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Old Fri May 22, 2015, 07:54 PM
mdhihwjv mdhihwjv is offline
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MDS and AO

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Originally Posted by PaulS View Post
Hi - sorry to hear about the loss of your husband. I did not serve in Vietnam and to the best of my knowledge haven't been especially exposed to toxins other than what one normally encounters in life - I've never been in an occupation that handles or otherwise deals extensively with chemicals. Hope you are doing well.

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Paul
If you do not have a family history of this disease or have never had chemotherapy, something in your environment probably caused it. I know from working on my husband's VA claim that smoking, working in or around gasoline/fuel, furniture factories, medical labs, agriculture, and paper mills all put people at risk for MDS. The rate of this disease among Vietnam veterans is much higher than the general population. I wish you good luck.
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Wife of Jack. He was in Vietnam in 1968. Died of MDS related leukemia in 2013.
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