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Alan Park replied to the topic VA Disability from IPF in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 1 month, 4 weeks ago
My heart go out to all of you and I hope the PACT Act includes you. My case is much different, it does not involve burn pits. Instead it involves exposure to plutonium from a leakage caused by a fire in a Bomarc missile silo at the 46th ADMS near McGuire AFB. Yes, it is difficult, if not impossible, to prove my pulmonary fibrosis was caused by…[Read more]
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Alan Park started the topic VA Disability from IPF in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 2 months ago
Has anyone been in the Air Force and stationed at the 46th ADMS Bomarc Missile site in New Jersey? I was stationed there for a year from late 1964 and developed IPF years later. In 1960 there was an accident where one of the silos containing a Bomarc missile caught fire causing a plutonium leak. I was denied a disability from the VA and I am…[Read more]
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Alan Park posted an update 2 months ago
Has anyone been in the Air Force and stationed at the 46th ADMS Bomarc Missile site in New Jersey? I was stationed there for a year from late 1964 and developed IPF years later. In 1960 there was an accident where one of the silos containing a Bomarc missile caught fire causing a plutonium leak. I was denied a disability from the VA and I am…[Read more]
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Alan Park replied to the topic Starting out with Esbriet in the forum Esbriet (Pirfenidone) 2 months ago
I was unable to tolerate Esbriet. Initially I started with 1 capsule 3 times per day, gradually going up to 3 capsules 3 times a day. Every day, and I do mean every day, I was extremely fatigued with dizziness and nausea. I stopped taking Esbriet and the symptoms stopped. After a year my doctor advised that I start again with Esbriet, this t…[Read more]
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Alan Park became a registered member 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Welcome to the PF forums Alan, we’re glad you found us.
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Hi Alan, you’ve posted a status update, which only moderators will see. If you’d like to post this as a topic in the forums for other members to respond to, select a forum from the homepage and scroll to the bottom of the page to the textbox there. “Join the Discussion” is a good place to start. Click “home” above, or look for a list of subforu…[Read more]