GULF WAR ILLNESS IS REAL AND DEADLY!
Our Government needs to start telling the truth and have some transparency! Because I guarantee you the Gulf War Veterans know the truth! They are fighting for life day to day! How many have had MS, Parkinson’s, Diabetes, Heart Attacks, Kidney shut down, major spinal problems, Visual problems, dental problems. WE NEED HELP AND PRAYERS NOW!
WE are tired of the delays and denials. WE want true recognition and truthfulness and CARE! WE DID OUR DUTY now it is to the ones in command to make this RIGHT! IT IS UP TO EVERY CITIZEN TO SPEAK UP FOR US! The Untold story of the Sufferring CAN NOT Be Allowed to Continue. YOU DO NOT LEAVE YOUR TROOPS YOUR VETERANS WHEN THEY NEED YOU! IT IS CALLED BREAKING THE SOLEMN TRUST AND OATH! IT IS A Derogation of DUTY!
WHERE IS THE QUARTERLY GWVIS DATA. HOW MANY HAVE DIED TOTALLY? HOW MANY WHAT PERCENTAGE Have been granted their claims? WE CAN NOT WAIT, NO VETERAN SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT!
Perfect match: Woman donates kidney to husband.
John Burns of Plain Township recently underwent a transplant of a kidney given to him by his wife, Lisa. The couple, who attend St. Paul’s Catholic Church in North Canton, credit God, prayer and a network of friends with his recovery. With them are their children, Jason, 7, and Sarah, 15.
By Charita Goshay
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Dec 05, 2009 @ 12:02 AM——————————————————————————–PLAIN TWP. — .The perfectly-shaped pine tree in John and Lisa Burns’ living room glimmers, but Christmas for this family arrived Oct. 13. That’s the day John Burns received a priceless, life-saving gift: A kidney from his wife.The couple, who moved to Plain Township in 2005, credits God’s grace, prayer and a network of friends in their parish and beyond for Burns’ good fortune. “The first thing I learned right off the bat is, all you have is prayer,” Burns said. “Prayer is your ‘corner man.’ I learned that once I gave all the pressures of being sick and being worried about my family over to God, it was the only time I could find relief.”Burns became sick in 1991 while serving in Iraq in Operation Desert Storm.“When I came home from the first Gulf War, a biopsy found I had unspecified kidney damage,” he said. “It was a slow progression toward renal failure, which prompted dialysis three years ago.”The circumstances leading up to his recovery actually began 17 years ago when the two met on an Army base. “He told me I was the missing piece in his life and that he was going to marry me one day,” Lisa Burns recalled with a laugh. “But I didn’t think anything of it. I thought it’s just how 18-year-old guys talk.”CIRCLE OF FRIENDS But Burns was a young man of his word, sweeping his wife off her feet, though he owned little more than a pickup truck and a duffle bag. When he fell ill, the couple knew they shared an A-positive blood type because the information was on their dog tags. They credit a ecumenical prayer chain that begins with fellow parishioners at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in North Canton, their pastor, the Rev. Jay Clarke, the Rev. David Menegay of St. Louis parish in Louisville and a circle of others, including Protestants and Jews.“As much moving as we’ve done over the years, we’ve found the best people here,” Burns said. “Our church friends have taken care of us while we’ve lived here.”“It makes a difference to have a support system when you don’t have family around,” said Lisa Burns, a Virginia native.“I will never forget the joy in Lisa’s face and voice when she and John received word that she was a good match to be his kidney donor,” Clarke recalled. “She was elated to be able to literally share her life with her husband. This was one of the most generous sharings of life that I ever witnessed. John and Lisa truly and now literally live their sacrament of marriage in the Lord.” Lisa Burns said she wasn’t surprised she was a match for her husband.“I was shocked,” Burns said. “She had faith the whole time.”The surgery was performed at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus. Burns said though his illness was classified as “service connected” by the Veterans’ Administration, he’s haggling with the VA over a $20,000 balance. Medicare covered 80 percent of the procedure. Burns argues the transplant was approved by his VA doctor in Canton, but that a bureaucrat in Cleveland denied coverage. The appeal process takes about six months.“I didn’t have that kind of time,” he said, adding he’s sought assistance from Sen. Sherrod Brown.NEVER GIVE UPThe couple said the experience has tested their faith and their children, Sarah, 15, and Jason, 7.“Just watching them go through it was pretty rough,” Sarah said. “They tried to keep life as normal as possible for us.”Clarke said when Lisa Burns decided to become Catholic, her husband was her sponsor. “She became Catholic because she wanted unity of worship in her family circle,” he said. “Since I present most of the (RCIA) classes, I saw Lisa and John just about every week, and therefore learned about and followed John and Lisa as they pursued this stress-filled adventure. Their optimism, their loving presence, their example touched all of us deeply.”Clarke told the parish about the transplant during a Mass last month.“Lisa was at Mass with their two children,” he said. “I explained to the congregation that John wasn’t here today because he was home recuperating from having just received a new kidney … then added, his wife Lisa was his donor. … The congregation burst into applause, and rightly so!”“I thought I’d be dead three years ago,” Burns said. “I wouldn’t be here without my wife’s support. At one time I got so discouraged, I thought about stopping dialysis.”“For people going through a hard time, I would say ‘Never give up,’ ” Lisa Burns said.
‘Gulf War Syndrome’
Kidney-transplant recipient John Burns of Plain Township may be one of the thousands of American soldiers afflicted with “Gulf War Syndrome,” also known as “Persian Gulf Sickness.”The Veterans Administration offers free, comprehensive exams and doctor recommended diagnostic screenings for military personnel who served in the Gulf and suspect they may have chronic health problems directly related to their services the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations during the Gulf War, or any time since Dec. 31, 2001.In 2008, a congressionally-mandated panel concluded that one-third of the 700,000 troops who served in the Gulf in 1991, suffer from Gulf War Syndrome.Burns said a number of soldiers he served with suffered from such neurological disorders as strokes, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, as well as brain cancer.“It’s possible we were exposed to nerve agents,” he said. “We also used depleted uranium. They also gave us a lot of inoculations and pills to take; I really can’t say.”
John Burns of Plain Township recently underwent a transplant of a kidney given to him by his wife, Lisa. The couple, who attend St. Paul’s Catholic Church in North Canton, credit God, prayer and a network of friends with his recovery. With them are their children, Jason, 7, and Sarah, 15.
By Charita Goshay
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Dec 05, 2009 @ 12:02 AM——————————————————————————–PLAIN TWP. — .The perfectly-shaped pine tree in John and Lisa Burns’ living room glimmers, but Christmas for this family arrived Oct. 13. That’s the day John Burns received a priceless, life-saving gift: A kidney from his wife.The couple, who moved to Plain Township in 2005, credits God’s grace, prayer and a network of friends in their parish and beyond for Burns’ good fortune. “The first thing I learned right off the bat is, all you have is prayer,” Burns said. “Prayer is your ‘corner man.’ I learned that once I gave all the pressures of being sick and being worried about my family over to God, it was the only time I could find relief.”Burns became sick in 1991 while serving in Iraq in Operation Desert Storm.“When I came home from the first Gulf War, a biopsy found I had unspecified kidney damage,” he said. “It was a slow progression toward renal failure, which prompted dialysis three years ago.”The circumstances leading up to his recovery actually began 17 years ago when the two met on an Army base. “He told me I was the missing piece in his life and that he was going to marry me one day,” Lisa Burns recalled with a laugh. “But I didn’t think anything of it. I thought it’s just how 18-year-old guys talk.”CIRCLE OF FRIENDS But Burns was a young man of his word, sweeping his wife off her feet, though he owned little more than a pickup truck and a duffle bag. When he fell ill, the couple knew they shared an A-positive blood type because the information was on their dog tags. They credit a ecumenical prayer chain that begins with fellow parishioners at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in North Canton, their pastor, the Rev. Jay Clarke, the Rev. David Menegay of St. Louis parish in Louisville and a circle of others, including Protestants and Jews.“As much moving as we’ve done over the years, we’ve found the best people here,” Burns said. “Our church friends have taken care of us while we’ve lived here.”“It makes a difference to have a support system when you don’t have family around,” said Lisa Burns, a Virginia native.“I will never forget the joy in Lisa’s face and voice when she and John received word that she was a good match to be his kidney donor,” Clarke recalled. “She was elated to be able to literally share her life with her husband. This was one of the most generous sharings of life that I ever witnessed. John and Lisa truly and now literally live their sacrament of marriage in the Lord.” Lisa Burns said she wasn’t surprised she was a match for her husband.“I was shocked,” Burns said. “She had faith the whole time.”The surgery was performed at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus. Burns said though his illness was classified as “service connected” by the Veterans’ Administration, he’s haggling with the VA over a $20,000 balance. Medicare covered 80 percent of the procedure. Burns argues the transplant was approved by his VA doctor in Canton, but that a bureaucrat in Cleveland denied coverage. The appeal process takes about six months.“I didn’t have that kind of time,” he said, adding he’s sought assistance from Sen. Sherrod Brown.NEVER GIVE UPThe couple said the experience has tested their faith and their children, Sarah, 15, and Jason, 7.“Just watching them go through it was pretty rough,” Sarah said. “They tried to keep life as normal as possible for us.”Clarke said when Lisa Burns decided to become Catholic, her husband was her sponsor. “She became Catholic because she wanted unity of worship in her family circle,” he said. “Since I present most of the (RCIA) classes, I saw Lisa and John just about every week, and therefore learned about and followed John and Lisa as they pursued this stress-filled adventure. Their optimism, their loving presence, their example touched all of us deeply.”Clarke told the parish about the transplant during a Mass last month.“Lisa was at Mass with their two children,” he said. “I explained to the congregation that John wasn’t here today because he was home recuperating from having just received a new kidney … then added, his wife Lisa was his donor. … The congregation burst into applause, and rightly so!”“I thought I’d be dead three years ago,” Burns said. “I wouldn’t be here without my wife’s support. At one time I got so discouraged, I thought about stopping dialysis.”“For people going through a hard time, I would say ‘Never give up,’ ” Lisa Burns said.
‘Gulf War Syndrome’
Kidney-transplant recipient John Burns of Plain Township may be one of the thousands of American soldiers afflicted with “Gulf War Syndrome,” also known as “Persian Gulf Sickness.”The Veterans Administration offers free, comprehensive exams and doctor recommended diagnostic screenings for military personnel who served in the Gulf and suspect they may have chronic health problems directly related to their services the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations during the Gulf War, or any time since Dec. 31, 2001.In 2008, a congressionally-mandated panel concluded that one-third of the 700,000 troops who served in the Gulf in 1991, suffer from Gulf War Syndrome.Burns said a number of soldiers he served with suffered from such neurological disorders as strokes, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, as well as brain cancer.“It’s possible we were exposed to nerve agents,” he said. “We also used depleted uranium. They also gave us a lot of inoculations and pills to take; I really can’t say.”
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