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Well where do I begin? Well I am a National Guardsman from WV stationed at fort Bragg on active Duty. I came down here on active duty in Oct of 03. Now this is where it gets interesting, because the medical community of the army has done me an injustice two times and they are about to do it to me again. First of all I want to say that I did all my active duty in the Navy, and I joined the WV Guard to finish my college degree.... Now here goes! First I got my lower back messed up when we were in the back of a 5 TON WE ALL GOT THROWN AROUND!,I was in the front of the bed and ended up on the tailgate, and inbetween the troop strap with my legs hanging out. Well that left me with some messed up disks and nerve damage, and it gives me a lot of trouble I have jolts of fire that goes down both my legs, and I suffer from fecal incontinence. Now during this same time I picked up a viral infection that gave me two ear infections that got so bad that both of my ear drums busted so i couldnt hear a darned thing! I begged for help for the pain before my ear drums busted and I was given motrin and I was told to come back if it got worse, and I did keep comming back, and back, and back. I was out in the field when they busted on me so they brought me back seen the doc she told me they were busted, and they would shim over and my hearing would come back. Well the hearing in my right ear was the only one too come back.
That was in nov of 03 is when I lost my hearing, aswell as my back injury. They sent me to a civillian neurosurgeon for my back in May of 04 he told me that the army waited too long for him to do me any good. I seen the ear Doc in Feb of 04 he told me the samething.So I am going through a Medical Board. And now just when I didnt think things could get any worse.... well
they did! In Nov of 04 I had a urine test that came back hot for marijuana use!!!!!!......... When I found out I almost snapped!... Did I mention in my civillian job I am a police officer.......lol You know sometimes I laugh about this and sometimes I just wanna cry. So as soon as I found out about it I went to TDS they told me to go and have an independent urine test done and I did, and it came up clean! I have never in my life used drugs not even when I was a teenager, and I am 42 now. I am very innocent in this. When I had the test done they(army) never asked me what Kind of drugs I was taking or anything. The people who I work with they know what kind of guy I am and they all think it is bulls----!!! The only time I ever leave this base is to go out to eat or a movie and I am always with someone. I never leave my room when I am not at work because I am affraid I may have an accident with the fecal incontinence that I suffer from.
So two days ago I went infront of my commander over this drug charge, and he deferred me to a court martial. He also told me I would have council provided to me before I went. So I couldnt get anyone to help me on legal matters during none of this down time! 4 months down time. I have never been in any trouble in my life of any kind and this crap happens to me. In my civillian job I have never given anyone a hard time I always gave too many breaks to people, but at other times I had to be firm. I never got a kick out of taking anyone to jail except if they beat up on there wife or there kids, or if they stolen property from an honest working person, then it was different you went to jail!
I also did some searching on the web for certain medications that can show a false positive on a urine test, and I found out that 3 of the prescribed drugs I am taking will show a false positive! But this still doesnt make me feel any better, because I have lost some faith in the medical community of the army, and I wonder if an army attorney will really fight for me, because I cannot afford a civillian attorney, and oh did I mention That I may get in trouble because I stopped taking my medication that caused me to test positive, and it made my gout flair up and I couldnt walk for over a month.
So if there is anyone out there who has any advice, help, or anything I would be greatfully thankfull, I am innocent and anyone that knows me will tell you the same thing. I also want you all to know this... If this can happen to me it can happen to you!
Thank you all for your time.
Well where do I begin? Well I am a National Guardsman from WV stationed at fort Bragg on active Duty. I came down here on active duty in Oct of 03. Now this is where it gets interesting, because the medical community of the army has done me an injustice two times and they are about to do it to me again. First of all I want to say that I did all my active duty in the Navy, and I joined the WV Guard to finish my college degree.... Now here goes! First I got my lower back messed up when we were in the back of a 5 TON WE ALL GOT THROWN AROUND!,I was in the front of the bed and ended up on the tailgate, and inbetween the troop strap with my legs hanging out. Well that left me with some messed up disks and nerve damage, and it gives me a lot of trouble I have jolts of fire that goes down both my legs, and I suffer from fecal incontinence. Now during this same time I picked up a viral infection that gave me two ear infections that got so bad that both of my ear drums busted so i couldnt hear a darned thing! I begged for help for the pain before my ear drums busted and I was given motrin and I was told to come back if it got worse, and I did keep comming back, and back, and back. I was out in the field when they busted on me so they brought me back seen the doc she told me they were busted, and they would shim over and my hearing would come back. Well the hearing in my right ear was the only one too come back.
That was in nov of 03 is when I lost my hearing, aswell as my back injury. They sent me to a civillian neurosurgeon for my back in May of 04 he told me that the army waited too long for him to do me any good. I seen the ear Doc in Feb of 04 he told me the samething.So I am going through a Medical Board. And now just when I didnt think things could get any worse.... well
they did! In Nov of 04 I had a urine test that came back hot for marijuana use!!!!!!......... When I found out I almost snapped!... Did I mention in my civillian job I am a police officer.......lol You know sometimes I laugh about this and sometimes I just wanna cry. So as soon as I found out about it I went to TDS they told me to go and have an independent urine test done and I did, and it came up clean! I have never in my life used drugs not even when I was a teenager, and I am 42 now. I am very innocent in this. When I had the test done they(army) never asked me what Kind of drugs I was taking or anything. The people who I work with they know what kind of guy I am and they all think it is bulls----!!! The only time I ever leave this base is to go out to eat or a movie and I am always with someone. I never leave my room when I am not at work because I am affraid I may have an accident with the fecal incontinence that I suffer from.
So two days ago I went infront of my commander over this drug charge, and he deferred me to a court martial. He also told me I would have council provided to me before I went. So I couldnt get anyone to help me on legal matters during none of this down time! 4 months down time. I have never been in any trouble in my life of any kind and this crap happens to me. In my civillian job I have never given anyone a hard time I always gave too many breaks to people, but at other times I had to be firm. I never got a kick out of taking anyone to jail except if they beat up on there wife or there kids, or if they stolen property from an honest working person, then it was different you went to jail!
I also did some searching on the web for certain medications that can show a false positive on a urine test, and I found out that 3 of the prescribed drugs I am taking will show a false positive! But this still doesnt make me feel any better, because I have lost some faith in the medical community of the army, and I wonder if an army attorney will really fight for me, because I cannot afford a civillian attorney, and oh did I mention That I may get in trouble because I stopped taking my medication that caused me to test positive, and it made my gout flair up and I couldnt walk for over a month.
So if there is anyone out there who has any advice, help, or anything I would be greatfully thankfull, I am innocent and anyone that knows me will tell you the same thing. I also want you all to know this... If this can happen to me it can happen to you!
Thank you all for your time.