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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Stop posting and read AR 40-501, then see the Doc at your MEPS station. DO NOT LIE, regardless of what the recruiter tells you.
Search for "asthma." Everyone who has it tries to make it into something else.
If you have it and keep it a secret, and somehow make it though the Q Course, when you get to a camp at 15,000 feet and have another attack while living in a dirt hut 500 miles from the nearest physician, do not expect me to save you, or to risk an aircrew to come in and haul you off.
If you cannot follow the instructions, or think that lying is a viable option, then I highly recommend that you leave this site and go back to ArmyRanger.com for the rest of your career.
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QP TR,
I've read through the asthma threads, and I wasn't looking for thoughts/answers for a basic asthma, while trying to enlist. It's been almost 7 years since any sign of any problems, and since then I get a wheezy feeling in my chest now & then. Maybe it's because I still have my cat (but living in the garage), and that bothers me every now & then. I don't know, and I can't say because I am not a Doctor. I'm not trying to turn it into something other than Asthma, i'm trying to find out more about it, other than what I can find online. Possibly from somebody else that has it, which I was hoping to find here. I wouldn't lie if the recruiter told me to, I know he only wants to raise his numbers, and if he's one of those type of recruiters, then he probably doesn't care what happens to me, once he books me.
If something like that happened to me, I wouldn't expect anyone to save me. Because it would've been my own problem that got me into that situation. I never said lying was an option for me, I don't want to lie, and I won't. I'll get a waiver if possible, and eventually go to a Doctor and get a written letter (if everything does come out to be fine), to help me with attempting to get a waiver. As Doczilla suggested, I can possibly see a Pulmonologist, and see what he has to say at least. I'll probably look more into that, and try finding one in my area, and work from there.
I appreciate all the help.