Karoline Stancik, a former National Guard specialist, has recently retired from the Army.
“They’re lucky I’m not dead, whether by suicide or medical emergency. They’re lucky,” Stancik said on “ CUOMO .” “It was the closest thing to hell in my life. I contemplated suicide.”
Stancik, 24, said Friday that she was “abandoned by the military” after having three heart attacks and a stroke following the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. She described her retirement as “bittersweet.”
“It’s a love/hate relationship. It’s a bittersweet moment,” Stancik said. “It brings up a lot of negative emotions because of the traumas I had to face throughout this whole time. I’m 24. I shouldn’t be retired, you know?”
During the summer, the military granted Stancik relief.
After three heart attacks, one stroke, an emergency pacemaker surgery, and numerous conflicts with the Department of Defense, Stancik received “full relief” from her situation.
Jeremy Sorenson, director of the Uniformed Services Justice and Advocacy Group, which assists injured military personnel in navigating the Pentagon’s bureaucracy, previously credited NewsNation’s “CUOMO” with pushing DOD leadership.
“Maybe not necessarily because it was the right thing, but after being exposed, they had no choice but to correct this injustice,” Sorenson said.
According to him, Stancik’s case resembles that of numerous veterans who encounter difficulties while navigating the Department of Defense.