Medical Repercussions
 
 
My Movie Anchors Aweigh ! This experience of discovery has been quite rich for my brother and I, and it continues to amaze and inspire me. I has been and incredible and quite fascinating journey so far. However, it’s not ALL good. At the age of 15, I was told my father had a rare cancer, that from the onset, was presented by military doctors to be a result of radiologic exposure. At that time, I was shown a certificate, told he had only “been there’ and it was never addressed again. WIth consultants from around the world, he underwent a ground-breaking surgery that had only ever been attempted once before. 17 years of a Heinz variety of strange cancers emerged. The not so good part now is the medical implications I will now have to research and assess for myself as a second-generation exposed person. This might actually explain the 1.5 years I suffered a mysterious ‘female problem’ that after 2 exploratory surgeries and a full-hysterectomy it was ultimately determined to be of an unknown cause. Hmmmmm. That fits into the 20-25 year onset timelines I have seen discussed online. But the medical journey related to myself is one I have yet to under take. So far, looks like another formidable challenge. This right now, reprocessing my entire life is enough to digest... and even that research will be ongoing. Aside from my own medical assessments research with my known doctors, 
I will attempt to find second-generation research studies to become involved with. I will eventually be adding some of Howard’s basic medical history related to his unique cancers and ground-breaking surgeries. A link for the details will be given to those researchers wanting more detailed information. Out of respect for the man and the family, only medical personnel will have access to info related to his first on-set cancer. It required a disfiguring surgery that had only once ever before been attempted. Only two of his later cancer impacts are shown here. (1982) The facial aphasia, dysfigurment and an associated speech impediment were the result of malignant Squamous Cell Carcinoma being removed from the floor of his mouth. Other veterans at these events have presented with the same conditions. This is early in the onset of neuroendocrine carcenomas with no diagnosable source of origin. (1987) Medical notes say they were oval and slower at onset. Later they began appearing almost overnight and for the most part, remained the same size as 
they first appeared. Biopsies from both left & right breasts revealed these nodules to be malignant and the subsequent aggressive treatments emaciated him. They did not respond to treatment and eventually surfaced over his entire body. In his final days, they were quite tender and it was painful for him to be touched or to move him. Ultimately, it was not the cancerous nodules of some unknown source of origin that took his life, but it was radiologic related brain legions. He never complained and held good spirits throughout the decades of his multiple cancer fights. I feel this was in part due to his early participation is the ongoing, post-radioactive exposure military medical research. A direct result of the attention and quality of care he had been receiving at Oaknoll Naval Hospital throughout the process. Source of origin listed as unknown The Brain Lesions were discovered and diagnosed in a Florida V.A. hospital across the country from his home in California. He had travelled on his doctors advice to see his children “one last time’ when he had a debilitating seizure. He never returned home.
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