This is a two part item-

[MouseAddams]

Part one is for all United States Military veterans- have you heard about the about this? They’ve almost reached their goal.

“VA's Million Veteran Program (MVP) is a national research program looking at how genes, lifestyle, military experiences, and exposures affect health and wellness in Veterans.

Since launching in 2011, under 990,000 Veterans have joined MVP. It's the largest research effort at VA to improve health care for Veterans and one of the largest research programs in the world studying genes and health.” mvp.va.gov/pwa/

Part two is for any military veteran ( all countries ) who has been exposed to toxic chemicals. Did this factor into your diagnoses as it being the cause of your Prostrate Cancer?

For example the following ones we listed as the priority types in my hubby’s NEXUS letters to the Veterans Administration:TRICHLOROETHYLENE, BENZENE and VINYL CHLORIDE (although there were many many more). These are few of the chemicals he was exposed to while in the military. We chose those because they were listed with the Camp Lejeune chemical exposure and his Base were the same time frame and chemicals. atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/lejeune...

Every Base he was at stateside has been on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Super Fund list in the groundwater/ soil contamination. Two Bases were on the National Priority list.

Just wondering…

[Cancer2x]

Vietnam combat vet here, ‘66-‘67. Agent Orange (verified in 1986 via fat biopsy for the registry) exposure may certainly have contributed to my cancers (I also have Soft Tissue Sarcoma), and Diabetes. I get my Diabetic meds from the VA, but go to a real cancer hospital (Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston) for my cancer care.

In fact, starting SBRT tomorrow to pelvic lymph nodes.

[MouseAddams in reply to Cancer2x]

here’s hoping the treatment helps you and that the SE aren’t too bad. 💙

[Cancer2x in reply to MouseAddams]

Thank you. Just another battle, with more personal mission specs. Good luck to your hubby.

With PCa tell him to shoot low- they’re riding Shetlands! And Welcome Home!

[Mgtd]

Interesting second part to your original post. As you are probably aware of the Agent Orange used in Vietnam, etc it has been known to cause cancer, birth defects as well as many other diseases.

In addition the Vietnam era Red River Valley Fighter Pilots association did some research because a very large number of their members had come down with prostate cancer. Although no definitive scientific firm proof was found it was highly suspected to be caused by electrical systems in century series fighters.

Like your husband’s experience every branch of the military were exposed to cancer causing agents from simple things like the paint stripper disposal used before aircraft repaints to the foam used by military firefighters to put out aircraft fires and for training and these all caused ground water contamination. Sadly it is just the reality of those who served.

Just think of all the lives lost over the years to achieve a military “objective”. I am not trying to justifying or condone some of the dumb things done to achieve the Mission but you have to remember war is terrible on those that have to fight them or prepare to fight them.

Once you raise your right hand and swear that oath to obey the orders of those above me you lose all your constitutional rights and come under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. That is just the way it is.

Even as far back as WWII the coating on aircraft dial indicators so they could be seen at night were radioactive so they could be seen at night in the cockpit. After the war these surplus instruments were just buried and the chemicals leeched into the soil and ground water.

It just was part of the hazard of being in the military. Unfortunately our government is not always willing to step up and support those who served. Hard to hear and even harder to experience but still sadly true.

And they wonder why military recruiting is so difficult today.

[MouseAddams in reply to Mgtd]

WWII side note: I actually met one of the guys who was at nuke ground zero testing (the area they made the movie Nightbreaker about starring Martin Sheen) he said he got cancer from it but since it was classified it took him forever to get a disability rating.

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Husband is 100% disabled due to agent orange. VA has taken excellent care of him

[Mgtd]

The PACT act really helped many cut through the red tape.

[MouseAddams in reply to Mgtd]

So true. It really helped my hubby. Up until it passed we had been trying for a rating for five years. After the PACT act I got in touch with the state representative who gave me help to find information and file a new claim.

[mikell]

Strange seeing mention of TriChloroEthane (one of I expect many spellings) mentioned here. From 1964 to 1971 I was a civilian employee of the US Navy, at a Naval Ordnance Station in Forest Park, IL. There, we used the "wondrous" cleaning solvent noted above. In the years that followed, probably a decade or two later, I found that it was removed from the marketplace. I've always wondered if it might be related to my MPC. I am now late stage (I'm 78 and have had MPC since 2016) likely with little chance of seeing another year, having been through many different radiation treatments and chemo therapy and of course ADT. But I do remain quite curious about the TriChlor connection with Prostate cancer.