deerslayer
Milforum Swamp Dweller
For the past four years I'd been considering joining and enrolling at the USMA, but I was born with two conditions that may keep me out of the service
1. Vasovagal syncopy- from what I hear, this SHOULD phase itself out after puberty. A certain stimuli (we think in me it's a low caloric intake) causes me to pass out. Fortunately for me, I know when this is coming and in the civilian world can take the necessary precautions to avoid hurting myself when and if I go down.
2. Epstein's anomaly- this is leakage from one of the heart valves. The docs have told me most children born with this don't live more than three months. I was a very mild case. I can perform just about any strenuous physical activity under the sun and am in very good overall physical condition. This is a surgery-correctable problem, and I've been told there's a 25% chance I'll need it in later life.
What can you tell me about trying to enlist with these problems (#1, I believe, isn't that big of a deal)? Would my cardiac condition permit me to go to Airborne School?
1. Vasovagal syncopy- from what I hear, this SHOULD phase itself out after puberty. A certain stimuli (we think in me it's a low caloric intake) causes me to pass out. Fortunately for me, I know when this is coming and in the civilian world can take the necessary precautions to avoid hurting myself when and if I go down.
2. Epstein's anomaly- this is leakage from one of the heart valves. The docs have told me most children born with this don't live more than three months. I was a very mild case. I can perform just about any strenuous physical activity under the sun and am in very good overall physical condition. This is a surgery-correctable problem, and I've been told there's a 25% chance I'll need it in later life.
What can you tell me about trying to enlist with these problems (#1, I believe, isn't that big of a deal)? Would my cardiac condition permit me to go to Airborne School?