Asbestos

[allan]

ASBESTOS

http://www.asbestos.com/

[sgmdae]

Ok, DR says you have thicking of the lung, because of your X rays

She ask have you been exposed, and I said yes, In Alaska in my quaters of six years

and Running in the tunnels during the winter

Hadit Taught, I will need to prove that Asbestos was expose in Alaska

Found many reports of the hazard of Asbestos in the Quarters in Alaska,

Article about the removal

What else will I need

[jbasser]

Did the Doc order a cat scan to pinpoint the cause of the thickening?

The procedure is called a HRCT. It can actually pick up the disease of asbestosis.

Most folks who served inthe Navy before 1988 were exposed to asbestos in berthing compartments and other shipboard areas.

The Dangerous stuff was the African Amosite that was used as steam pipe insulation and sound proofing. This stuff would become airborne if the outer covering became ripped.

J

[sgmdae]

She didn't say much, just that I had thickening of the lungs, and wanted if I was expose to Asbetos,

Should I ask her for that test, I don't want to be two pushie, too fast, shouldn't she have ordered that

[jbasser]

It would be in your best interest to follow up with this.

There could be something hidden here.

J

[allan]

My mri's show thickening of bronchial walls & maxillary sinus.

Dr's said since I smoked, they contributed everything to that.

Rapping steam lines in the boiler rooms during overhauls counted for nothing.

I have far to many of asbestos symptoms, but was told unless I get a diagnoses of cancer(mesotheleoma), I'm SOL when it comes to a claim.

I slept on the top bunk with rapped steam lines above me. Four years sleeping in the same bunk get that steam line fairly shredded at times. Working with it as an occupation was of little significance from what I was informed, unless you have the diagnoses of cancer.

Exposure doesn't count for much. Neither does having many of the symptoms.

Many vets have died from Asbestos, with their claims denied to the very end. The likelihood of ever getting it approved is highly against us.

Edited July 25, 2009 by allan

[Philip Rogers]

Allan, as far as I know you can get compensated for Mesothelioma and Asbestosis, from outside sources. I don't know what the VA does for it. Meso is fatal and it's not nice. It doesn't show up until yrs later. My mom died of it and that was 48-50 yrs after her exposure. They can tell by a biopsy what kind of asbestos it was and I believe meso is very specific to one or two types of asbestos. I believe plueral thickening can also be caused by TB and pleursy. I show positive, for exposure to TB, which I'm sure occurred in VN.

pr

My mri's show thickening of bronchial walls & maxillary sinus.

Dr's said since I smoked, they contributed everything to that.

Rapping steam lines in the boiler rooms during overhauls counted for nothing.

I have far to many of asbestos symptoms, but was told unless I get a diagnoses of cancer(mesotheleoma), I'm SOL when it comes to a claim.

I slept on the top bunk with rapped steam lines above me. Four years sleeping in the same bunk get that steam line fairly shredded at times. Working with it as an occupation was of little significance from what I was informed, unless you have the diagnoses of cancer.

Exposure doesn't count for much. Neither does having many of the symptoms.

Many vets have died from Asbestos, with their claims denied to the very end. The likelihood of ever getting it approved is highly against us.