Hi, my name is Jo. I am the daughter of Jim Wiltshire of Wodonga Vic who served in Vietnam 5 Company RAASC WKSP RAEME. 24 Feb 71 - 18 Nov 71, after my birth. Your Dads have probably all received an email from my Dad at some point in time. Ask your Dad if he has heard of Jim Wiltshire of Wodonga. He sends all the emails to me as well. I get at least 20 a day from him. He is so obsessed with the fight for the rights of Vietnam Veterans. I've even joined in and sent the odd email to the 'odd' Pollie every now and then!
At today's date (16/8/07) I am 40 years old and have 4 children aged 18 boy, 15.5 boy, almost 12 girl, and 10.5 boy. I married at age 20 in 1988 and separated 16 years later in 2004 (now divorced). My oldest boy lives with his dad and I share custody of the younger 3 children. I have worked full time in a government department for 21 years (will see my working years out there no doubt!)
I suffer from epilepsy and have had two back surgeries this year, the latest just 3 weeks ago. I had a disc fusion and disc replacement. Dad has a bad back. My epilepsy is due to multiple lesions in brain which I have passed on to my three sons. I know this because the 15yo had to have brain surgery in 2004 because one of his lesions bleed causing a blockage in his brain and he became very ill. We were flown by air ambulance to Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne where he underwent emergency surgery to reduce the pressure in his brain. I had the other kids checked after that and both other boys have the same thing. I was surfing the net and found a University in the States who were conducting a study on families with multiple CCMs (thats what these lesions are called) so we sent our blood over to them including my daughters and they said the boys and I have a mutation on one of our genes. My mum and dad haven't had brain scans so I'm not sure who I inherited it from but it would be interesting to find out.
Dad suffers from PTSD. He is 63. Mum is 60. They are both retired. Dad's computer keeps him busy, sending emails to politicians and generally trying to help people. A lot of the emails Dad sends concern/upset me because of the tone he uses.
Anyhow, I'm not really sure what else to put here and I've rambled on enough (probably too much). If there's anything else you want to know post me a message. Cheers, Jo