Category Archives: Vietnam Disease Issues

BROKEN SNOWFLAKES DAY CARE FOR VETS

Posted on January 18, 2017 by asknod

As most know by now, PEOTUS Trump has anointed David Shulkin to the post. Shulkin is McDonald’s #2 in charge of Medical or VHA as they acronymize it. This is the equal rank of the Undersecretary for Benefits over at … Continue reading →

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Good WHO hepatitis poster

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Laura

The World Health Organization and other non-American public health professionals are far more forthright about hepatitis information. Notice that unsafe injections and medical procedures are emphasized in this work. Of course, most laypeople have no way of knowing if they … Continue reading →

Posted in Blood info, Complaints Department, Food for thought, Future Veterans, General Messages, Guest authors, hepatitis, medical injections, non-va care, VA Health Care, Vietnam Disease Issues | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

BVA–JETGUN WIN BUT IT TOOK TEN YEARS AND A GOOD VA LAW DOG

Posted on November 12, 2016 by asknod

You read about the VA hamster wheel. Perhaps  you’ve taken a few rides yourself in the claims game. BVA remands, as I’ve pointed out in the past, are time alligators. My pet advocacy game with these jetgun claims is simple. … Continue reading →

Posted in BvA Decisions, BvA HCV decisions, HCV Risks (documented), IMOs/IMEs, Jetgun BvA Decisions, Jetgun Claims evidence, KP Veterans, Lawyering Up, VA Attorneys, Veterans Law, Vietnam Disease Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM VETS–RADIO SHOW

Posted on November 11, 2016 by asknod

No, we didn’t channel Adrian Cronauer. He’s still alive and well to my knowledge. I was asked by Marti Oakley to do a radio show this hallowed morning to discuss the evolving heritage of the vanishing Vietnam Veteran and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune poisoning, KP Veterans, Medical News, Stardust Radio, Veterans Day, Vietnam Disease Issues, Vietnam War history | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

History of hepatitis? Long-term sustained virologic response (SVR) but…

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Laura

still not eligible to donate blood…because why?  Research suggests that relapse is very rare so why does the American Red Cross  (link) reject potential blood donors who have ever had HCV?   They write (updated: 08/03/2016): Hepatitis caused by Hepatitis … Continue reading →

Posted in Blood info, Food for thought, Guest authors, HCV Epidemiology, HCV Health, HCV Risks (documented), hepatitis, Medical News, research, transfusions and hepatitis, Uncategorized, Vietnam Disease Issues | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Jet injector multi-dose vial image

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Laura

Silvia sends us this picture of multi-dose vials from Wyeth, Merck and Parke.  They were manufactured for jet injectors to deliver 50 doses per vial.  If patient 1 was a blood-borne pathogen carrier, whose blood entered the vial, the next … Continue reading →

Posted in Blood info, General Messages, Guest authors, hepatitis, Jetgun Claims evidence, research, Vietnam Disease Issues | 15 Comments

We need to talk about multi-dose vials

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Laura

Then and now There seems to have been no consideration for infection control with regard to the use of multi-dose vials in the military in previous decades. Hence the massive outbreak of blood-borne pathogen infections we see in our veteran … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest authors, HCV Health, HCV Risks (documented), hepatitis, Jetgun Claims evidence, medical injections, Medical News, Uncategorized, Vietnam Disease Issues | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Vet forced to go off DMII meds to prove he has it

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Laura

Nurses have told us that DMII is a chronic condition; that once you have it, you always have it.  And to never go off the restricted diet or risk suffering terrible side effects.   When we lived in a senior … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, AO, Blood info, BvA Decisions, DM II, Food for thought, Guest authors, non-va care, Uncategorized, vARO Decisions, Vietnam Disease Issues, VSOs | Tagged , , , | 16 Comments

BUBBA GUMP’S SHRIMP–MONTERREY

Posted on August 22, 2016 by asknod

What could be more appropriate than to have dinner at one of the most famous restaurants relating to the boundary dispute in Vietnam? Day one of the Gilead Sciences begins this morning. I feel honored to be here with Randy. … Continue reading →

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CAVC-PARSEEYA-PICCHIONE V. McDONALD-THE AGES-OLD AO PARADOX

Posted on July 31, 2016 by asknod

I have worked with Karen in Florida for a long time on this. Kurt Priessman excavated a large number of CHECO Reports and ‘lost’ pages over the years which fleshed out the rather dubious military/VA insistence on the use of … Continue reading →

Posted in Agent Orange, CAVC Knowledge, CAVC ruling, KP Veterans, Nexus Information, Thailand AO presumptive path, Tips and Tricks, Veterans Law, Vietnam Disease Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments