Already accepted...but in trouble and confused

Guy4Christ
Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:27:46 +0000

Ok, I’m up to my neck and incredibly stressed out over this, so anyone who knows about things like this and would help me would be appreciated.

I’ve already been accepted, I have my appointment…etc. But, there’s a problem…a few months ago I started having pains in my calves and shins when I ran. After a while, they got pretty bad, to the point where it was very painful to run.

The first person I talked to was my trainer. He told me he thought it was my shoes, and showed me where to buy new ones. For a couple days, they seemed like they were helping a bit, but it was still painful. I pushed through it since my trainer said it would take a week or two. It only got worse, so I went back to him. He then thought I should take several weeks off of running, which I did.

I started running again about 2 1/2 weeks later, and was fine for 3 or 4 days, then they came back. At this point, I called a physical therapist and made an appointment. He immediately told me that I have misaligned bones in my feet, causing me to overpronate and stress my calf and shin upon heavy-impact running. He prescribed orthotics which would relieve the pain and hopefully help me out of them eventually.

So, to make a long story short, I called Admissions, who directed me to DoDMERB. However, they have now pulled my medically qualified status and placed me on remedial status. (I am still waiting for a letter that should have my username and password to get into the database to check my status.) It’s likely I’ll have to get a waiver f

The fear I have is that I’ve heard that because its so late in the process, my appointment could get pulled and given to someone else, simply because of time.

Has anyone had this experience where they’ve already been accepted but had a medical issue that had to be waived, or know someone who has? Should I be worried? Is there anything I can do besides jump through the hoops?

I’m scared, frustrated, and on the verge of insanity, so any help would be great. Sorry if I made this seem melodramatic. ;)

-Guy4Christ