I silently removed my wedding ring from my left hand to my right hand. Our bond was broken. I now am facing the world as a widow. Heartbroken, but refusing to be broken.
The VA PACT Act – covering pre- and post-9/11 military veterans who may have been exposed to toxic burn pits while deployed and now face medical illnesses and cancers as a result. Apply now.
Not many will fight cancer three times, face over ten invasive surgeries to clear cancer in five different organs and still smile and commit to serving others.
From the initial dozen cancers passed through the PACT Act, we’ve included the most recent, up-to-date, in-depth list from the Department of Veterans Affairs
We are spending FOUR-TIMES the amount on “discretionary spending” than we are actual healthcare for our veterans.
In the fight for their lives, both Billy and Aks have been face-to-face with death: from combat to cancer and the heroism in between.
Navy Public Health found that the known toxin and probable carcinogen, TCDD, was found at a rate of 500-times the safety exposure limit established by the EPA at Camp Kinser, Japan.
Major Tidwell began experiencing muscle weakness and slurred speech that wouldn’t subside, and in the fall of 2019, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The disease had progressed rapidly, taking away Major Tidwell’s ability to speak and the use of his arms, hands, and legs.
The mechanism behind the preventive effect of exercise is that physical activity increases glucose consumption by internal organs, leaving less energy available for the tumor to thrive and spread.
In my heart, I feel that something good is going to come from this, God’s ways are not our ways. Ultimately, he’s going to use my death to spur something. I’m offering up my suffering for other people who are sick or suffering. I just know there’s something good coming from my death because God’s plans are for good, not for ill.
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