“If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you
sooner or later.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
sooner or later.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
PHYSICALLY COMPROMISED
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Human Radiologic Experimentation has consequences for generations.
Even now, after over half a century later, many aftereffects remain: leukemia, A-bomb cataracts, and cancers of thyroid, breast, lungs, salivary glands, birth defects, including mental retardation, and fears of birth defects in their children.
Radiation injury penetrates deeply into human body and injures cells, and thus molecules, resulting in cell death, inhibited cell division, abnormalities of intracellular molecules and membranes. Actively regenerating and proliferating cells are most sensitive to radiation, e.g., young blood cells, lymphocytes, spermatogonia (of testicles), follicle cells (of ovaries) are most sensitive; next are mucosal epithelial cells of the mouth, the esophagus, and stomach, and epithelial cells of the eye lens, and cells forming the hair bulb. (Note: epithelial tissues cover surfaces or line cavities, as well as perform various secreting, transporting, or regulatory functions.) Especially damage to bone marrow and lymphatic tissue. |
First and Foremost...There is an effort to generate a medical awareness sheet that Atomic Vets and offspring of Atomic Vets can have available for caregivers and healthcare providers to insert into your various medical charts to address and raise awareness of our special status. If you wish to contribute to the process, please reach out. Some talent is coming forth to make this a productive effort.
Development began: Sep 2015 More information > 
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The Chief
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My RAD2ndGEN Challenges
Physical ChallengesDNA, Reproductive, Kidney, Brittle Bones, jaw/ear. Full hysterectomy by age 23 - Sick for years prior - kidney anomoly, etc. Protracted assisting with his healthcare needs and back-up support for my mother.
He was tall, 6'4'' - we were short. |
EmotionalExposed to adult sexual challenges and health crisis under above Top Secret circumstances and required by The Chief for it to be withheld from family and friends Losing my access to military healthcare providers at 21, and then complete access to his team of doctors once he died, devastating.
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No Reproductive Alternatives |
Family Relationships |
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION
And then there's the financial burden being carried by the victim, not the perpetrator...
Military: The Chief's Cost of Care & Qualified Knowledgable CaregiversThis made all the difference in the world as to how you are talked to and the level of knowledge or resources for radiation related data. Coordinated care teams that understood the weaknesses in the body from the radiation and the genetic mutations that RAD-2ndGen population deals with.
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Civilian: Mine & RAD2ndGEN OffspringIt is a crap shoot any time I seek medical attention. I hesitate to go unless in a critical state, so as to not become some doctors test subject or have useless tests and waste everyone's time while he gets some experiential training process at my physical and financial expense.
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From Hiroshima & Nagasaki we have learned....
LEUKEMIA
Leukemia is a malignant tumor or cancer of the blood cells, with an excessive overgrowth of young white cells. Consequently, there is a decrease in red cells and platelets, followed by anemia and a tendency to bleed. Furthermore, white cells lose their normal function, which leads to a decline in the individual’s resistance to infection and death. While it is possible with medication to achieve periods of remission, there is unfortunately no radical treatment or cure.
CANCERS
Thyroid: first case reported in 1957. High incidence among females. Some cases first discovered by autopsy.
Breast: cases much higher among those exposed than in non-exposed. Exposure to 100 rads or more made risk 3.3 times that of those unexposed. Peak incidence was found higher among women ages 20-30.
Lung: First case noted in Hiroshima in 1954, with 37 cases in Nagasaki soon added. A 1972 large-scale survey revealed 3,778 lung cancers in 10,412 deaths, with correlation of high risks to high radiation dosage.
CHROMOSOME CHANGES
Chromosomes are present in constant numbers in the nuclei of cells, and can be seen as visible entities during cell division. The count in humans is a constant 46. Chromosome aberrations were first noted in exposed survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1960. Subsequent systematic surveys revealed a high frequency of aberrations in blood cells and lymphocytes in fetuses exposed to large radiation doses in utero (in the womb) or soon after birth. Although chromosome aberrations increased with higher radiation doses, frequency of aberrations was consistently high at all dose ranges. As late as 1985, chromosomal aberrations in somatic (body) cells persisted among exposed survivors.
A-BOMB CATARACTS
In a cataract the ocular lens becomes opaque. This condition appeared a few years after the atomic bombings; the first was found in 1948 in Hiroshima; and
the next, the following year in Nagasaki. Occurrence was related to age at time of exposure and distance from ground zero. Severe cases appeared earlier than
mild cases.
Leukemia is a malignant tumor or cancer of the blood cells, with an excessive overgrowth of young white cells. Consequently, there is a decrease in red cells and platelets, followed by anemia and a tendency to bleed. Furthermore, white cells lose their normal function, which leads to a decline in the individual’s resistance to infection and death. While it is possible with medication to achieve periods of remission, there is unfortunately no radical treatment or cure.
CANCERS
Thyroid: first case reported in 1957. High incidence among females. Some cases first discovered by autopsy.
Breast: cases much higher among those exposed than in non-exposed. Exposure to 100 rads or more made risk 3.3 times that of those unexposed. Peak incidence was found higher among women ages 20-30.
Lung: First case noted in Hiroshima in 1954, with 37 cases in Nagasaki soon added. A 1972 large-scale survey revealed 3,778 lung cancers in 10,412 deaths, with correlation of high risks to high radiation dosage.
CHROMOSOME CHANGES
Chromosomes are present in constant numbers in the nuclei of cells, and can be seen as visible entities during cell division. The count in humans is a constant 46. Chromosome aberrations were first noted in exposed survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1960. Subsequent systematic surveys revealed a high frequency of aberrations in blood cells and lymphocytes in fetuses exposed to large radiation doses in utero (in the womb) or soon after birth. Although chromosome aberrations increased with higher radiation doses, frequency of aberrations was consistently high at all dose ranges. As late as 1985, chromosomal aberrations in somatic (body) cells persisted among exposed survivors.
A-BOMB CATARACTS
In a cataract the ocular lens becomes opaque. This condition appeared a few years after the atomic bombings; the first was found in 1948 in Hiroshima; and
the next, the following year in Nagasaki. Occurrence was related to age at time of exposure and distance from ground zero. Severe cases appeared earlier than
mild cases.
