITP together! What can I expect?
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It is sad that you’re not getting the support after serving your country. My brother was in the army as well, in the early 60s and was out on a training exercise in Washington State. He and his unit were doused with agent orange in the rain forest there. He was in the hosptial for 2 weeks, then honorably discharged because he was no longer healthy enough to serve…he passed away a few short years later from cancer caused by the agent orange…with denial of any assistance to him during his cancer treatments. It’s only recently that the military has admitted that AO is directly associated with so may illness of former soldiers. So I can feel your frustration over this.
But, on the positive note, you don’t have any symptoms and so much more is know about ITP. You may not have any more occurances of the disorder, but it’s very tragic about the mental illness side effects that seem to correlate with your earlier treatments.