Discovery Health’s hit series “Mystery Diagnosis” puts spotlight on Shaw AFB meteorologist in upcoming episode

Posted 6/14/2010     Updated 6/14/2010    Release Number: 020610
6/14/2010 - SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Discovery Health's popular show Mystery Diagnosis will spotlight a Shaw Air Force Base meteorologist June 21, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

As part of the hit series' ninth season, Senior Airman Jake Tate, 28th Operational Weather Squadron, will share his riveting story with audiences across the nation.

Airman Tate's show will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions as he endures misdiagnoses and dismissals before ever finding a solution. Airman Tate met his future wife Heidi, and within nine months the two were married.

He knew he was going to have to provide for his new wife and child, so he decided to join the Air Force. A few months into his training, Airman Tate started noticing lumps forming on his abdomen.

He shrugged it off as something induced by stress and his new lifestyle, but over the next few months the lumps began to multiply and became increasingly painful. After putting off going to the doctor for almost a year, Airman Tate finally gave into the pain and went to see a dermatologist who diagnosed him with lipomas - benign tumors composed of fatty tissue. . . .

I saw this program June 27, 2010 and wondered whether this was an autoimmune issue. The primary autoimmune causing chemical exposure is glycol ether, especially 2-butoxyethanol. Exposure 'looks like the flu.' I think it is in gun cleaners, in fumes of explosions, paint, etc. Gamma globulin has been found to reverse autoimmune issues. http://www.valdezlink.com

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