Tag Archives: Gulf War Vets Help

Can you kill HCV on equipment by boiling or burning? NO, CDC warns inmates.

HCV to pot of boiling water or hot flame: Bring it on. You can’t stop me. Here’s the flyer:  http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HCV/PDFs/HepCIncarcerationFactSheet.pdf CDC Publication No. 21-1306 entitled Hepatitis C and Incarceration,  page 2, states: Why doesn’t cleaning kill the Hepatitis C virus? Bleaching, … Continue reading

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SLANTING THE NEWS

By now we are all too familiar with VA justice and their misguided attempts at analyzing our evidence with an eye towards a fair and balanced reading. Member Robert, who awaits  his winning Lotto ticket, sends in this snippet of … Continue reading

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VA CELEBRATION OF GROUNDHOG DAY MOVED

The Punxster   As Groundhog day falls on a Saturday this year, VA has opted to declare Monday, February 4th, as an Agency holiday. In keeping with the mantra of issuing the same denials over and over again year-in and … Continue reading

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VA LOTTO WINNER #33

It is with great pleasure we announce the entrance of Hepsick, my old friend Mark, through the gates of Eden. Mark started on this odyssey back in 2008 before I got sick and went into the hospital. Mark had it made … Continue reading

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DESPONDEX

My VA doctor opted to put me on Despondex  Monday. Apparently I was waaaay too cheerful and ebullient. I had no idea. Why didn’t anyone tell me? Cupcake was unwilling to point this out for fear I would simply brush it off … Continue reading

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Revisiting the June 9, 1999 House of Representatives hearing (Part 1)

What:  Hearing on VA OUTREACH TO VETERANS AT RISK FOR HEPATITIS C INFECTION Where:  House of Representatives, Subcommittee on National Security,  Veterans Affairs, and International Relations,Committee on  Government Reform, Washington, DC. The top guys from the VA were Dr. Thomas L Garthwaite, Veterans Administration, … Continue reading

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Acute HCV survelliance in the US: How’s it going?

Not very well actually. First some definitions from the CDC: Clinical Description of Acute HCV “An acute illness with a discrete onset of any sign or symptom* consistent with acute viral hepatitis (e.g., fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, … Continue reading

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CAVC–THOMAS V. SHINSEKI-IT DOESN’T ADD UP

Saint Mary Schoelen sends us this bit of a Judicial Hanky Panky remand. All I see it doing is  teaching the BVA and the raters to be honest when passing out their thirty pieces of silver. “Honest” meaning thorough and … Continue reading

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PRE-VALENTINE HUMOR.

News and film from member WYn Wn . Just in time for the Six o’clock report on the Left Coast. About an hour after Last Call at the VFW bar, several old geezers were checking out their buddy’s new apartment. … Continue reading

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COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN VETS

Remember the milk commercial where the gal says “I can’t believe you didn’t tell me.” and the husband says “Is this about the time I did in prison?” Member Tom of USS Long Beach fame sends us this classic… A … Continue reading

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