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Well, I finally decided to jump on this forum. Since whenever I was quaking in my boots and completely lost, I came here for answers and I always felt better, I figured I might as well. Besides, I still have thousands of questions! In August, I went and finished my CFAT, Physical test and Medical test (then I had to get a bunch of papers signed by my doctor, who went away to god-knows-where for his vacation, so I had to play the waiting game.) Apparently I passed the CFAT with flying colors, almost as good as my pops (because he's a twit and wanted to do the test just for fun, so they let him : ), but I'm thinking they were just trying to flatter me because I was a nervous, stuttering wreck. Maybe I wasn't that bad, but in my head, I sounded real stupid. Oh yeah, I went back one day to pick up some papers, and I was talking to one of the girls there that was looking over my physical results. She looked at me and kind of laughed, asking why I was applying for the Reserves and I said that I thought I couldn't go into the Regular forces until I was 18! Stupid me, she said that wasn't the case and that I could switch right now if I wanted. So, now I'm heading into Regular Forces, Infantry (changed my mind, so I switched from Armd Recce to Infantry).
Anyway, the medical stuff, I waited for my doctor to come back from his vacation so I could go get the medical forms filled out, which I did, and it only took 10 minutes. One was for exercise-induced asthma, but I haven't used, touched, or looked at a puffer for three years--I think I grew out of it as I got older? The other was for ADD--and I stopped taking the medication when I was in Grade Nine, so maybe I grew out of that too? Even though I'm still out of it sometimes. So, that was fine, and I sent that away to Ottawa in the envelope they gave me. I was told to call three weeks after sending that away, so I waited, and then I called. I was told that the only thing left to look into was my medical, so I figured, alright... that makes sense, I had those papers to send away. So, I was told to wait two more weeks and then I got this letter telling me that "my case will be reconsidered once a detailed current assessment from a respirologist is provided." I need to get a pulmonary function test, methacholine/exercise challenge test conducted. And whatever results I get, I need to send to the Canadian Forces Recruiting Center.
All of that's fine, I shouldn't have any troubles with the tests because I did really well with the physical test, and haven't had symptoms for three years (I swear I don't have asthma! ). With all that said, whew. I have an appointment set up for Nov 5th for all of those tests, and then I can send the results away. Now for the question: How long does it take for those results to be "reconsidered"? I'm itching to know when everything smooths along so I can be sent to BMQ in Quebec, hopefully. Me nerves are all wrecked. I'm used to waiting, so it just gives me more time to work out and run some more, so I'm thankful for that.
And am I right to say that there's a course that starts every month?
Like I said, I'm not sure about a lot of things, I'm still learning, so I'll keep asking questions and figure things out.
Thanks,
GGoblin
Well, I finally decided to jump on this forum. Since whenever I was quaking in my boots and completely lost, I came here for answers and I always felt better, I figured I might as well. Besides, I still have thousands of questions! In August, I went and finished my CFAT, Physical test and Medical test (then I had to get a bunch of papers signed by my doctor, who went away to god-knows-where for his vacation, so I had to play the waiting game.) Apparently I passed the CFAT with flying colors, almost as good as my pops (because he's a twit and wanted to do the test just for fun, so they let him : ), but I'm thinking they were just trying to flatter me because I was a nervous, stuttering wreck. Maybe I wasn't that bad, but in my head, I sounded real stupid. Oh yeah, I went back one day to pick up some papers, and I was talking to one of the girls there that was looking over my physical results. She looked at me and kind of laughed, asking why I was applying for the Reserves and I said that I thought I couldn't go into the Regular forces until I was 18! Stupid me, she said that wasn't the case and that I could switch right now if I wanted. So, now I'm heading into Regular Forces, Infantry (changed my mind, so I switched from Armd Recce to Infantry).
Anyway, the medical stuff, I waited for my doctor to come back from his vacation so I could go get the medical forms filled out, which I did, and it only took 10 minutes. One was for exercise-induced asthma, but I haven't used, touched, or looked at a puffer for three years--I think I grew out of it as I got older? The other was for ADD--and I stopped taking the medication when I was in Grade Nine, so maybe I grew out of that too? Even though I'm still out of it sometimes. So, that was fine, and I sent that away to Ottawa in the envelope they gave me. I was told to call three weeks after sending that away, so I waited, and then I called. I was told that the only thing left to look into was my medical, so I figured, alright... that makes sense, I had those papers to send away. So, I was told to wait two more weeks and then I got this letter telling me that "my case will be reconsidered once a detailed current assessment from a respirologist is provided." I need to get a pulmonary function test, methacholine/exercise challenge test conducted. And whatever results I get, I need to send to the Canadian Forces Recruiting Center.
All of that's fine, I shouldn't have any troubles with the tests because I did really well with the physical test, and haven't had symptoms for three years (I swear I don't have asthma! ). With all that said, whew. I have an appointment set up for Nov 5th for all of those tests, and then I can send the results away. Now for the question: How long does it take for those results to be "reconsidered"? I'm itching to know when everything smooths along so I can be sent to BMQ in Quebec, hopefully. Me nerves are all wrecked. I'm used to waiting, so it just gives me more time to work out and run some more, so I'm thankful for that.
And am I right to say that there's a course that starts every month?
Like I said, I'm not sure about a lot of things, I'm still learning, so I'll keep asking questions and figure things out.
Thanks,
GGoblin