CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Yep...as of today I am a civilian again. I got to the end of the third week and then I was assigned to medical hold and they found out that I have hypoglycemia, which I didn't know I had before, and that's a disqualifying condition. One measurement of my blood sugar level in particular that was taken an hour and a half after I ate breakfast one day was 27, which is well below the point where any normal person would be in a coma. I'm not so sure I have that any more, though, for whatever reason, because a few days ago I checked my blood sugar level about an hour and a half after I ate dinner and it was at 161 which is a good deal higher than it should be, so I don't really know what's going on with me right now, maybe I'm borderline diabetic or something. Even though I went to the hospital several times and had a lot of blood work done, the doctors never figured out what caused it. I ended up staying on med hold from April 16th through June 7th, and I shipped out to basic on March 20th, so the rest of my flight is well into tech school right now. I would've graduated on May 4th.

So anyways, I just thought I'd let you all know about that. Try not to feel too bad for me, though, since there's really nothing I could've done about it, and it's probably better in the end that I'm not in the military because my blood sugar problems could put my life and the lives of others in danger, and the military can't afford to have people like that. At least I received an Entry Level Separation, which doesn't have any sort of effect on me getting jobs in the civilian sector, so I'm definitely glad about that.

Sorry to hear that. I hope this doesn't lead to health problems down the road for you. At any rate, welcome back to civie life.

Perhaps one door has been closed, whilst another has been opened.

Enjoy your leisure time for now, when you find work it will get busy again.

Eric wrote: At least I received an Entry Level Separation, which doesn't have any sort of effect on me getting jobs in the civilian sector, so I'm definitely glad about that.

*Whew*

Any thoughts on what you will do now, or are you just going to play it by ear?

Ultra Magnus wrote:Perhaps one door has been closed, whilst another has been opened.

Enjoy your leisure time for now, when you find work it will get busy again.

I agree with UM... God must have other, better, plans for you ... Anyway, I hope you're ok now and that this illusive condition doesn't get worse...

Mithrandir wrote:*Whew*

Any thoughts on what you will do now, or are you just going to play it by ear?

Well, I don't really know exactly what I'm going to do yet. I'm just going to start looking for a job next week and see what turns up. Hopefully it won't take me too long to find one because I have over $26,000 worth of student loans to pay off because after high school I went to Purdue University to major in physics but I flunked out after a year.

Aside from college do you have any other debts that need to be paid off?

mitsuki lover wrote:Aside from college do you have any other debts that need to be paid off?

Fortunately, I don't.

but....my mom just told me that my grandma died the day I left for basic training.

Ow, I'm sorry to hear that .

My fiance` has that and, trust me, you are very right when you say it could endanger your life and others. Be thankful they found it before anything too serious happen! Still, it must be tough to have dreams smashed by such unexpected things. I hope you're able to find a job soon! You'll be in my prayers.

Well, at least your not coming home in a body bag. Some guy i know online was telling me that hes discharged about 2 years ago because he was working on a humvee and messed his leg up pretty bad in Iraq, but he really cant work and the goverment send him his $400 check a month for "Serving your country".

I thought about joining the Air Force when i was a kid a few years ago, but i got into art, and now with the war and all, kinda glad i changed my mind. But i know a few people in the military, one of my buddies from HS is in the marines in Okianawa for i dont know how long, but better there than Iraq i suppose...