Gulf War Vet

[Robert Ryan]

I just moved about a month ago to my new home here in Elk Grove, CA. So far I have met two Gulf War Vets, and one Iraqi Freedom Vet. I can't believe that they think Vietnam Vets did more during the war, then they are doing now. How does this come about. I'm feeling the total opposite. Guess it's because I'm getting older. The Iraqi Freedom Vet didn't like talking much about his tour. I told him that for close to 20 years I said nothing about my 3 tours in Vietnam . I told him about the VA Mental Health Clinic at Mather, gave him my counselor's number, and said when your ready give her a call. I thanked them for their service, and told them that no matter what war you were in or are in, we all gave sum, and sum gave all.

[Margaret Diann]

You have kept silent about your own service, and have the kindness to say thanks to soldiers of today's era. Thank you for that.

Do you have any health ailments that started during Vietnam tour?

I just wrote to brother of Chris (Afghanistan paratrooper and weapons-sgt):
(Brian had shared that his brother had same symptoms as Staff Sgt James Alford. I wonder whether either of these is alive today)

Dear Brian, As you probably already know, if Chris were harmed by the oil/jet fuel spewing out of the jets he was boarding, to do paratrooper jumps ... or from the cleaning products used to clean the rifles and other weapons ... the harm could be from the chemical 2-butoxyethanol like I am talking about. AND the doctors wouldn't have found the core harm, the reason for his collapsing and fatigue and personality change.... red blood cells would be immature, the red blood cells would be too small & their membranes fragile. There would be blood in urine

http://home.gci.net/~blessing/pages/cfs_overview.htm

This is the fatigue, autoimmune hemolytic anemia and the bones hurting? It can be another autoimmune thing going on in which the joints and bones are targeted by the immune system OR it can be the advance stage of this red blood cell autoimmune problem THAT WILL BE THERE if he is harmed by the family of chemicals I am talking about There may be enough medical info to prove this. www.valdezlink.com/paralysis.htm

I spoke to Chris last year & he shared that he had a grande mal seisure that almost took his life.