William Wilcox
Appearances
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How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition
I served in two different units at Camp Lejeune.
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How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition
Imagine a 300-pound linebacker hitting you in the chest at full speed. Boom! It rattles your cage.
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How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition
This is actually an AT-4. It's obviously inert.
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How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition
Our Humvees are loaded with missiles. And we go out on this mobile assault course, and we're firing them like crazy. And, you know, as young men, it's like Fourth of July on crack. We're just loving every minute of this, never thinking in the future that some of these things could potentially impact us.
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How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition
I took Excedrin basically like candy. I used to drive home during lunch and pop some Excedrin, take a nap or whatever, you know, just to get the headaches to go away.
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How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition
I go out of the bar, I sit down on a bench, I put my elbows on my knees like this, and I notice that I'm losing control of my arms.
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How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition
I spent about three weeks at Penn State Hershey relearning how to walk, cognitive therapy.
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How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition
I don't know if I already mentioned this. Sorry, I do have brain damage.
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How Two Veterans Developed The Same Rare Brain Condition
When I have, you know, a cluster of seizures, it's brutal. It wears me out physically, emotionally. I take a tremendous amount of medicine.