Viet Nam Parasite
I know this belongs in the Viet Nam section, but it is important. This information comes from a letter in my VVA magazine, July/August of this year. Sorry it took me so long to find where I place it. The woman's (Mrs. Edward S. Harrison) husband died from a parasite contracted during his tour in Viet Nam. The parasite, very prevalent in Viet Nam, did its thing and went away. But left damaged cells in the bile duct of the liver. Around the age of 60 these damaged cells have have become cancerous. Cholangiocarcinoma by name, which is also caused by Hepatitis C. Those of us who were there need to be examined for this. Yes, I still have the page with the letter in it.
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What the hell, I turned 58 the other day. Got plenty of time.
Seriously, got any links? Sources?0 -
From the title, I thought this post was about John Kerry. 0 -
Just went to VVA letters. All letters to the Editor for July/August have been removed. In her letter Mrs. Edward S. Harrison says she "...received an official notification from the VA that his death was service related, which is not something the VA determines, without an overwhelming amount of evidence."
That is all I know. One might contact the VA and ask questions. Now that I have located the torn out page from the issue, I intend to go just get checked out. I had cancer 30 years ago and don't want to go though that again.0
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