Prostate Cancer

[bigjim]

Went to VA lexington ky to day , say a doctor who said my cancer was small, and i

would be rated somewhere between 20-100%? the reason being my cancer is so

small, that it is no big deal, just wait and watch, but cancer is cancer..My MO has

me taking two vitiams daily to keep the PSA under control, he said VA might

except this as being treated for the cancer.OH well, also he said that i have all

the syptoms for sugar, WHAT??? because of age, family history and CAD last

year, talk about gloom and dome, this guy was depressing ... also he said

that VA will pay you for what u have lost not what u have, which makes since,'

he also stated be out of work, disable was of no concer to the VA< what have i

lost thats important,, thanks Dr, see you later, hopfully much later.. ha ha //bigjim

[Berta]

BigJim- if he is going to thoroughly check you for diabetes- they can do many things to help treat this.

"OH well, also he said that i have all

the syptoms for sugar, WHAT??? because of age, family history and CAD last

year, talk about gloom and dome, this guy was depressing ... also he said...."

They can treat diabetes and it can cause CAD-if not treated- did he state that the CAD was due to possible diabetes?

Seems to me they should have checked you out for diabetes before or right after the CAD.

If you get a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus-add this and the heart problems to your claim, as this is a presumptive Agent Orange disease-just like the prostrate cancer-in incountry Vietnam Veterans.

[bigjim]

BigJim- if he is going to thoroughly check you for diabetes- they can do many things to help treat this.

"OH well, also he said that i have all

the syptoms for sugar, WHAT??? because of age, family history and CAD last

year, talk about gloom and dome, this guy was depressing ... also he said...."

They can treat diabetes and it can cause CAD-if not treated- did he state that the CAD was due to possible diabetes?

Seems to me they should have checked you out for diabetes before or right after the CAD.

If you get a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus-add this and the heart problems to your claim, as this is a presumptive Agent Orange disease-just like the prostrate cancer-in incountry Vietnam Veterans.

druing my stay in hospital 23 day (CAD) the nurse came in every morning at 0430 and took

me blood checking for sugar, my last blood work last week showed sugar 103 what ever that

means but it is in the family, and acording this dr, cad can and does CAUSE SUGAR. He also stated

that i would be a diabete be for age 62, i will be 59 tomorrow, thanks for the input,, bigjim

[Berta]

"cad can and does CAUSE SUGAR" that sure is an interesting medical statement.

That could screw up a DMII AO claim.

The medical community states emphatically that diabetes can cause CAD and brain trauma- if the patient has a hyperlipid hypothesis, this caused atherosclerosis which affects the heart , brain, eyes, PN, etc.

Maybe heart disease could possibly cause diabetes in isolated cases- but yet this sure is a new one to me.

I dont see how the VA could try to tell a DMII AO vet that their heart disease caused diabetes, and not Agent Orange.

But they will do this if they can.I think I read a BVA decision like that.

This is a most bizarre medical statement. I have studied diabetes for years and this is not supported by what any of the standard medical community findings have revealed.

Did they give you a HBIAC test?

The 103 is only one fasting glucose reading. I think you should get a copy of your complete medical records and see what the other readings for glucose were-for as far back as you were a patient at the VA.