degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
i have ddd and was wondering if any of the gulf war vets have ddd like i do. i have asked this question before and i have had several say yes i also have ddd,fms,ibs, and cfs could this be part...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
jhall552000 wrote:So this is not considered presumptive is it, or would it fall under muscle pain?I would still try it under the muscle pains.
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
I will try it. The diagnosis recieved by my German doctor's is Myofascial Pain Syndome and Muscle Disbalance.
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
jhall552000 wrote:I will try it. The diagnosis recieved by my German doctor's is Myofascial Pain Syndome and Muscle Disbalance.almost sounds like some of the guest work doctors are doing here. Does...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Don't know, these are German doctor's though.
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Wow all these problems that we are having is no coincidence. I was reading that DDD is a autoimmune disease that eats up the protein in the spine. I have DDD as well and didn't know what was going...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
I was diagnosed with DDD in my 20's.Daddy was 3rd Marines Vietnam in '69. Got sprayed with Agent Orange and lost all his hair by 20. nobody in our family has ever went bald.His kids were born with...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Sheesh, I'm only 43.42... and ditto. But been this way since age 23... straight from the Gulf.. I will tell you now: No matter how much it hurts, sitting will only make it worse... You gotta move.
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
I was 25 when diagnosed with DDD of spine.
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Makes you wonder about a GWI connection, though, huh? Being so young... But then, it could just as easily be from the rough life of being in the service...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Midniteoyl wrote:Sheesh, I'm only 43.42... and ditto. But been this way since age 23... straight from the Gulf.. I will tell you now: No matter how much it hurts, sitting will only make it worse......
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Ya know.. I see most of you are Army or AF.. did you guys go to/come from the gulf on a cargo/troop transport? Did it have the web or canvas seats as opposed to hard/cushioned? I ask 'cause I was off...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
If ya humped a ruck (carried a 140 pound rucksack) in the 101st or 82nd you got DDD for sure!
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Hello to everyone, This site has alot of good info from VETS HELPING VETS and not alot of garbage. I am posting here for the first time, so here goes,... Iam a vet of the first gulfwar, I ETS in 1992,...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Hello to everyone, This site has alot of good info from VETS HELPING VETS and not alot of garbage. I am posting here for the first time, so here goes,... Iam a vet of the first gulfwar, I ETS in 1992,...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Groovy Lo wrote:Hello to everyone, This site has alot of good info from VETS HELPING VETS and not alot of garbage. I am posting here for the first time, so here goes,... Iam a vet of the first...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Hey Jim, just received my VA letter of rejection,... But hold on, not all was a loss. They did give me ---> IBS 30% PTSD 50% For a combine total of 80%, which also includes an earlier 40% hearing...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
With these numbers, I think I could work in the VA's math department
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
I came across this post while doing research. When I went to the gulf I was an exceptionally healthy 19 y/o, in the best shape of my life thanks to the military training. In the 20 years since I and...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
JRLarson wrote:I came across this post while doing research. When I went to the gulf I was an exceptionally healthy 19 y/o, in the best shape of my life thanks to the military training. In the 20...
View ArticleRe: degenerative disk disease is it also part of this gulf war illness
Count me as a gw1 vet with DDD. The DDD is currently rated at zero because I work hard stretching it out and the VA ignored the times I was put on bed rest because the bed rest wasn't long enough.
View Article
