Cholangiocarcinoma & Vietnam Veterans.

On 2/18/2008 pam34 wrote:

 

On 2/18/2008 jajo4751 wrote:

I received an article that was posted in VVA about parasites and Cholangiocarcinoma in Vietnam Veterans.  My husband also passed away from this horrific cancer.  I'm trying to gather as much info on this as I can find.  The parasites can gnaw on the lining of the bile ducts and stay for decades causing a "silent infection".  Would like to know more on what you found.  Thanks, jajo4751

I have been trying to get his records from the VA hospital and they have not been very helpful about it.  I think they all know something but are not telling!!  I would just like for them to say that is what he had.  He loved his country so muchand did everything he could to help people.  He just found out he had cancer in May of last year.  He tried Chemo but the tumors just keep growing.  So, in Oct. of 2007 he stopped taking them and he felt better for a while.  He continued to work until Oct. 31, 2007.  Then in that last part of Nov. we started with hospice, but he was still doing pretty well.  He then had to start having fluid drained from his stomach twice a week.  Th last time he had the fluid drained was Dec. 31st and the next moring he was starting to get very bad and on jan. 4th about 3: 00am he passeed away at home with us. 

I would like to know when and where your husband was in Vietman. 

I'am so mad and terribly sad right now.  I hope we can do something about this and so other vets will know about it also.  I hope you will respond to this.