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**invade Testicle**multiple Lipomas Linked To Gulf War Report***
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supportmyfellowvet
Hello: :D
In January 2006 I wrote a post that detailed my scare with the many cases of the Lipoma disorder I had found in Veterans medical records. I posted my scary experience below this post so please read before you go on.
I must say that it's been almost 4 years later and I've found some interesting evidence that should be looked at more carefully.
On one occasions I did find a case that ruled in favor of a veteran being service connected for multiple lipomas. I also found another who was exposed to agent orange in 1996 and was denied. Not sure if that person appealed. However, I did come across this "ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS" in 2002. It lists the multiple symptoms of Gulf War Veterans and included are "lipomas".
I recently went to the Veterans hospital to have 5 very large lipomas out of my 45 removed. And of course every time I explain where I believe they come from they smirk! Every nurse, every xxxxxxx doctor, every student. The funny thing is they've never spent a day in the dirt fighting for this country and it's offensive.
This condition is actually called: Dercums Disease a.k.a. Adiposis dolorosa
A service connected disorder that has been granted compensation in the past.
Thanks for hearing me out!
"Among the 19 skin conditions, only
“miscellaneous benign conditions” were
significantly more prevalent in disabled Gulf
War veterans than in healthy Gulf War veterans
(12.6% vs. 4.1%). There were no differences in
the rates of this group of benign conditions in
disabled Gulf War veterans, compared to
disabled Bosnia and era veterans (12.6% vs.
10.5%). This diverse group of benign skin
conditions included congenital nevi, urticaria,
lipoma, dermatofibroma, and vitiligo."
2002 Report see link --->
http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/...ulfWarRpt02.pdf
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2001 Post (below)
Hello all~!
I thought someone might benefit from my story. I’m not sure where to begin, but I do feel that sharing this information with others is important.
It wasn’t long ago that I worked in the laboratory at the V.A. hospital. The hospital will remain nameless; however, I have an extensive science background in the cellular biological sciences. I was asked to review lab data directly for the directing Physician. In particular this information came to me when medical students who were taking notes on the floor had to have their work reviewed prior to being entered into the medical charts.
The VA is always backlogged as you all know so processing this stuff became mundane. I noticed after about the 50th doc, that almost every veteran had the same symptom and condition. I was worried but didn’t tell anyone what I thought I’d found, nor spoke to anyone but family until now. I thought nothing of it but coincidence. The next day I processed about forty five more docs and by the end of week found one hundred and ninety one cases of this problem. This is when I began to worry. But who and what would I do about it. Go tell all VETS in the hospital? No way!!!
Even though I’m aware of how to read medical docs, I truly wouldn’t have found this disorder, but was lucky enough to inquire about the sudden emergence of this problem during my last hospital visit a week earlier. The first Physician couldn’t even tell me what it was. The second knew but referred me back to my nurse who said they were lipomas. It’s a small to large fat sac that will suddenly appear out of nowhere on the trunk, forearms, thighs, ribs, legs and back.
I was told by the primary care nurse who visits many patients, that this was nothing to worry about. I beg to differ; after seeing the medical notations myself I do believe this is related to either the Persian Gulf War or to vaccinations given to soldiers. According to clear medical documentation I’ve read in JAMA lipomas are a primary in older patients over the age of 65 with a history alcohol use, and or parents with severe alcohol use. In some cases this may be hereditary, but they are rarely and I mean rarely found in anyone under the age of 65. A genetic predisposition to such ailment is rare and for me to find this many documented cased at a V.A. hospital in patients less than 65 yrs. old remains a mystery.
I bring this small issue to the table first, because there are so many other manifested side effects in V.A. patients. Side effects that are a constant in all V.A. medical records, I believe this and other small health things we take for granted or maybe ignore sometimes have been a common problem across state lines.
What’s bothers me about this is that it wouldn’t surprise me if the V.A. is banking on the fact that we never figure out that there are commonalities in abundance within medical records. I hope this helps. I had approximately 3 lipomas in 1996 and then a gradual increase with a period of spurious growth in 2000 to 35. I’ve had one removed because it became so large; another biopsied (neg for cancer) because they weren’t sure why so many showed up and rapidly.
I’m way under the age of 65 and way too young to see anything like this ruin my life. I hadn’t thought there was anything to this whole thing until I found my 36th fully invading my testicle sac. The V.A. said it would go away, I have no children – so I’ve been praying and hope this sh%t goes away.
-Thanks
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