I’m a retired Army guy spent 22 years deployed to Iraq twice (Baghdad and Mosul). Quick trip to Afghanistan and visited K2. No family history on my fathers side of the family of PC.
Also no DNA mutations. It truly makes me think about burn pits and other items from downrange.
What do you think about this? youtu.be/Fa3acx756dM
Thanks XPO! and to you as well.
I spent a year eating, drinking and sleeping in an Agent Orange world.
Me too, and the VA covers us because of it.
I was in ‘70 thru ‘75 .... Nam era . School at ASA Devins , 82nd. Bragg and Sandia Base, NM. Worked as a nuke bomb tech and was exposed to zillions of rads. Worked for the V.A. after I got out ( supervisor of biomedical engineering) at both Darnall Hospital at Ft.Hood and the V.A. medical center Fresno where I retired after about 30 years service total. Exposed to zillions of ionized and non ionized rads at the V.A. too working on nuke scanners and radiology / nmr suites. No history of PCa in the family.
Yea ... nothing like the guilt trip from being the “ enabler “ for the death of potentially millions upon millions of mostly innocent civilians. Yayahahahaya fortunately they only allow 18 months in that mos ... then I choose the medical corps to make up for it ( not to mention that professional medical tech training was going to have a big payoff in civilian life. yayahahahaya. ). The army promised me a whopping lot, to do that work for them, ( people with the needed tech skills and mental stability very hard to come by ) and they kept their promises big time. I’ll always respect them for keeping their promises ... the Army been berry berry good to me 💪💪💪💪🙂🙂🙂🙂
My daughter was born at Darnall and we spent almost 9 years at Hood total.
Viet Nam 1967. Radical prostatectomy 2008. Currently undergoing chemotherapy indefinitely.
Royal Australian Navy 1970 to 76.
3 runs to Viet Nam 70 and 71 on HMAS Sydney aka The Vung Tau ferry.
Dept Veterans Affairs here in Australia accepted likelihood my advanced Pca linked to seawater with traces of agent orange being converted to freshwater, so they cover my cancer medical costs.
Greetings BigTex3, Here goes:
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Many ex-service personnel in this forum..... many with agent orange. And many using the VA.
Glad you're here. BTW 22 years makes you a lifer...... Stay with us and post anytime you wish.
In the military I was a U.S.O. commando.............
Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.
j-o-h-n Sunday 12/20/2020 7:48 PM EST
Possible agent orange and dioxin exposure on Guam, extensive use of trichloroethylene. USN.
Vet here, herbicide exposure in SE Asia, 100%, permanent for cancer, 100% permanent for heart. Currently active treatment on the cancer.
USMC 84-91. No PC cancer history in the family. Plenty of burn pits, chemical war inoculations, and other weird inhalants in the Gulf. Days of flaming oil wells, MOPP suit preservative, and other odd shit. Now G7 post 2019 surgery at 58 with still rising PSA.
Vietnam era Marine Corps. ‘68-70. Semper Fi
US Navy, aviation fuel aboard a WW2 carrier, out in 1962 so no agent orange, but plenty of leaded fuel and solvents, plus asbestos.Above mentioned trichloroethylene used later in life (40 years ago).
USN '80-86. 2 Persian Gulf tours afloat and numerous others. CV59 in yards for refurb xfered to DDG38 after refurb. No PCa in family, no genetic markers. dx April 18 Gleason Score mostly 9, currently under docetaxel chemo after ADT & Provenge and donating my testes to the gods - officially castration resistant metastatic now with PSA climbing ever so slowly.
There were many places were Agent Orange was dumped. Burn pits. Firefighting foam.
I was in Vietnam from 1-1-70 to 3-1-71 and based in Nha Trang. The airbase there was one of the storage facilities for AO. It got into our water and of course, the air. Of the dozen guys I’ve kept in touch with I was number ten to get it. I recently learned my platoon leader got it after me.I had an RP in August, 2017. Gleason 9. PSA was 6.4. It’s been undetectable since the RP. I had 42 radiation treatments to the prostate bed six months after surgery.
Had terrible urinary leakage, ended up with an artificial urinary spinchter and a penis pump. I’m as dangerous now as I was at age 19. Life is good and every day is cherished. Good luck to you!
USAF 1975-1995 but no deployments to agent orange areas. Thank you all for your service.
Husband was USMC, ‘87-‘93, spent 9 months in the Gulf, no family history of PC, I’ve often wondered about all he was exposed in the war.
I have always wondered if you score Gleason 9 or higher was it just crappy genetics or was the high score chemically induced?
Hmmmm. 7.3% of the populace have been in the armed forces. Why are so many showing up here on the Gleason web?
Houston, we have a problem here.
How Many Types of PC ?
How many of you would pay $2200 for a 3 month supply of Zytiga?
Docetaxel - how many rounds did you have?
How are you still living
How many cycles of taxotere can you go on?
