Cancer in the military

mtfisch1

mtfisch1

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What is everyone's thoughts on this topic?

I'm a cancer survivor still in the military. I was diagnosed in early 2012 after returning from Afghanistan. I was missed diagnosed from multiple military physicians. So I took it on myself to find my own doctor. Went through chemo and kicked it's ass. My unit didn't help me what so ever (I'm a Psyop Reservest so that's probably why). I've never had a profile for it, nor did I really want one because it never stopped me from doing my job. And I destroy everyone in PFT's. I've currently been trying to join 18x with recruiters around my area. Everyone I talk to pretty much tell me I'm a no-go and will never get in until after 5 years (I've been clear for about 2). Why am I still in the military if its such a big deal? The thing that pisses me off is the Army let's all of these people in on waivers and people that seriously should not be any where near the military. I see tons of fat people in the Army who I know for a fact don't deserve to be in the military. And then you have people like me who work their ass off to hopefully get that "dream" job that most people say they are going to do but never actually attempt it. I know most of you are going to say "well if your cancer comes back..." Well if that was the case then why keep the person with the cancer in the military? Its not like I've wasted their money when I was first diagnosed. Just some food for thought. And shit that's been pissing me off the past couple of weeks. Let me know.
 
mtfisch1 said:
What is everyone's thoughts on this topic?

I'm a cancer survivor still in the military. I was diagnosed in early 2012 after returning from Afghanistan. I was missed diagnosed from multiple military physicians. So I took it on myself to find my own doctor. Went through chemo and kicked it's ass. My unit didn't help me what so ever (I'm a Psyop Reservest so that's probably why). I've never had a profile for it, nor did I really want one because it never stopped me from doing my job. And I destroy everyone in PFT's. I've currently been trying to join 18x with recruiters around my area. Everyone I talk to pretty much tell me I'm a no-go and will never get in until after 5 years (I've been clear for about 2). Why am I still in the military if its such a big deal? The thing that pisses me off is the Army let's all of these people in on waivers and people that seriously should not be any where near the military. I see tons of fat people in the Army who I know for a fact don't deserve to be in the military. And then you have people like me who work their ass off to hopefully get that "dream" job that most people say they are going to do but never actually attempt it. I know most of you are going to say "well if your cancer comes back..." Well if that was the case then why keep the person with the cancer in the military? Its not like I've wasted their money when I was first diagnosed. Just some food for thought. And shit that's been pissing me off the past couple of weeks. Let me know.
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If it isn't in your records, then why are folks saying it's holding you back?
 
SOWT said:
If it isn't in your records, then why are folks saying it's holding you back?
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And if it was blood related (like Leukemia) then it's not on the list at all. Not even under the blood diseases in the chapter 2-4.
 
Oh the military and its over whelming knowledge. Because blood related cancers are much worse then testicular cancer. Haha what a bunch of idiots.
 
SOWT said:
If it isn't in your records, then why are folks saying it's holding you back?
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In the reserves most of us use Tricare for our insurance. So the recruiter is afraid that if I dont say anything about it at MEP's and they find it some where then I'll be in deep shit.
 
mtfisch1 said:
In the reserves most of us use Tricare for our insurance. So the recruiter is afraid that if I dont say anything about it at MEP's and they find it some where then I'll be in deep shit.
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That's a felony I believe.
 
mtfisch1 said:
exactly why I didn't do that
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I'm assuming you've spoken with SF recruiters and not just the local recruiters, right? If active duty recruiters wont consider a waiver ask the Guard.

Do everything above board, get medical documentation from your civi docs saying you are good to go, use that as ammo and convince them you're worth a waiver.
 
No I haven't spoken with a SF recruiter. Kind of hard to fin
pardus said:
I'm assuming you've spoken with SF recruiters and not just the local recruiters, right? If active duty recruiters wont consider a waiver ask the Guard.

Do everything above board, get medical documentation from your civi docs saying you are good to go, use that as ammo and convince them you're worth a waiver.
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No I haven't spoken with a SF recruiter. Kind of hard to find around my area. I told the recruiter to give a pt test so I could show them that I would slay it. I have all my paperwork and im good friends with Oncologist doc.
 
mtfisch1 said:
No I haven't spoken with a SF recruiter. Kind of hard to fin

No I haven't spoken with a SF recruiter. Kind of hard to find around my area. I told the recruiter to give a pt test so I could show them that I would slay it. I have all my paperwork and im good friends with Oncologist doc.
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Call or email an SF recruiter then, or travel to meet one if that is at all feasible. How much do you want this?
What does slaying a PT test show anyone about cancer? Get more paperwork from your dr friend, saying you're 100% good to go.

IMO it doesn't seem like you're making a particularly big effort with this.
 
pardus said:
Call or email an SF recruiter then, or travel to meet one if that is at all feasible. How much do you want this?
What does slaying a PT test show anyone about cancer? Get more paperwork from your dr friend, saying you're 100% good to go.

IMO it doesn't seem like you're making a particularly big effort with this.
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I would be more then happy to drive to meet one. I drove 4 hours the other day to speak with a recruiter telling me that he would help me, then come to find out he couldn't. I honestly didn't know they had just straight SF recruiters. And it's funny you say I'm not putting in the effort. I've pretty much exhausted all of my options, minus a sf recruiter. So before you dog me, go do chemo every day for 6 months and let me know how you feel.
 
Sorry its just a little discouraging when you work you're ass off to have someone that doesn't even know you tell you you're not putting in the work.
 
Why not take a trip to Ft. Leonard Wood? Most (if not all) AD posts have SF recruiters. Or Google "Special Forces Recruiter Missouri" and check out some of the links there?
 

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