Anyone know what drugs were given for women in combat in the Middle East for menstrual suppression? A client served 8 years as an EOD (explosives ordnance disposal, for the uninitiated--as I was until recently!) and spent weeks out in the sand with her assigned unit. She was a Marine, assigned to Army units, as I understand it.
Anyway, they gave her a medication to stop her periods, that didn't work, and she says they then gave her a shot and that worked "great." She now would like to start a family and we both have some concerns about long term effects of whatever drug or drugs she might have received. She says she wasn't told at the time and doesn't think we can get this from the military. I'm respecting her wishes and not shaking that particular tree. There is some hirsuitism (pubic type hair around her umbilicus), if that clue is helpful.
Anyone here know anything, from the little bit of detail I happen to know?
I don't think my response was strange, it was just truthful. There was no reason to read studies about the subject while I was serving, otherwise the topic might have come up. Sorry I responded to your thread. Thought you might want input from someone who had been there. Guess that is what you get when you post on a public site.
I don't think my response was strange, it was just truthful. There was no reason to read studies about the subject while I was serving, otherwise the topic might have come up. Sorry I responded to your thread. Thought you might want input from someone who had been there. Guess that is what you get when you post on a public site.
I'm surprised you personalized this. I didn't even respond to your post particularly. Thanks for your service, btw.
Chris-I didnt think you were lying...im just trying to see what the other posters were getting at...
There have some strange responses indeed...
Didn't think you were suggesting that either, in fact it seemed like maybe you were trying to get people to realize what they were posting. And you are right, very weird posts, some of them. Thanks for your support, and it does feel like support.
But why not ask for the pts medical records?? That would simplify everything.
She is having difficulty getting her DD-214 and believes she will have further difficulty getting her medical files. That's what she said when I asked her. I will of course encourage her again to get them. Meanwhile....
DD214s are available online- I just looked at mine. All she needs is an MOL account, which she would have had when she was in and should still work. There are directions on the site, if she needs to get a new password.
I cast a highly skeptical eye that the military would prescribe her something to stop her periods simply because she was going to theatre. If they did, it would be at her individual request, not a requirement. If something like this were commonly occurring and/or a requirement, it would be covered by the media. I also had two women in my squad when I was in Iraq, we talked about everything, including menses during that year. One of them would have mentioned this if it'd been offered.
Something else is giong on here. If she would have claimed to be a cook, a supply sepcialist or virtually anything else, it'd be easier to swallow. Her claiming to be an EOD tech already sets off the b.s. detector, as this is a very select community. Its hard to believe, given her time in service and job she did not make copies of her medical records upon separation; as this is repeated over and over prior to exiting service to do so. With her age and job, her older peers would also have also urged her to make copies as obtaining them at a later date, such as fifty years in the future when ailments worsened, would be difficult.
I'll give her the benefit of the doubt on having no medical records. But the fact that she "has difficulty obtaining her DD 214" raises even more questions regarding her credibility; especially given her length of service, chosen profession and implied deployments. Given her age, she served during the current age of electronic record keeping. Obtaining her DD 214 would not be difficult and would not take 8 months; its not like she's requesting records from the vietnam period.
Heck I am a vet from the 70's and it's still a piece of cake to get my DD214 and records. All services records are kept in this big warehouse in St louis. You can do it online, call them, snail mail or go there.
It really isn't hard at all and this would answer your questions.
Heck I am a vet from the 70's and it's still a piece of cake to get my DD214 and records. All services records are kept in this big warehouse in St louis. You can do it online, call them, snail mail or go there.
It really isn't hard at all and this would answer your questions.
thought I posted earlier in response to your first suggestion that I would encourage her to do so. I still will. Thanks.
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Chris-I didnt think you were lying...im just trying to see what the other posters were getting at...
There have some strange responses indeed...