Mononucleosis and "SF Baby" pipeline

[Praxis]

Hello All,
I searched everywhere for something resembling this topic but could not find anything.

I am scheduled to ship for the Rep-63 route in July. Long story short: I wound up in the hospital last weekend and have Mono. Needless to say, this is distressing. I know that Mono can take 6-8 weeks to disappear and pushing yourself before your body is ready can cause relapse. The first symptoms presented themselves a couple of weeks ago and has made training properly impossible.

I spoke to my recruiter who said that if I was still physically ill very close to the ship date we could push it back, but he did not seem eager to do this. My worry is that I am unable to prepare properly at all over the next month or two and show up for the pipeline essentially "off the couch." He tried to reassure me, saying that I would have plenty of time at Benning to get back into shape during the initial schools and SFPC. It is worth noting that he is not an SF recruiter. I was in decent shape prior to falling ill; I could max out an APFT and was working mostly on toughening my feet through rucking.

Has anyone had experience with a situation like this? Does anyone know of a possible way to push my date back to have more time to train up? Or do individuals who have been through the course think it is possible to rebuild through the schools? I am not one who feels comfortable tackling life goals without examining everything within my locus of control.

Thanks in advance,
Pete

[SF-TX]

SF candidates have been recycled (held back to the next or later class) so they could recuperate from mononucleosis. If you are not ready, why set yourself up for failure?

Had a soldier report to Phase I, (old days), not feeling well. Got off the bus, did PT, gutted it out, no complaining. After dinner, reported to the Medics at Camp MacKall.

Soldier was medically dropped, reported that night to "troop barracks" near the old PX. Recovered, one week in bed, then did 6 months of SWC coffee boy chores.

Returned to training after convincing the CSM he left the 18th Abn Corp because was too valuable as a coffee boy there also. Told to the CSM, either send me to OSC or the "Q".

Ran into him in ANCOC years later -

Lesson Learned: Stick to the plan, be aware that situations change courses of action, but the objective remains the same.

Good luck.

edited to read: p.s., report to Basic Trainning as planned. Take your instructions from your Drill Sergeants.

[Dusty]

Rest up. This ain't the last SF class.

[x SF med]

Originally Posted by Dusty

Rest up. This ain't the last SF class.

But.... it might be the "Last Hard Class".... No, wait... Classes 12-83 and 1-84 were... I was there...

[1stindoor]

Originally Posted by x SF med

But.... it might be the "Last Hard Class".... No, wait... Classes 12-83 and 1-84 were... I was there...

Does this mean you recycled the "last hard class" for the last-last hard class? Or recycled the second to last hard class for the last hard class? Or recycled the last hard class for the first easy class?

[Last hard class]

Originally Posted by x SF med

But.... it might be the "Last Hard Class".... No, wait... Classes 12-83 and 1-84 were... I was there...

I'm with you x SF med. Just as I was back in 83'-84'.



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