Posted on 03/01/2005 6:25:43 AM PST by sweet_diane
Thank you for reading.
Memory fails me as to how to post a link, but I want to share this web address.
Offshore drilling....
Thanks for posting this. I've treated a woman in Saraland for MS. She tells me there is also a high incidence of MS in the Mobile area.
I've long suspected a possible causative agent from something released into the air by the paper mills. I've no research that indicates similar clusters of other or similar diseases in other areas with paper mills.
An MS patient in Colorado once told me that there were six cases of MS in her subdivision. That is almost statistically impossible for so many to contract the disease in such a small area without some environmental causative agent. She told me they all had lived in the neighborhood for a fairly short time. Unfortunately, she died soon after I met her.
Since this article is part one could you ping me if and when there are subsequent articles printed. Thank you.
We were told that my MIL didn't have the genetic form of ALS and to not be concerned for our daughters, yet this brings it up in a different light.
Thanks for posting this. I've treated a woman in Saraland for MS. She tells me there is also a high incidence of MS in the Mobile area.
I've long suspected a possible causative agent from something released into the air by the paper mills. I've no research that indicates similar clusters of other or similar diseases in other areas with paper mills.
An MS patient in Colorado once told me that there were six cases of MS in her subdivision. That is almost statistically impossible for so many to contract the disease in such a small area without some environmental causative agent. She told me they all had lived in the neighborhood for a fairly short time. Unfortunately, she died soon after I met her.
Since this article is part one could you ping me if and when there are subsequent articles printed. Thank you.
When is somebody going to investigate those areas where there is a statistically significant LACK of a certain (any) disease?
Finding out why might result in a cure.
I will ping you. So far, it's had brief flashes on the news and whispered rumors at the grocery store.
Growing up I only knew one person with MS (none with ALS, only read about Lou Gehrig), seems like now almost everyone I meet knows someone with MS and/or ALS..
As a child visiting my grandparents in Mobile, we could always tell when we were close because of the smell. I've always associated the paper mill smell (rotten eggs?) with spanish moss! Funny how associations happen in a young mind.
Dr. Nancy McLeod was my MIL's neurologist. Never have I met a more compassionae doctor, and I've met my share with my dads illnesses. I was with my MIL when the doc said it was time for a vent if she wanted it, which my MIL refused...only opting for a feeding tube.
Excellant point. I hope someone at the CDC or whatever powers that be, are paying attention.
Statistically insignificant.
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"When is somebody going to investigate those areas where there is a statistically significant LACK of a certain (any) disease?"
I suspect the CDC or state health agency would take the easy out and say, "if it ain't broke, then don't fix it". Why use valuable resources to look at something healthy. Still, your point is well taken.
In post six above I mentioned six cases of MS in a subdivision. Actually, it was six cases in only 13 homes. None of the people involved had MS (diagnosed) before they moved to this cul-de-sac. What are the odds of this happening without some common external causative agent?
"When is somebody going to investigate those areas where there is a statistically significant LACK of a certain (any) disease?"
I suspect the CDC or state health agency would take the easy out and say, "if it ain't broke, then don't fix it". Why use valuable resources to look at something healthy. Still, your point is well taken.
In post six above I mentioned six cases of MS in a subdivision. Actually, it was six cases in only 13 homes. None of the people involved had MS (diagnosed) before they moved to this cul-de-sac. What are the odds of this happening without some common external causative agent?
I suspect the CDC or state health agency would take the easy out and say, "if it ain't broke, then don't fix it". Why use valuable resources to look at something healthy. Still, your point is well taken.
The government method is usually "if it ain't broke, fix it till it is."
Those 35 cases don't include those who have already passed, as far as I know. The typical time between diagnosis and death is only a few years. I'd like to see the numbers on all cases, current and not current, if for nothing more then to calm my nerves. Lot's of our seafood comes out of that bay.
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As a small town family physician, I have documented "hot spots" around the area for several environmental cancers. The CDC is too busy with that butt-fupping illness to bother with my data. We have been drinking water from N. Wisconsin for 15 years, FYI
I spent half my life in the water of the Bay since it was my front yard. I hope I don't get sick.
Our girls don't have the same experience tho. When my Husband was young he got a terrible ear infection that they said came from the Bay, so we just never took the kids, but only for that reason. (instead of the Bay, they got infections from pools, lol)
As far as the ALS/MS issues, sounds like maybe more of an air thing then water thing to me. It is my understanding that Mobile Bay 'flushes' out much quicker then other similar Bays.
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