Re: Army and me - to

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Hi , Thanks for the mail.

I am 26, I enlisted in the army in nov.2000, it has

taken them this long to figure out what is wrong with

me. Not because they couldn't, but because when you

are in the army you tend to get sucked into a messed

up system by most doctors on post who think you are

" faking " or just trying to get out of work.

This past year has been a nightmare for me. It

started out right at the end of basic, i fell out of a

ten mile road march and after that i began to notice

that something just wasn't right. I could still

function but it was getting hard for me to run because

i got pains shooting into my knee. When i finally got

to the unit last year in June, I continued to go to

doctors who kept sending me for a loop, they thought i

was crazy because xrays in my back and the mri was

negative. They even had a command referral to mental

health for depression (which i do not have). Finally,

after i looked on the internet and did research on the

symptoms i was having i figured it would be good to

have an emg. So that is what they did. Sure enough

they finally sent me to specialists who discovered

what they think is CMT. But by that time, the pain

had gotten so bad, I could hardly even walk. So, I

told them i couldn't do my job (which was very

physical at the time) and they brought me inside to

the office to work. Since then, the disease has

pretty much stablizied with that and ultram the

medicine i take. But, I am still scared and I do not

know what the army plans to do with or for me>.... My

commanding officer is a jerk, by the way, lol!

Thanks so much for your interest. Email me back with

any comments. Thanks.