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Jenna

Lots of Gulf War vets have a type of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS). Drugs never did much for me.......

Licorice root alternated with Siberian Ginseng

Magnesiuum...... at least 800 mg a day

MSM

Glucosamine sulfate

B-100 complex

Ginkgo biloba

Horse chestnut.........

complete mineral supplement .... like kelp, alfalfa, coral calcium

free form Amino Acids

live yoghurt

 

Note: There may be some drug interations and with the list of drugs, some cannot be just stopped without a whole lot of problems.

 

 

 

In a message dated 4/4/03 3:11:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, herbal remedies writes:

 

"jenna_fabulous" <jenna_fabulous

My Husband's condition...

 

 

Ok.

My husband....

My husband is retired disabled from the military. He went to Saudi

Arabia the last time "we" went over. He was there for almost a year.

In his letters he would joke about winning the "pool" which was

naming the type of missle that went over ahead.

His hair starting greying about 2 months after he got back. His

family doesn't normally grey until they are in their late 40's early

50's. Small things went wrong form time to time and then slowly got

worse. or example, to date I've had at least 10 misscarraiges and an

etopic pregnancy 2 or 3 years ago that required two blood

transfusions. I had no pregnancy problems before hand. I had two

healthy kids before that although by c section due to a car

accident.He had anxiety problems for a year or two. Lavender oil and

chammomile tea helped this greatly.

I won't go through the whole progression. I'll just list what he is

suffering from now.

First of all, let me say that I know he has Saudi syndrome or gulf

war sickness or whatever they're calling it now. The Army tried to

say that he most likely didn't have it but then called him in again

and said we are referring you to the VA who then (without admiitance

to the illness) said that there is something wrong and that some

people group it together to list it as gulf war sickness. Blah blah

blah.....

Okay here it is:

*He has partial hearing loss to high frequency sounds. (What a

booger it is to watch a movie with him! ha ha )

*Nerve ending damage. (When he gets up in the morning he describews

it as filling like his whole arms and legs were hit like they were

the funny bone)

*Scholiosis

*Skin rashes

*Some other back/nerve problem

*The bones in his jaw are disinegrating. (he was always one of those

lucky ones to never have any dental problems.)

*Bad knees that somehow connect with the bone problem

*Just recently he started having problems with his fingers. Sometimes

(especially after he gets up) he'll try to open his hand and 1 or 2

fingers won't open and it causes him pain when I have to open them

for him.

High blood pressure.

*Pain. Lots of it. Even with medication. He now uses a cane. Doc's

told him he might ne a wheel chair in a year or so.

*All his muscles get very stiff. I have to massage his arms and legs

evry morning just so he can move them.

*One of his feet is completely numb. The other partially.

*He looks much older then he really is. People mistake him for being

in his late 40's to 50's. He's 37.

I can't think of what else there is. I'm sure that's enough.

Doctor's offered a surgery for one of his back problems but then

later said he wasn't a candidate fo4r it because he would have att

least an 80% chance of paralysis.

Medications:

*Vicodin - He takes 1000 3x a day and sometimes 4.

*Neurontin - 600 mg 3x a day.

*Duragesic - A pain patch that he changes every 72 hours. 75 MCG. We

were warned that he has to flush the used patches down the toilet

because even the used ones would cause an overdose in me, my kids and

pets.

*Pamelor - 75 mg. To be taken at bedtime.

*Wellbutrin. Although he doesn't take this one but the doc's gave it

to him any way. He said he'll start taking it when he decides to quit

smoking. (Yes he smokes!)

Before he went to the war, he was a very healthy and vivacious man.

 

We are in the process of selling our business that is doing very well

for alot less then it's really worth because of this. I can't go to

work because I've got to take care of our 6 kids (4 of them we

adopted) and help him out.

Onec he is up for the day (takes him about 2 hours to get out of bed)

he can get to the offce but it is very hard on him. He just passes

out when he goes to bed at night.

I'm so afraid to treat him with anything harsh (hebally)because of

all his meds. And getting off the meds has to be done slowly or he

could have a seisure.I even thought about a fast, but when he doesn't

eat he almost passes out. I do reiki on him whenever I can.When I did

iridology on him, it shows problems with his liver. ALthough the

doctors don't concur. I believe this to be because of all the meds

he's taking. I can also tell with this that he is not getting enough

oxygen in his blood. He does drink alot of water.

 

So; tough one guys!!! Tell me what you think.

I love this man with all my heart. I've known him since I was 12

years old. We've been married for over 16 years and he stills tells

me I'm beautiful every day!

For better or worse, right?

 

Well, that's it.

I close my letter with tears.

Have a good day.

-Jenna