Yeah Yeah Yeah, those of you who have been following my story know that my employer finally found a way to get rid of me. Supposedly legal to my understanding. Hey, I took a lot of chemical exposure off of them. Have had some pretty strange reactions the past year or so. Hummmmm. Well it's over, and I'm not stoping my activist work.
Soooooo.
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In Reply to: Job Loss and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity posted by Melva Gail Smith on March 13, 1998 at 19:26:39:
Thanks, Melva.
Sorry about your job. However, these kinds of things always seem to have a "silver lining".
My first real education about how bad MCS can be was with a patient who had worked at a big company in Danville, KY. She had ataxia and progressive loss of the use of her body. Only her mind seemed to be unaffected. There was no doubt that her condition was due to the multiple chemical exposures she had for 20 years as a worker in this plant. However, they stonewalled her till they could retire her and, to my knowledge, hav been able to use their highpowered lawyers to deny her any damages. She lives in poverty now and has to have personal help getting around her apartment.
ONLY courageous people like you who still CAN walk, etc., can help educate the public about what is going on. A lot more people will be crippled this year than last, and a lot more every year; till official acceptance of the problem nation wide will start to turn it around.
Thanks for sharing.
Walt
I would be interested to hear from anyone {AA patients] who have benefited by consulting a Clinical Ecolgist
We ar in the process of writing a book about Gulf War Syndrome. We are enlising the help of any gulf war vets who are suffering from illnesses as the result of the Gulf War. We would love to hear your story if you have the time. We are looking for a personal slant to this book. Your story
and others like you will help in that endeaver. It will
also help you and others like yourself get the public
support you need in order to get help from the government.
Please e-mail us if you are willing to help. And please pass
this address along to other vets who might be of assistance to our book.
Thanks so much.
Kenny & Donna Manchester
Kiddless@aol.com
In Reply to: Re: Gulf War Syndrome posted by Kenny Donna Manchester on March 01, 1998 at 17:12:48:
Dear Kenny/Donna,
This book needs to be written.
My only contribution would be to learn as much as you can about the combination factors that enhanced the vet's sensitivity to the different chemicals. You need a good Clinical Ecologist as Medical Advisor to your book.
Please let us know when your book is published, right here on the BB.
Walt