SLUDGE VICTIMS

Subject: Sarcoidosis in Kansas City, Mo.'

Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 05:29:35 EDT
From:'TheBynums@ao1.com
To: hshields@worldpath.net


Helene;

Sarcoidosis is a rare illness which is difficult for the doctors to diagnose. It is a suspect when nodules appear on or under the skin, calcium is high in the blood, or growths appear in the lungs. While it is a reoccurring illness with about a 5% death rate, most of the symptoms will disappear after a period of time.

The first confirmed case of Sarcoidosis that can be associate with the Kansas toxic sludge dump site was about four years ago when I was still in Texas. On a visit to Kansas City, I took a friend (Don D.) with me to inspect our farm which is contaminated by run off from the site. He and I both became sick shortly after our visit. The problem was he thought his illness was brought on by breathing fertilizer dust and I thought my problems were caused by old age.

It took over a year for the most recent case of reoccurring Sarcoidosis to be diagnosed. We thought Jerry Breeden, who had hunted on the farm, was going to die before figured out how to control his symptoms. It was only when the growths appear in his lungs that the doctors finally made a diagnosis. It wasonly two weeks ago when I mentioned this to Don D. that he actually told me that he had been diagnosed with Sarcoidosis.

Thee primary difference between myself and Don D. being diagnosed with Sarcoidosis was that he had better insurance and more time to consult with the doctors

You are doing a great job.
Jim Bynum

MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY SLUDGE VICTIMS SUFFER SARC0ID0SIS