tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270430534591439047.post4567011185193990136..comments2024-03-14T19:22:13.917-04:00Comments on 91outcomes.com: IOM Gulf War Report "Turns Science On Its Head," Researchers Say91outcomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092402936038968127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270430534591439047.post-9385263908181517772016-02-14T10:09:24.074-05:002016-02-14T10:09:24.074-05:00Peter, hang in there. This sounds so much like wh...Peter, hang in there. This sounds so much like what has happened with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, which has many similar symptoms. Dr Nancy Klimas studies both. I'm sorry for what you're going through and totally understand your anger and mistrust. Take care.madcarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593906954453712563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2270430534591439047.post-7611042303845609812016-02-11T22:33:34.901-05:002016-02-11T22:33:34.901-05:00People ask me why I carry such a bitter disdain fo...People ask me why I carry such a bitter disdain for the government propaganda program against Gulf War veterans. I think this article pretty much explains it.<br /><br />I would like to offer any of those IOM committee members to come and spend just one day with me. If they can spend 24 hours with me and still tell me all the things that I have to deal with are still in my head then I'll concede. However, I am absolutely certain that there isn't a responsible doctor on this planet that would tell me that all I endure is psychological. ("Responsible" would pretty much exclude every doctor at my VA Medical Center. I'd be better served by a bunch of baboons. At least they wouldn't belittle me by telling me that Gulf War Illness doesn't even exist.) <br /><br />What *is* psychological is my hatred and disgust for individuals and organizations that belittle my disease and dismiss my disability because they either can't or refuse to understand the medical model of Gulf War Illness. Reading this article literally made me nauseous. My psyche is damaged far worse by this sort of unfounded rhetoric than anything from my deployment to Desert Storm.<br /><br />From where I sit as I write I can see the 21 plus bottles of medications that I take daily, the heating pad that I use regularly, the wrist and knee braces along with compression gloves that I use during flare-ups and a myriad of other things ranging from memory foam neck pillows to lists that help keep my often confused mind in some semblance of order. I look at all these things and I have to ask myself, if this is all in my head, why do I need all these things? Wouldn't the five years of therapy I've gone through cleared things up? <br /><br />Apparently not.<br /><br />I can't wish away my physical disabilities and neither should agencies like the IOM.Waitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17544773662507711343noreply@blogger.com