If you were affected by Camp Lejeune and live in FLORIDA....

[Mpartain]

TankKiller,

Got your message and sent a reply.

[mainsidemarine]

I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING T.F.T.PT.F JUST A FEW DAY"S NOW,BUT IM ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE LEATHER NECK,S OUT HERE FROM CALIFORNIA. IS ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE FROM "CALI"? MAIN SIDE MARINE. SECOND BATALLION FORTH MARINES. "THE MAGNIFICANT BASTARD,S"

[EPollick]

Hi Mike, my husband Ed was at Camp Lejune 1958 - 1960 and he was exposed to the cataminated water. I feel that is the reason he has ALS. Although because of ALS he is already been given the 100% service connection and we have been in and out of the Tampa, FL VA for the last year.

I am hoping and praying that all who have been exposed are recognized by the VA as something needs to be done.

I am just now going through all of the posts. A little late for a reply but here it is.

Anne Pollick

[EDWARDZACK]

I am responding on behalf of my husband. We were at Lejeune in the 60's. He had malignant melanoma about 20 years ago and did very well until a few months ago when he was diagnosed with a very unusual form of pancreatic cancer (amipllary stage 4). There is no family history and he has no life style issues that would have contributed. Our daughter, born just after we left Lejeune had an aggressive form of breast cancer when she was 34 years old and is in remission. My husband is being treated at UF and is in a research/genetic study. Again absolutely no indicators for either of these people to have such an aggressive cancer. Where do I start to try to determine if, in fact, these cases are linked to the water contamination?

Thanks for any direction you may provide. Regina Zack, High Springs, Florida

[lanaki11]

Has anyone got help with dental problems from the water. I know my problems have to be caused from the water.

[YontTo2]

I am the daughter of a Marine. We lived at CL from 9/1970 till approx 1973/4. (My mother doesn't remember exactly when we left). My father passed away from a heart attack in 1988 at the age of 43.
At the moment, my sister, who was born at CL, is having seizures that cannot be explained. My sister has no health insurance, and is on medicaid.
I, myself, have CSS ( Fibro, IBS, RLS, PLMS, TMJ, CPS). I am married to a retired sailor so I am able to be treated for my ailments. I now feel like a ticking time bomb. I am the oldest child, by 3.5 years.
I have a brother who was born after my dad left the Marines.
I live in Holt, FL in the Panhandle. Not too far from Tankkiller.
The first I heard of any of this was when the President was signing the act last year. I registered, and informed my mother. I just registered my sister a few weeks ago. (was unaware of that my mother did not tell her about this, and my mother has not registered yet that I know of)

Someone asked in another post about trickle down to 3rd generation. A sample from my family:
I have had 2 miscarriages, with 4 live births. My youngest daughter was 5 weeks premature, and born with a hole in her heart. It was supposed to heal normally as she grew, but instead formed a tunnel ( 1 of 4 in the world to have this happen) and had open heart surgery at 4 yrs old.
My sister has a son who was born with a cleft palate.
My brother has a daughter who was born with respiratory/heart issues and had to have open heart soon after birth. She is 3 now, and is about to undergo another, because a ventricle is not growing correctly.

My father was in Vietnam also, he was air combat recovery with Hmm-365. He was also in Okinawa.

So guess our family gets a double whammy of AO and Camp Lejuene. Go us!

[boxingmarine]

I was stationed in Camp LeJuene in the early 70s and spent a LOT of time there between assignments. I developed a rare form of cancer in my leg and when it was operated on, ANOTHER type of cancer was growing underneath! After almost losing that leg, I find myself battling high blood pressure that does not seem to improve with medication, diet, exercise (I run six miles a day and do not eat junk food), and also have unusually high cholesterol, yet do not respond to any of the things I mentioned. None of my brothers or sisters have these conditions, so they are NOT genetic. Now the VA is charging me for my medical care because they claim it is NOT service related!

Every year, the VA takes my entire tax return to pay for my medical care, and bills me for more. This is crazy. I don't smoke, hardly ever drink, and still remain ill.

What can I do?

Boxing Marine

[Erik33CLL]

I live in Windermere FL which is the west side of Orlando. In December I found out from my doctor that my white blood cell count had doubled in the last six months. Long story short M D Anderson Cancer Center told me that I had CLL. Not knowing anything about Camp Lejeune I went to the VA for help because I simply could not afford M D Anderson any longer. Because of being under employed after my company filed bankruptcy I was accepted as catagory 5, later I filed for VA benefits which was only about a month or so ago. My question is that I didn't list the fact that I have had polyps removed from my colon and also had a fistula in my lower colon and had two surgeries to repair it. Is this something that I can claim?