Earlier this week Ray and I had medical appointments at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Before the appointments we stopped at McDonalds for breakfast. After we ordered and got our food we sat down next to a group of Veterans who meet up there. As we are finishing up Ray starts talking with one of the veterans. They start talking about the military and prostate cancer. The veteran shares he had prostate cancer 20 years earlier and had surgery to remove it. His prostate cancer was caused by Agent Orange from his military career. The chemicals and herbicides used in the mlitary has caused so many medical issues with our service members. He also said he was receiving a larger percentage of disability, but once he had treatment for prostate cancer his disability was adjusted. The reason their disability gets adjusted is because if there is no prostate there is no prostate cancer. Sadly there might be one little tiny cell that has decided to hide and reappear at anytime.
He won't say he's cancer free. He know that there is a possibility that it can rear its ugly head at anytime. I feel the say way too. There were a couple more veterans in the group who also have been impacted by prostate cancer. These veterans hadalo had their disbilty adjusted as well. That really upset me. These guys were sent to Vietnam not by choice.
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