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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Don't even bother...Weight Loss Surgery is "an unwaiverable medical procedure"
I regret to inform everyone that you cannot join the military if you have had weight loss surgery.
I asked an Army and a Navy recruiter about it and they both told me straight out "NO!" I found an Air Force Recruiter who was willing to take on my case and took me through the entire application process. I filled out all the documents, sent in all the required paper work, college transcripts, recommendation letters, CV, questionnaires, essay and medical records regarding the weight loss surgery. Everything was ok except that the MEPS did not approve me for medical because of the weight loss surgery. So my recruiter sent my medical records to the surgeon general to request a waiver and their response was the same...it was not approved because weight loss surgery is an "unwaiverable medical procedure."
I feel like my dreams have been shot to pieces. I hope some day the military realizes that most of us are in tip top shape since having this procedure done. I know I am. I've never felt better, looked better, and been in better physical shape in my life since I had WLS. I'm in better shape now than I was when I was in the Army.
They lost out on having a true patriot serve their country AGAIN.
If anyone else has tried and got in please tell me your secret.
I asked an Army and a Navy recruiter about it and they both told me straight out "NO!" I found an Air Force Recruiter who was willing to take on my case and took me through the entire application process. I filled out all the documents, sent in all the required paper work, college transcripts, recommendation letters, CV, questionnaires, essay and medical records regarding the weight loss surgery. Everything was ok except that the MEPS did not approve me for medical because of the weight loss surgery. So my recruiter sent my medical records to the surgeon general to request a waiver and their response was the same...it was not approved because weight loss surgery is an "unwaiverable medical procedure."
I feel like my dreams have been shot to pieces. I hope some day the military realizes that most of us are in tip top shape since having this procedure done. I know I am. I've never felt better, looked better, and been in better physical shape in my life since I had WLS. I'm in better shape now than I was when I was in the Army.
They lost out on having a true patriot serve their country AGAIN.
If anyone else has tried and got in please tell me your secret.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
If you have answers to these questions please share
Who can we voice our concerns to with regards to
changing the requirements to allow people who have had WLS to join the
military? If there is a petition going around out there where is it? I would
like to sign it. Is there some research study on the effects of WLS on
military performance? If there is I'm willing to be a test subject so we
can prove to them that we can do the same things that non WLS candidates can
do. If no research has been done who can I talk to about initiating one?
I'm not a professional on military requirements, so
if there is anyone out there who knows anyone who was accepted after WLS
please share.
How is your health since WLS?
Now, I know that there are many people out there
who have achieved great weight loss success since having WLS. Many of
whom are as healthy as a horse now because of it with regards to not only
achieving ultimate weight loss but improvements in comorbidities they had prior
to surgery. I was reading an article on a military website and in it they
said that they do not allow people who have had bariatric surgery to join
because of our medical demands after surgery. Oh please...yeah I have to
be on calcium and vitamins for the rest of my life but those are things people who
haven't had surgery should take for the rest of their lives also. After
WLS some people are healthier than people currently serving in the
military.
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