Hep B Vax injured - I am new to the group

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All,

I have been living with the adverse reaction to the Hepatax B vaccine that I

received in the US Navy in 1982 and 1983 and to put it mildly it has been a

nightmare. I would be interested in knowing how many people in the group

have had reactions to vaccines that they received in the military. Also,

how many people realize that the symptoms of adverse reactions to vaccines

(not just Hep are the same as the symptoms for the Gulf War Syndrome.

For some reason the message about our suffering does not seem to be getting

across to the right people. My state senator's secretary refuses to speak

to me concerning my issues about vaccine damage or my complaints about the

VA's coverups. My HMO doctor treats me like I just made up a new disease

when I talk about adverse reactions to vaccines. I finally have worked it

out to go to see Dr in Spring, Texas to get tested for an adverse

reaction to Hepatitis B Vaccine. The link to his site is:

www.immunotoxicology.com

My VA doctor thinks I am making up the whole vaccine reaction thing even

though I have medical records from 1983 documenting my adverse reactions.

She, along with many other VA doctors (she works at the VA hospital 2 days a

week by the way) think that all Veteran's who are ill are that way because

of either stress or depression. I am fortunate that the medications that

she had me on did not kill me and I am being completely truthful in that

matter.

Since I have never gotten a diagnosis, and I have tried, I never knew until

recently about the adverse reaction. I also never filed a claim and now I

cannot file a claim because I missed the cut off.

What do we do to get someone to listen to this important issue.

I am attaching a copy of a letter that I hand carried to my senator's office

so that others can see how little people in power care about our plight. I

suppose the senator is too busy voting in a pay raise for him and his

buddies to take my situation into consideration.

Austin

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letter to Senator

September 28, 2001

Austin

Senator Pete Domenici

625 Silver Southwest, Suite 330

Albuquerque, NM 87102

(505) 346-6791

Dear Senator Domenici,

IS THE VETERAN’S ADMINISTRATION GUILTY OF A GIANT COVERUP??? THE VETERAN’S

ADMINISTRATION HELPED DEVELOP THE HEPATITIS B VACCINE!!! THAT IS THE SAME

VACCINE THAT HAS CAUSED DEATH, RETARDATION, ARTHRITIS, MUSCLE PAINS AND

OTHER TERRIBLE SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS!!! THIS IS THE SAME VACCINE

THAT HAS BEEN STUDIED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND BY THE DEPARTMENT

OF JUSTICE!!! THE SYMPTOMS OF AN AUTOIMMUNE REACTION TO THE HEPATITIS B

VACCINE ARE THAT SAME AS THOSE FOR THE GULF WAR SYNDROME!!! SINCE THE

VETERAN’S ADMINISTRATION HELPED DEVELOP THE HEPATITIS B VACCINE, THEN WHY

IS IT THAT VETERAN’S ADMINISTRATIN DOCTORS SEEM TO HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT

AUTOIMMUNE RESPONSES TO VACCINES???

I have corresponded with you three times before. In two of the instances

you helped me immensely. In the other you were completely honest with me

and I thank you for that honesty. I now wish to be a voice in the darkness

for myself as well as others in need.

These are trying times with looming military action and fear of terriorist

attacks. The last time we had to deal with such a situation was when Iraq

invaded Kuwait. Unfortunately there is a lingering problem with something

called the Persian Gulf Syndrome and also known as the Gulf War Syndrome.

The name is extremely important when you realize that a high number (I have

seen 30%) of the soldiers who developed symptoms of the Gulf War Syndrome

never went to the Persian Gulf.

I may be one of the first veterans to suffer from the symptoms of Gulf War

Syndrome and my symptoms started in 1982 or 1983!!! That is hard to fathom

until you realize that so many of the soldiers who suffered Gulf War

Syndrome never even went to the Persian Gulf. What caused their illness

and my illness. I say that vaccines that were administered by the military

caused them. In my case I was given three shots, two in 1982 and the third

in 1983. I was not even told what the possible side effects were and they

are documented in the insert that comes with the vaccines. I was ordered

to be vaccinated by a vaccine that was made from Hepatitis B contaminated

blood. The fact that I was vaccinated can still be detected in my blood.

It does not go away!!!

I have suffered mostly in silence for over 18 years. I did not have a clue

that the Hepatitis B Vaccine could have caused all of this until three

weeks ago. I have lost my wife and son through divorce. I have had

numerous psychological and IQ tests to help find out why I have these

coginitve problems. I have lost considerable income because I could not

get a job that paid more than minimum wages for years. The cognitive

difficulties have done the most harm to me and are what causes me to

greatest amount of dispair. It does not have to be that way.

I am being treated by a Veteran’s Administration but she refuses to even

consider my medical condition to be vaccine related. I can understand in a

way because if she draws the conclusion that a vaccine that the Veteran’s

Administration helped develop is the cause of my medical condition, her

career with the Veteran’s Administration Hospital may be over. The

Veteran’s Hospital may have to admit the real cause of the Gulf War Syndrome.

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Help me to get a true diagnosis and proper treatment so that I can regain

my health and dignity. If the Veteran’s Administration is either in

capable or unwilling to properly diagnose and treat me then they should

send me to someone who can.

I have only recently started researching to find an answer to why I have

and have had several medical problems. My symptoms started also

immediately after I was vaccinated with the Hepatitis B Vaccine while I

served in the Navy. I was vaccinated with three shots, two in 1982 and one

in 1983. I developed arthritis while I was training at Ft. Fliss, Texas in

1994 but now I think my arthritis was caused by the Hepatitis B Vaccine.

I started thinking after speaking to my Veteran’s Administration doctor and

then reading something from the Air Force Times and decided to look for

information on the Hepatitis B Vaccine on the internet. I did not expect

to find anything and was shocked at what I did find. I now know why my

health has deteriorated as it has and I think I know why so many soldiers

became sick both during and after the Gulf War.

I have inserted some valuable information from reputable sources that

explain a lot of things. As you read though the inserted information you

can see a very distinct link from autoimmune responses to the Hepatitis B

Vaccine and the Gulf War Syndrome. The symptoms are the same!!!

In 1998, after four years of dragging its feet and denying my claims the

Veteran’s Administration finally granted me 40% disability. I have had an

additional claim pending for a few years and had it denied so I decided to

drop it then I was sent a letter stating that my case was reoppened. I did

not realize why it was reoppened until I found a link on the internet that

stated that legislation passed in 2000 that the Veteran’s Administration

has to assist the veterans with their claims. I also found legislation

that stated that veterans were supposed to be assisted in 1997.

I never got any help, from the Veteran’s Administration, with my claims

back then or now. I take in new pertinent information or mail it in.

Someone takes my information when I take it in and when I ask how my claim

is going I am told that it is being decided on. I do not know if anyone

has even opened my folder. My claim was reopened because the Veteran’s

Administration was forced to reopen it 7 months ago. The Veteran’s

Administration is dragging it feet again.

In all fairness I have to admit that my Veteran’s Administration doctor is

trying to help me but I think that the Veteran’s Administration has her

hands tied as to what she can do to help me. She is in the middle of a big

conflict of interest. She can protect her Veteran’s Administration job or

try to help me get well. Right now I cannot get a proper diagnosis of my

medical problems. Without a proper diagnosis I cannot get the proper

treatment and overcome my current medical problems. I am in the same

situation as the soldiers who came back from the Gulf War with their

mysterious symptoms.

I spent 12 months on medical leave and 2 months on personal leave because

of my arthritis. I finally found a position where I worked that would

accept my permanent restrictions. I took a 33% pay cut and went back to

work on October 30, 2000!

I would hope that the Veteran’s Administration would quit dragging their

feet on legitimate veteran’s claims. It is also my hope that the Veteran’s

Administration would admit its complicity is developing a vaccine that has

caused others and myself so much misery.

The rest of this correspondence is some of the information that I found

concerning the Hepatitis B Vaccine and the Gulf War Syndrome. As you can

see there is plenty of data concerning the Hepatitis B Vaccine adverse

reactions!!!

I hope that what you read today can spare others from suffering as I have

and as have other soldiers and civilians.

Sincerely,

Austin

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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA

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