Filling out my Medical Forms but have various doubts?!?
Ok, so I am filling out my medical pre-screening forms and there are three questions that have got me stumped. They are:
1.) “Kidney, urinary tract, or bladder problems, surgery, stones, or other unrinary tract problems?”. -I have had urine infections, but they are gone as all I needed were antibiotics for them. My recruiter said it was no big deal.
2.) “Any injury or illness including broken bones, which required treatment?”-Well about three years ago I sprained my ankle due to stepping in a hole (the ligaments and tendons) so I had it placed in a cast. The bone never broke though. 7 years earlier I had sprained the same ankle, again no fractures. The thing is that since this happened a long time ago, I don’t even remember who the hell these doctors who casted my foot were, so I don’t know where to get my recors if I need them!
3.) Hepatitis-Since I was preparing to enlist in the USAF, I began doing all tests possible, and among them, I had some blood work done. Under the Hepatitis B column it said “Hepatitis B Surface Antibody. Indicates clinical recovery and subsequent immunity to Hepatitis B Virus. My doctor asked me if I had had the Hep. B Vaccine, and I said yes. He said it’s most likely that (since you are injected with the virus in the vaccine). He said that even if it wasn’t the vaccine, my body is recovered from the virus and therefore imune. He said I could even donate blood because there is no way I could spread the virus. (I have donated blood just fine).
So, for any military medics like Above All, your opinion is greatly valued.
Thanks for answering so quick Above All! I sent you some emails last week. Have you received them? I would like to ask you some other things, because I too would love to have a medical AFSC, and I see we are alike in a lot of ways:)
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1) List it, but there's an area to explain any "yes" responses. Simply state, "I had ## of urinary tract infections, which were on DATE1, DATE2, DATE3, and are fully cleared up. I took xyz antibiotic."
2) Doesn't matter. I used to run "wrong," and I sprained my ankle 6-7 times in freshman year of High School but didn't need to list that. I usually put it in a brace or aircast.
3) Yup, almost everyone shows that kind of pseudo-false positive. If you've had the vaccine it usually shows up like that. If you've donated blood (more than 2-3 weeks ago) and the American Red Cross hasn't called you, you're clean. They screen for that kind of thing and call you if you show up positive, because if you do you're ineligible to donate blood. They also have a moral obligation to inform you.
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June 28th, 2009 at 11:54 pmOops. Sorry lol. Haven't been checking my Yahoo! e-mail - will get on that ASAP.
What’s the question?!
June 28th, 2009 at 11:54 pm