Wade

Birth Date
12/9/1958

Gender
Male

Heritage
Mutt

Nationality
American

Alpha type
lung

Alpha level
28mg/dl

Alpha gene
ZZ

Last FEV1
75%

Diagnosed
2001

Treatment
Inhaler, Prolastin
O2

Siblings
5

Children
3

Wade

9dec58@cox.net

I live in Tucson, AZ.

I am retired from the Military.

My favorite color is Blue and Green.

My favorite movie is Independance Day

My favorite genre of music is Country.

My favorite pastime is woodworking.

I have cats as pets.

My favorite quote is "Life is like that"

11/15/2005 At the age of 19 I joined the Army and loved it except I kept falling out of the runs. Plus I was getting sick all the time the doctors keep telling me I had a cold, URI’s and viral syndrome. This is not including the 8 bouts of pneumonia and one the time I had bronchitis. With a grand total of 35 respiratory illnesses, the military was clueless they never did a full medical history on me and do I wish that they did.

You do not know the kind of fight you have to fight to get your benefits when it’s after the fact. There is just so much work you have to do and unless you get some smart guy who has been through it forget it. The one thing I need the most is doctor’s letters that’s a letter of medical support. I cannot find a doctor who will take the time and review my narrative and military medical records. I have everything pulled with dates and those records that correspond to those dates. Twenty doctors said that they do not do that here one got mad at me when I told him I was never tested in the military (ex military officer) called me a liar then flat out refused.

I knew that this last year I was getting worse by all the chest pain and SOB I was having Prinzmetal’s Angina is not a good thing to have if you got alpha 1 lung. Its like they feed off each other, I get SOB then I get chest pain, I get chest pain then I get SOB.

Enough of the sad song. Latter.

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